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Ajit Chakraborty (1930–2005): Form, Discipline, and the Quiet Modernism of Bengal Sculpture
Ajit Chakraborty (1930–2005) and modern Bengal sculpture—form, material integrity, restrained abstraction, and contemplative volumes in bronze and stone.
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Forgotten Fold: Rediscovery, Restoration, and the Renewal of Bengal’s Realist Historiography
Forgotten Fold from Aakriti Art Gallery (Dec 2025) restores Ananda Mohan Shaha and Bengal’s academic realist tradition, with rare archival texts and images and 500 limited-edition copies.
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World Museum Day 2024
May 18th, 2024Best Museums To Visit In India. Courtesy- Republic Lifestyle Desk
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Languid forms
June 08th, 2024P.R Narvekar’s women, displayed at a recent exhibition, Feminine Identities, at Aakriti Art Gallery, are cast in a discernibly nostalgic light. Their sexuality is more languid and less blatant than that of Amedeo Modigliani’s women
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Yusuf’s emblematic echoes at Aakriti Art in Kolkata
August 1, 2024, 3:05 PM ISTFor the past 30 years, artist Yusuf the former Director Bharat Bhavan Bhopal, Bihar Museum Patna has been creating abstract configurations that swim deep into the abyss of calligraphic modernism within the strokes of monochromatic abstraction.
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Impact of CSR on the Indian Art Market by 2030: An In-Depth Analysis
Aug 2nd, 2024Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has gained significant momentum in India since it became mandatory in 2014. By 2030, its influence on the Indian art market is expected to be profound, driven by increased corporate investments in social, cultural, and community development initiatives.
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The art of stillness On his birth centenary, remembering the quiet genius of Shimla-born abstractionist Ram Kumar
Sep 22, 2024Published at The Tribune By Sarika Sharma
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Global Market for Company School Paintings (18th–19th Century British India)
24th March 2025Historical Overview of Company School Art
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Kartick Chandra Pyne: A Forgotten Surrealist, Rediscovered
27th March 2025Kartick Chandra Pyne (1931–2017) was one of India’s earliest and most original surrealist painters, whose career traversed obscurity, hardship, and finally, belated recognition
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Aakriti Art Gallery Unveils Unique Artistic Trophy at RWITC’s Indian Racing Carnival 2025
1st April 2025Sculptor Akhil Chandra Das creates original bronze trophy to be awarded to race winner
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Masterpiece in Bengal’s Academic Realist Tradition
17th April 2025In the evolving landscape of Indian art historiography, there are rediscoveries that do more than just add to a catalogue—they alter our understanding of a forgotten lineage.
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Galloping Through Time: Equestrian Subjects in Indian Academic Realism
27th April 2025Indian Academic Realism, nurtured in colonial art institutions such as the Sir J.J. School of Art in Bombay and the Government School of Art in Calcutta, brought a new focus on anatomical precision, naturalistic light, and historical storytelling to the Indian art scene of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Sensuous Drapery: Women in Wet Sarees in Indian Academic Realist Painting (1880’s–1940’s)
3rd May 2025In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Indian painters working in the academic realist tradition produced a remarkable body of work that foregrounded the Indian female form draped in translucent, clinging sarees
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V. R. Chitra and the Revival of Indian Mural Aesthetics: Rediscovery of a Forgotten Wash Painting
5th May 2025V. R. Chitra (c. 1900s–1960s) was a pioneering Indian artist, educator, and cultural advocate whose career bridged the artistic traditions of Santiniketan in Bengal and the Madras art world. Born in the early 20th century (exact date uncertain), Chitra received his formal art training at Kala Bhavana, the art school of Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan.
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India Waives Customs Duty on Imported Art and Antiquities for Public Exhibitions: A Landmark Policy for Cultural Access
14th May 2025India Waives Customs Duty on Imported Art and Antiquities for Public Exhibitions: A Landmark Policy for Cultural Access
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A Scholarly Sojourn Through The Met: Encounters with Art, Memory, and Material Culture - Vikram Bachhawat
27th May 2025A recent visit ( 26-5-25) to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, undertaken in the company of family and friends,
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Reimagining Artistic Pedagogy: The Bachhawat Foundation Artist Residency 2025
In the contemporary Indian art landscape, residencies have emerged as critical spaces for the cultivation of emerging practices, transcending the limitations of formal art education. As part of Aakriti Art Gallery’s 20th anniversary celebrations, the 2025 Artist Residency initiated in collaboration with the Bachhawat Foundation marks a timely and considered intervention in this evolving ecology
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Clay, Cosmos, and the Crimson Tongue: A Kali Tableau from Krishnanagar Signed by Bimal Das
23rd July 2025Among the many devotional forms that emerge from Bengal’s sacred art traditions, the figure of Goddess Kali has held a uniquely visceral presence—both feared and revered, dark yet radiant, ferocious yet maternal.
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Exploring the Enigmatic World of Rare Santhal Folk Paintings from Bengal.
24th July 2025Art is a universal language that transcends boundaries and encapsulates the essence of diverse cultures. Within India's rich tapestry of artistic heritage lies a hidden gem - the rare and elusive Santhal folk paintings from Bengal
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Ramkinkar Baij’s Bronze Sculptures: A Modernist Legacy in Form and Vitality.
25th July 2025Ramkinkar Baij (1906–1980) stands as one of the most influential figures in the history of Indian sculpture, renowned for his radical departure from classical traditions and his embrace of modernist approaches. His work, deeply rooted in his experiences at Santiniketan under Rabindranath Tagore’s influence.
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Art for me is an expression. People around me are my inspiration…
4th Aug 2025Gurcharan Singh, born in 1949 in Patiala, Punjab, and a graduate of the Government College of Arts and Craft, Chandigarh (1973), occupies a distinctive position within the trajectory of post-independence Indian art.
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The Importance of Correctly Cataloguing an Artwork.
15th Aug 2025In the art world, a catalogue entry is not simply a record—it is the artwork’s official biography.
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Unspoken Stories: The Collectible Legacy of Pradip Maitra
19th Aug 2025In the world of Indian contemporary art, Pradip Maitra occupies a space that is as introspective as it is quietly radical. Born in 1959 in Sreerampore, West Bengal, Maitra’s journey into the visual arts began with a formal education at the Indian College of Art and Draftsmanship in Kolkata, where he graduated with distinction.
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Shaping Bengal: A Chronicle of Modern Sculpture
23rd Aug 2025Shaping Bengal: A Brief Chronicle is a seminal and timely publication that meticulously documents the journey of modern and contemporary sculpture in Bengal over the past one and a half centuries.
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Indian Art and the U.S. Tariff Landscape: Challenges, Clarity, and Opportunity.
25 Aug 2025The implementation of U.S. tariff reforms in August 2025 has triggered widespread concern among exporters. However, for Indian galleries, dealers, and artists sending original artworks to U.S.
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Sculpting Across Empires: The Life and Work of Fanindra Nath Bose (1888–1926)
27th Aug 2025In the landscape of early twentieth-century sculpture, Fanindra Nath Bose occupies a unique position as a transnational artist who bridged colonial India and metropolitan Europe
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The Aakriti Art Gallery Trophy – A Bronze by Asim Basu
15th September 2025On the occasion of the Special Race Day at the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC), Pune, Aakriti Art Gallery is delighted to present the Aakriti Art Gallery Trophy as part of the Supreme Pune City Gold Cup Day on 13th September 2025.
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When a City Becomes a Museum: Durga Puja as Public Art in Bengal
26th September 2025Durga Puja in Kolkata is best understood as a city-scale experiment in installation art: thousands of site-specific, time-bound environments authored by teams of artists and artisans, funded by neighbourhood committees, and experienced by millions as a democratic, free, public exhibition. UNESCO’s inscription of “Durga Puja in Kolkata” on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity formalised what practitioners and scholars already knew—that this is not only ritual but a contemporary cultural form characterised by “large-scale installations and clay sculptures,” embedded in civic life rather than the market.
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Loyalty & Legacy: Aakriti’s Gratitude Offer to Our Art Collectors
07 OCT 2025Celebrating 20 Years of Art, Trust, and Collecting Together (2005–2025)
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Marking Two Decades of Artistic Commitment: Aakriti Art Gallery’s Vision for 2025
In 2025, Aakriti Art Gallery marks twenty years of its ongoing commitment to fostering critical, curatorial, and collecting practices in Indian art.
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Fostering Dialogue and Practice: Artist Presentations at the Bachhawat Foundation Residency
As part of the ongoing 20th Anniversary Celebrations of Aakriti Art Gallery, the gallery—alongside the Bachhawat Foundation—launched its inaugural artist residency programme in October 2025, marking the beginning of a year-long sequence of curated exhibitions, scholarly publications, and critical art initiatives that will continue through September 2026.
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Variations and Academic Realism: Artistic Processes within the Jubilee Art Academy and Bengal’s Realist Tradition (c.1880s–1940s).
The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in Bengal mark one of the most intricate chapters in Indian art history, defined by the coexistence of colonial pedagogy and nationalist reform. Within this context, the Jubilee Art Academy, founded in 1897 by Ranada Prasad Gupta, emerged as a counterpoint to the rising neo-Bengal School led by Abanindranath Tagore.
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Anita Roy Chowdhury: Lyrical Modernism and the Quiet Interior
The history of Indian modernism is punctuated by bold gestures, public interventions, and avant-garde ruptures, yet running parallel to these dominant narratives is a quieter lineage of artists who shaped the aesthetic vocabulary of post-Independence India through introspection, lyricism, and a deeply personal relationship with nature. Among this constellation, the work of Anita Roy Chowdhury (1938–2017) occupies a significant but insufficiently documented place
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"BENGAL BEYOND BOUNDARIES" Exhibition Review on Desh
Jan 02, 2024Exhibition Review on the leading Bengali magazine - Desh Read the Full Review: https://www.aakritiartgallery.com/catalogs/AAGNewsDesh.pdfSee Exhibition…
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Bengal Beyond Boundaries: An exhibition encapsulating the region’s rich contribution to art over decades
The exhibition "Bengal Beyond Boundaries", on at New Delhi's Bikaner House till July 15, comprises works by over 100 artists from BengalAround three months…
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Bikaner House Celebrates 100 Years of Bengali Art
This painting by Paresh Maity beautifully depicts Rabindranath not only as the writer of Geetanjali but also the founder of Santiniketan as an educational…
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Bengal master sculptor Asim Basu at show in Delhi
Aakriti Art Gallery’s founder and director , Vikram Bachhawat has been a frontrunner inspiration in the practice of modern and contemporary sculptures…
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Five surreal Bengal masters in Delhi
Everyone knows of Ganesh Pyne as one of the finest surreal Masters of Bengal, but the Bengal Beyond Boundaries exhibition in Delhi hosted by collector connoisseur…
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It’s a great honour to be chosen as curator for Bengal Beyond Boundaries: Uma Nair
Jul 09, 2023In this interview, the noted art critic and curator Uma Nair talks about the vision behind the exhibition and how it got conceived, changing the art scene…
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The journey of Bengal art from traditional to modernity
Art lovers in Delhi can see some masterpieces by legendary and contemporary artists of the Bengal School that have never been on public display before.…
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‘Bengal Beyond Boundaries’: Art show to spotlight established, budding artists from Bengal
New Delhi, Jun 26 (PTI) Showcasing seminal works by a mix of celebrated and upcoming artists, including Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy,…
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'Bengal Beyond Boundaries': Art Show to Spotlight Established, Budding Artists from Bengal
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Showcasing seminal works by a mix of celebrated and upcoming artists, including Abanindranath Tagore,…
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‘Bengal Beyond Boundaries’: Art show to spotlight established, budding artists from Bengal from July 7 to 16
Showcasing seminal works by a mix of celebrated and upcoming artists, including Abanindranath Tagore, Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy, Hemen Majumdar and Somnath…
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wionews.com - Top 10 Art Galleries in India
See the Slide Show https://www.wionews.com/web-stories/life-fun/culture/top-10-art-galleries-in-india-1682681990686 - Aakriti Art Gallery is placed as…
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Aakriti Art Gallery’s Masterpieces- 2023
Vikram Bachawat the second generation collector from Aakriti Art Gallery unveils yet another collection of Masterpieces at Kolkata with a suite of works…
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Aakriti gallery’s ode to Indian independence
Aakriti Art Gallery Kolkata pays an ode to 75 years of Indian Independence with an epic exhibition titled ‘FREEDOM: FROM DESPAIR TO DREAM’. Curated…
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Akhil Chandra Das’s stellar bronzes at Jehangir Art Gallery
Sep 28, 2022Imagine a tall lissome Durga who has been created as an archetypal deity with her Trishul, standing with her 10 arms widespread yoked into an elliptical…
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Aakriti Art’s affordable art is a dream for young collectors
Sep 15, 2022Vikram Bachawat collector,connoisseur and gallery founder says “ Affordable Art Mela hopes to bring art into the lives of people who harbour a passion and love for it. The gallery will be showcasing the works of over a hundred artists with more than a thousand artworks within the range of 1000 to 1,00,000 INR.”
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Aakriti Art Gallery will bring a solo show titled Van Katha
Jul 23, 2022Aakriti Art Gallery will bring a solo show titled Van Katha 23-07-2022 Curated by noted art critic and curator Uma Nair, Van Katha is set to present 30 artworks of indigenous art of the Gonds.
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