Jagannath Panda


Departures Indian 2008

"This land of royals, rickshaws, caste politics, and crushing poverty is also a tech-savy nuclear power of high-rises, global commerce, and cutting-edge art. In the 21st century India is shifting gears, and its foot is on the accelerator."

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Hermitage India: Moving Out Into the World

"Contemporary art practice in India today reflects the diversity of the country itself. From its northern tip of Kashmir to its southern state of Kerala, the diversity mirrors the differences to be found between, for example, Lapland and Sicily. As large as all of Europe, the Indian subcontinent embodies an unequaled range of cultural pluralism, religious traditions and politics, clothing and architectural styles, cuisines, languages, faces and music all change dramatically from state to state."

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Art Asia Pacific Frank Cohen: Do-It-Yourself

"Like the Astors, Rockafellers, Fricks and other industrialist art collectors of the 20th century, Frank Cohen is determined to get what he wants, and he will work for it, unlike the spoiled hedgefund collectors of today."

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Art in India Looking for Value

"Art and money might be more closely connected than we ordinarily suppose; Laura Williams cogitates on what this implies for Contemporary Indian art."

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Art India Changing Places

"Zehra Jumabhoy goes on a gallery-hop to examine the way architecture can be put to effective use in visual art."

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