Art

To the Memory of Pavankumar Jain

To the Memory of Pavankumar Jain

Pavankumar Jain (1947-2013) studied at Bombay University and the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. He wrote in Gujarati and English, and while still a student started the little magazine Tornado (1967-71).

A Conversation with Charles Bernstein at, and on, the Museum of Modern Art, New York

A Conversation with Charles Bernstein at, and on, the Museum of Modern Art, New York

'Interviews on Site' is a new series of video interviews done for this website. The aim is to record a conversation at a location that is in some way related to the conversation.

Reading Letters

Reading Letters

Peter D. McDonald, a professor at Oxford University, has been turning, of late, into a 'person of letters'.

A Perpetual Problem

A Perpetual Problem

I was at the Museum of Modern Art, looking at their Surrealism collection. I'm not sure how long it took me to notice there were no women in it...

‘Calcutta is a Great Gallery’: chaloman shilpa andolan, or The Dynamic Art Movement

‘Calcutta is a Great Gallery’: chaloman shilpa andolan, or The Dynamic Art Movement

The year was 1970 – the Naxalite movement was ebbing in Calcutta. I left my home in College Street for Tripura: a kind of exile.