In Conversation With Arshi Irshad Ahmadzai

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In Conversation With Arshi Irshad Ahmadzai

Arshi Irshad Ahmadzai works with a range of mediums, from painting and printmaking to embroidery on textiles. While her artistic practice is primarily concerned with women and the space that they occupy, it is also informed by personal experience. Well-versed in Urdu, Persian and Arabic, language and script find their way into her artworks as well.

Arshi’s new exhibition and debut solo show, which opened at Blueprint 12 in New Delhi, showcases her latest work, Nafas or The Isolation Diaries. We caught up with the artist to talk about Nafas, her use of textiles in her work and her idea of home, while she lives and works between Kabul and New Delhi.

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A Review of Moderne Maharajah at the Musée des Artes Décoratifs

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A Review of Moderne Maharajah at the Musée des Artes Décoratifs

Moderne Maharajah at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris brings together for the first time 500 rare photographs, pieces of furniture and fine objects that tell the story of the stylish life of Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar II of Indore considered one of the pioneers of modernism in India. 

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Art from the Mountains: An Exhibition of Pahari Paintings at The Met

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Art from the Mountains: An Exhibition of Pahari Paintings at The Met

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is currently hosting an exhibition of artwork from the Pahari tradition of North India. Set in an intimate gallery in an annexe of the Southeast Asian Art section of the museum, “Seeing the Divine” offers a small but invaluable selection of Pahari works—including those by notable artists like Nainsukh and his older brother Manaku, who are well-recognised by Indian art historians. I was fortunate to speak with the exhibition curator, Kurt Behrendt.

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