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Essay

Arpita Akhanda: The Memory Collector

By Rituparna Roy

In the past decade and a half, significant art has been produced on the subject of Partition, its aftermath and afterlives – with focus on geographical sites of ancestry, the border, migration and displacement, refugee colonies and inherited memories. Arpita is the youngest of the artists who have made this theme their own, to varying degrees. But what really distinguishes her oeuvre is that it is entirely predicated upon ‘familial postmemory’.

Interview

Sink or Swim, but Always Build: In conversation with Dinesh Vazirani

By Fatima Karan

Fatima Mahdi Karan speaks to Dinesh Vazirani about what the art world in India needs right now, as well as the sometimes painful messaging that emerges from auctions.

Essay

Remembering Vivan Sundaram: 1943-2023

By Emilia Terracciano

Saddened by his passing, Emilia Terracciano remembers Indian contemporary artist Vivan Sundaram. He summoned up all his energies from his great reservoir of wisdom and experience. He was an unstoppable creator, who never gave up, no matter how dark the situation. He reminded me that optimism is something one must purposefully marshal, a form of discipline one ought to cultivate, against all internal and external threats of dejection and hopelessness. That optimism is another word for political action.

Interview

Vision and Revision

By Sophia Powers

India Art Fair founder and fair director Neha Kirpal describes the myriad challenges and rewards of the India Art Fair on the eve of its 7th edition.

Interview

The Business of Philanthropy: Conversation with Feroze Gujral

By Mayank Mansingh Kaul

Director of the Gujral Foundation and Outset India, Feroze Gujral has supported prodigal talent in recent years, espousing unexpected causes in the Indian art world. In a rare, first such interview, she speaks with Mayank Mansingh Kaul on her vision for the arts in India, ideas that preoccupy her voraciously, and directions for future projects.

Interview

The Currency of Indian Art: Conversation with Anders Petterson

By Shivani Chandra

A discussion with art market analyst Anders Petterson on the business of art. Bhavna Kakar and Shivani Chandra caught up with Petterson on email and phone to discuss his impressions of the South Asia art scene, what happened to the Indian art market in 2009, and what it will take for Indian investors to become more savvy collectors of art.

Interview

Cultural Crossovers: Conversation with Dr. Amin Jaffer

By Bharti Lalwani

Art critic Bharti Lalwani catches up with Jaffer for a brief conversation on his early years, his role at Christie’s and his personal aesthetic inclinations.

Editor’s Note

TAKE Business: Editor’s Note

By Bhavna Kakar

Most artists’ careers are made at the overlapping point of various subject positions - of critics, curators, dealers, historians, collectors, enthusiasts and media houses. And steering these subjectivities, profitably or non-profitably has become the business of art. This issue hopes to somewhat loosen this knot of various strands, and observe if there indeed is a method to the madness of the art world.

Review

Collective Actions to Haul Muffled Voices from an Abyss of Convoluted Noise – A Staged Hearing ‘In the Matter Re: Rights of Nature’

By Dilpreet Bhullar

The fourth episode of the 3-year-long project 'Does the Blue Sky Lie: Testimonies of Air’s Toxicities' is a staged hearing titled 'In the matter Re: Rights of Nature'. Conceived by Khoj International Artists' Association and Zuleikha Chaudhari, in collaboration with lawyer Harish Mehla, the hearing leads an inquiry into the suspended histories of agrarian communities and the environment through the naturalist and socio-economic standpoints.

Essay

The Lure of Collaboration: Dissecting Consensus

By Premjish Achari

In the hierarchical structures of the global contemporary art world, the lure of self organisation holds immense power over alienated art workers. Strategies of artistic collaboration to come together, be together, and work together are foregrounded in the name of collectivism as a remedy to create alliances against the exclusive nature of the art world. In this book, Premjish Achari unravels the problems of the deliberative processes of consensus building in collaboration, exposing the exclusive nature of these procedures of decision-making.

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