
Humans and Other Species

Letter from Editor in Chief
This month marks ArtNow’s 5th Anniversary, further cementing our presence as a literary oeuvre for …

Editorial
Man is usually described a social animal, but whether one follows that definition or not, …

Consorting with the Four-Legged
I recently chanced upon a new addition to my mother’s vast, personal library – a …

Depictions of the Dragon in an early Islamic astrological manuscript
Similar to today’s contemporary culture, pictorial representations in early Islamic manuscripts and literature were highly …

Hermann Nitsch: Sacrifice and the Crises of Performance Art
Animals have been depicted in art for some 40,000 years. Starting with Paleolithic cave paintings …

All Must Toil For Freedom’s Sake
My youngest cat, the one in the prime of her youth strides elegantly, pretending to …

Projections of Transformity
Humans have always had a fascination with animals. Animals have power, bring us closer to …

Open Presence
Abstract art was brought into the limelight by Koel Gallery with Ayesha Quraishi’s solo show …

Out of Focus: Chasing a Lost Legacy
European paintings from its historic movements are often discussed for its theatrics and the creation …

Re-Looking at Pictures
Not many artists, art critics or even writers in our society are familiar with Robert …
Between Pedagogic Spaces and the Spaces of Exhibition : Taking a Note of The Pre-Students’ Biennale 2016 Activities at work.
The Students’ Biennale as a part of the Kochi Muziris Biennale will open to public …

Lessons Drawn on Endurance
The dynamics between an ustad and shaghird transcends the prism of academia; the close rapport …

Kairos
The art of time-keeping in itself is instinctively primal. The need to calibrate the extent …

Utopia
The tendency possessed by anything suggestively utopian is the precedent it sets; the success of …