Chughtai’s (almost hidden) sideline of excellence in etching
There’s very little time left to view an extraordinary display of works not usually associated with South Asian miniaturist Abdul Rahman Chughtai at London’s Grosvenor gallery (29 October – 30 November 2014). A native of British India, born around 1897, Chughtai is cherished by both Pakistan and India, perhaps more in Pakistan because he died there in 1975 after years spent on both sides of the divide that materialised...
S H Raza: Thirst for an Indian elixir
New works by S H Raza, 92 this year, feature in a selling exhibition titled Pyaas (Hindu/Urdu: thirst) at London’s Grosvenor Vadehra gallery 2 – 14 June 2014. Syed Haider Raza, born 1922, has lived and worked in France since 1950. His formal education, including Nagpur School of Art, Nagpur (1939–43), Sir J J School of Art, Bombay (1943–47) and École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, encompassed both eastern and...
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