'Thieves' Market' by Areez Katki

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'Thieves' Market' by Areez Katki

A very special piece from the New Zealand-based artist Areez Katki's recent body of work is Thieves' Market, which we were lucky enough to see in person at TARQ's booth at the India Art Fair 2024 in New Delhi. Thieves Market is a tapestry or frieze made up of several fragments that reference lost, excavated, and even stolen, objects and artefacts that are now mostly housed in glass cases in European museums, such as the Louvre and the British Museum. Each fragment is handwoven in the traditional Zoroastrian toran beadwork technique using Czech glass beads that the artist inherited from his maternal great-grandmother.

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Photo Essay: 'Meet me in the garden' by Farheen Fatima

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Photo Essay: 'Meet me in the garden' by Farheen Fatima

Meet me in the garden is a series of staged portraits by Farheen Fatima, featuring the artist’s own friends. Taking its inspiration from their family albums and everyday scenes, the photographs have also been painted on. Together, the works are a portrait of the public park in North India, populated by people to whom it serves as a special space of leisure and intimacy.

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In Conversation with Stephanie Douet & Roshan Chhabria

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In Conversation with Stephanie Douet & Roshan Chhabria

Coming from diverse backgrounds and different parts of the world, Stephanie Douet and Roshan Chhabria first connected via Instagram while chatting about the British Raj. This developed into a collaborative series titled Indo-Anglian Conversations, which was exhibited at the India Club in London. We caught up with Stephanie and Roshan to talk about their artistic collaboration, creative process and the way their works have been influenced by one another.

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