Architecture
AD Architectural Digest India
Cosmic Whispers
At Art Dubai in early March, AD caught up with artist Natvar Bhavsar, one of the finest colour field abstractionists of our time, at a solo show of his work presented by DAG.
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March - April 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
What's New at Salone
As Salone del Mobile returns to Milan this April, it comes with anew edition of the lightin biennale Euroluce, and thoughtful updates in format and experience.
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March - April 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
A SEPIA TINTED DREAM HOME
SHON AND HARPAL RANDHAWA'S STATELY DELHI HOME IS ELEGANTLY LAYERED WITH ART, KILIMS, SANDSTONE JALIS, AND 18TH CENTURY RAJASTHANI MINIATURES.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
PORBANDAR
WRAPPED IN HAND-HEWN LIMESTONE BRICKS, EVOLVED AND EXPANDED OVER DECADES, AND FINALLY GIVEN POETIC SHAPE BY CHANN A DASWATTE, JAY MEHTA'S FAMILY SOME HOME IN PORBANDAR, GUJARAT, HOUSES OF HIS MOST ECLECTIC ART COLLECTION.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
MAGICAL PROPORTIONS AND THE UNIOUE
NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SUTTON PLACE DREW CURATOR ANDREW BOLTON AND FASHION DESIGNER THOM BROWNE TO ACQUIRE THIS TOWNHOUSE ON MANHATTAN'S EAST SIDE.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
AMIT AMBALAL
TRADITIONAL GUJARATI ARCHITECTURE COLLECTION OF PICHVAI ART OF AND THE FINEST THE NATH DWARA TRADITION, WELCOME TO THE ONE-OF-A-KIND HOME OF ARTIST, SCHOLAR, AND ART COLLECTOR AMIT AMBALAL.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Nathdwara
Nestled in the Aravalli hills, the bustling town of Nathdwara is famed not just for its Shrinathji (Krishna) temple but also for the traditional artists who are known to live there since the 17th century.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Folk Traditions
There were artists even before there was an art world. They left their mark inside caves, and on the walls and floors of the huts they lived in, often in the form of drawings and paintings. Although made using the most elementary tools, such as twigs, brushes, natural dyes, and colours, their confident creations continue to act as clues to who we really are.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
The Curator - AMIN JAFFER
An examination of this late-18thcentury painting reveals the religious, historic, and cultural significance, as well as the craftsmanship, of the pichvai.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Dream Team
A heritage Bengaluru cantonment house in is the fabulous new boutique for couturier Tarun Tahiliani, restored and decorated in collaboration with AD100 designer Vinita Chaitanya.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
At Home With A&T
Fashion designer duo Abraham Thakore bring their super-chic signature aesthetic to a new home collection.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
In Praise of Caves
An exhibit on organic architecture by a team of artists and architects from Mexico finds the perfect showing at the sculptural Noguchi Museum in New York.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
13 Rue de la Paix
Cartier's oldest boutique in Paris sees a poetic transformative renovation, with an India-inspired salon.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Hello New York
With the launch of his first store in New York's West Village, Sabyasachi arrives with his authentic, maximalist, and India-proud self.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Maghreb on a Plate
Jaipur-based designer Thierry Journo adds high notes of drama to Good Earth’s latest dinner sets.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Capital Calling
Fair director Jaya Asokan gives AD a sneak peek of what awaits at India Art Fair, opening in February.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
In the Heart of Delhi
DAG's newest gallery in the capital city features key works by Raja Ravi Varma and a rare sculpture by Amrita Sher-Gil, altong other legends.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Heartfelt Art
Brooklyn-based artist Melissa Joseph's felted works are inspired by archival photographs of family far away in Kerala.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Notes From Bhutan
Bhutan's largest overseas art exhibition yet, currently on view in Brussels, is a sanctuary of therapeutic art.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Threads of Life
Mumbai-based artist Lakshmi Madhavan unpacks the political and the personal in Kerala's immensely popular craft of kasavu.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
The Eye, the Sky, the Altar
Rithika Merchant's monograph chronicles her creative journey and underlines how myths everywhere are born from the same human response to nature.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Love Me as I Am
With a new series of his embroidered masterpieces, T. Venkanna is out to rip apart many walls—one delicate stitch at a time.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
The Brilliance of Tara
The iconic children's book publisher has created magic with indigenous visual arts since its inception almost three decades ago.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Looking East
A torchbearer of the Bangladeshi art boom, Dhaka-based Durjoy Rahman shines a light on the powerful voices of folk artists from the region.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
The Magical World of Warli
Meet the Vayeda Brothersartists, storytellers, and passionate activists reminding us of the beauty of Warli and its intrinsic connection to nature.
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January - February 2023
AD Architectural Digest India
Sanjay Garg - PORTFOLIO THREE
As Raw Mango arrives in Chennai, AD visits its newest flagship boutique the fifth after Mumbai, Bengaluru, and two Delhi outlets in Lodhi Colony and Angoori Badi-housed in an Art Deco villa from the 1960s. Founder-designer Sanjay Garg takes us through the journey of bringing the space to life, from spotting the perfect new home for his label to imparting his own style and wisdom to make it his own.
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September - October 2022
AD Architectural Digest India
Notes From Gondal
In a new cookbook, the maharani of Gondal reveals recipes from a royal kitchen.
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September - October 2022
AD Architectural Digest India
Put a Ring on It
Studio Renn's newest jewellery collection finds a conceptual showcase by AD100 firm Case Design in a restored ice factory in Mumbai.
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September - October 2022
AD Architectural Digest India
Starck Difference
Design legend Philippe Starck puts his own spin on Dior's Medallion chair.
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September - October 2022
AD Architectural Digest India
The Leopard and the Lake
Folklore and craftsmanship come together in charming tableware from newly launched studio Ira Udaipur.
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