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It’s Personal!
We are excited to present the opening of our exhibition, “It's Personal!” a group show curated by Siddhi Shailendra
Contours Practices from Beyond the Border
We are excited to present the opening of our exhibition "Contours: Practices from Beyond the Border", at Akar Prakar, New Delhi!
Meera Mukherjee: Life in all things
We are excited to present the opening of our exhibition "Meera Mukherjee: Life in all things”, on the occasion of her 100th birth anniversary at Akar Prakar, New Delhi!
Manish Pushkale: Consistent (in)consistency
We are excited to present the opening of our exhibition "Consistent (in)consistency" showcasing recent works by Manish Pushkale, at Akar Prakar, Kolkata
Debasish Mukherjee: Whispering Lanes
We are excited to present the opening of our exhibition “Debasish Mukherjee: Whispering Lanes” at Akar Prakar, New Delhi.
Nandalal Bose
We are excited to present the opening of our exhibition “Nandalal Bose”, showcasing his cards and postcards curated by Debdutta Gupta, at Akar Prakar, Kolkata.
The Architectonics of Form: Scrolls by Ganesh Haloi
We are excited to present the opening of our exhibition “The Architectonics of Form: Scrolls by Ganesh Haloi” at Akar Prakar, New Delhi.
Ganesh Haloi: A space left behind
We are excited to announce our latest solo exhibition “A space left behind: recent work by Ganesh Haloi” at Akar Prakar, Kolkata.
Ganesh Haloi: A Rhythm Surfaces in the Mind
We are excited to give you a glimpse of a monograph that has been years in the making, published by Akar Prakar in collaboration with Mapin.
Battala in the Collection of Akar Prakar
Battala artists were essentially engravers — people who would chip away at a block of wood to create prints. If we look at the prints carefully, they show that the Battala engravers were extremely dextrous in their work.
Somnath Hore: Wounds
The idea of the wound is universal and any child who has bumped and scraped their knee badly at the playground can relate to it. It is with this premise that the book Wounds: An Exploration which features the artwork of artist Somnath Hore begins to peel away the scabs on a dark and moving subject.
Debanjan Roy’s ‘Gandhi’
If we look at Gandhi through the artist’s perspective, we can see that he is trying to unravel him in the post-truth era.
Through the Eyes of the Curator
Here we have Dr Georg Lechner’s take on artist Meera Mukherjee, seen through his eyes, based on an interview by Georgina Maddox, For Akar Prakar.
Meeting the Metaphors
Having visited the exhibition showcasing Manish Pushkale’s most recent work, in his solo show, Tracing the Cartographer’s Trail at Akar Prakar, one delineates the experience of being in their physical presence.
Art Rises for India – Akar Prakar Artists Donate Artworks for Covid Relief
As a conscious and conscientious voice in the world of contemporary Indian and Southeast Asian art, Akar Prakar and its artists have generously donated artworks.
artVarta Publishing Grant 2021: Song of the River – Curating Music, Memory and Modernity
artVarta Publishing Grant 2021 winner Shantanu Majee and Biswadeep Chakraborty write about their curatorial project, A Virtual Exhibition of River Songs by Women in the Hindustani Tradition
artVarta Research Grant 2021: Readers Write - Translating Modern Art debate in Gujarati periodical ‘Kumar’
artVarta Research Grant 2021 winner Vasvi Oza writes about the Translating Modern Art debate in Gujrati periodical ‘Kumar’
Open Call: Second edition of 'artVarta Research and Publishing Grant'
We are excited to announce the second edition of Akar Prakar’s ‘artVarta Research and Publishing Grant’.