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Riding Rocinante

Tushar left Bombay on the 23rd of August 2010 and is expected to reach The Three Gorges dam by the 9th of October.

He hopes to blog (depending on availability of internet connectivity) every night about his experiences at http://riding-d-rocinante.blogspot.com/

“In the past, Chinese monks like Xuanzang, Fa Hein have travelled to India with the intension of learning from the Buddist masters…This Journey has references to the many such travels that were undertaken by heroes and legendry figures – journeys that changed the course of their lives. The short journey that Prince Siddharth Gautama took (on his horse Kanthaka) through the city of Kapilavastu when he saw the four sights changed his outlook towards life. Prince Siddhartha gave up his riches to embrace ascetism. The long youthful adventure By Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara round Latin America on his motorcycle (La Poderosa II) was an initial step towards realising the revolutionary in him.
My journey is perhaps more Quixotic than heroic but more than a journey from point A to B it is a journey towards myself.”
Tushar Joag

This performative project will culminate in an installation in Shanghai, and is part of Place Time Play an exhibition curated by Chaitanya Sambrani for West Heavens Project of China Academy of Art and Hanart TZ Gallery.

Shezad Dawood’s solo 'Intensive Surfaces', in Denmark
June 26 - August 15, 2010

Shezad Dawood’s solo in India will be presented by
Chemould Prescott Road from September 23 – October 20, 2010

To view the exhibition please Click Here

Rashid Rana - Perpetual Paradox

July 7th - 15th November

The Musée Guimet presents the exhibition Perpetual Paradox and exhibits for the first time in France the contemporary creations of Rashid Rana, considered to be Pakistan’s greatest contemporary artist because of his digital photomontages, sculptures and video installations.

For further information please log on to:
http://www.guimet.fr/Rashid-Rana-Perpetual-Paradoxe

Press Clipping:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-reviews/7885932/Rashid-Rana-at-the-Musee-Guimet-review.html

The Launch of Amrita Sher-Gil: A self-portrait in letters & writings introduced, annotated & edited by Vivan Sundaram and published by Tulika Books, Delhi.

29th March, 2010, Jnanapravaha, Mumbai

For more details log on to http://www.jp-india.org/

Aftermath of Desire: A lecture by Dr. Ananya Jahanara Kabir

Kashmir, Kashmiris and the Burdens of Representation

27th march 2010 at Jnanapravaha, Mumbai, India
For further information log on to www.jp-india.org

Archana Hande recieves Pro-Helvetia Grant, 2010

Nalini Malani's retrospective, Splitting the other (A retrospective) at the Palais de Rumine, Lausanne.
For further details please log on to www.mcba.ch

Other participating Indian Artists: Nikhli Chopra, Sheela Gowda and Sunil Gawde.

The Director of the 53rd Exhibition, Daniel Birnbaum, has been Rector of the Staedelschule Frankfurt/Main and its Kunsthalle Portikus since 2001. 'Fare Mondi // Making Worlds', presented in the renewed Palazzo delle Esposizioni in the Giardini and in the Arsenale, is a single, large exhibition that articulates different themes woven into one whole. It is not divided into sections. Considering collectives, it comprises works by over 90 artists from all over the world and includes many new works and on-site commissions in all disciplines.

For more details please login to: http://www.labiennale.org

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KHOJ Studios present - the "Free Mithu" project
February 20, 2009, 6:30 pm onwards, @ the KHOJ Studios. The exhibition will be on view till February 27, 2009

In April 2007, Mithu Sen advertised a 'summer dhamaka' online called the "Free Mithu" project, in which she invited friends, colleagues, and acquaintances to send her a "letter with love" in exchange for a free artwork by her in a medium of their choice. For almost two years, Mithu has collected various forms of 'letters' - including two diaries, a box of mangoes, a sweater, works of art, an evening walk, a shared lemon cake, and the dictation of a love letter- from a wide range of participants across the world. Through still-ongoing interactions with these contributors, "Free Mithu" has become part of a personal journey that explores the fragile notions of sincerity, generosity, and gift-giving, and probes the meaning of this project for Mithu's art practice and a broader contemporary market-driven art culture.

From February 20 onwards, Mithu invites you to view and experience the "Free Mithu" project as a total conceptual artwork and experimental form. The presentation at KHOJ will be an event/performance and will include the letters received, individual gift-wrapped works made for each participant, and documentation and analysis of the project to date. Through an online blog, guestbook, and lottery of three 'prize' works to be conducted on site, there will be further opportunities for communication and exchange with the artist.

-Beth Citron

For further details please log on to www.khojworkshop.org

Atul Dodiya, Tushar Joag, Hema Upadhyay, Jitish Kallat, Reena Saini Kallat, Pushpamala N, Jagannath Panda, N.S.Harsha, Gigi Scaria, Kiran Subbaiah, Vivan Sundaram and Anant Joshi, Subodh Gupta, Bharti Kher, Ranbir Kaleka amongst others exhibit in Chalo India: A New Era of Indian Art at The Mori Art Museum, Tokyo.
This full-scale exhibition introduces the most exciting trends in the contemporary art of India - India that has undergone a major transformation since it gained independence sixty years ago.
For more information log on to www.mori.art.museum