Trisha Mukherjee

New Delhi

Associate Editor, Sunday Magazine at The New Indian Express

@TNIEMagazine — writes on art and culture, books, food and travel; @newindianxpress Past: Outlook magazine, Press Trust of India, The Pioneer

Articles

India’s most expensive literary award, JCB Prize for Literature, discontinued

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Trisha Mukherjee

The news comes after the cancellation of the JCB Literature Foundation’s licence “issued to it under section 8(5) of the companies Act, 2013”. According to a notice, dated March 12, on the JCB Prize website, the foundation had sent an application to the Registrar of companies, Delhi & Haryana at Delhi for revocation of the licence. “The company will be required to add the word ‘Private Limited’ to its name in place of ‘Foundation’,” the notice said.
‘Printmaking from India is gaining attention and is an exciting area to explore’: Carol Huh of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art

1 week ago | indianexpress.com | Trisha Mukherjee

The human form is, perhaps, among the most popular subjects for artists. Indian artists, being no exceptions, have time and again resorted to body politics to address human rights, gender discrimination, environmental concerns and technological evolution.
Artists tell us why bugs matter

3 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Trisha Mukherjee

As if in an act vindicating their role in nature, several contemporary Indian artists have made these bugs into their muses to foster discourse on one of the most pressing issues of the 21st century: the environment. In a rather literal ode, artists Nibha Sikander and Namita Vishwakarma recreate images of different insects they spot in their environment, creating a sort of an archive.
It was the best outdoor ever: Sharmila Tagore on Aranyer Din Ratri

4 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Trisha Mukherjee

You entered the world of films with Satyajit Ray’s Apur Sansar (1959). How did working with him that early in your career shape your sensibilities as an artiste? Although I was very young, I used to read a lot of books. I was what in Bengali they say paaka — more grown up than your age. To work with Manik da was a learning because you see him, and the entire unit… they were all very well informed about their profession… art and photography.
A photography exhibition puts the spotlight on the oldest Buddhist site in Jammu & Kashmir

4 weeks ago | indianexpress.com | Trisha Mukherjee

Artefacts yielded from an excavation of Ambaran between 1999 and 2000, an archaeological site in Jammu’s Akhnoor, form the subject of an ongoing photography exhibition at Delhi’s National Museum. Titled “Ambaran: The Historic Buddhist Citadel of J&K” the show by journalist and photographer Vijay Kranti features images of terracotta heads, pottery, coral jewellery and silver coins. Situated on the bank of Chenab,the site is located at the entry point of Akhnoor, about 30 km north of Jammu.
‘Signed, Lower Right’: Devraj Dakoji's tryst with printmaking

2 months ago | livemint.com | Trisha Mukherjee

Lounge Summary Devraj Dakoji’s latest exhibition is a testimony to his life-long contribution to the cause of printmaking This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you. Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mediums have often defined artists’ careers, but rarely has an artist defined the history of a medium the way Devraj Dakoji has contributed to the progression of printmaking.
‘Three Storey House’: In a new solo, Anita Dube uses her art for political commentary

2 months ago | livemint.com | Trisha Mukherjee

Lounge Summary In an ongoing solo, artist Anita Dube paints a picture of the unsettling realities of our times, and the perpetual human desire for the sublime This is a Mint Premium article gifted to you. Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Metaphysician, historian and philosopher Ananda Coomaraswamy’s aesthetic theory advocated the role of art as a contemplative tool to understand the divine.
Arpita Akhanda's play on memories wins her the Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2025

Mar 28, 2025 | livemint.com | Trisha Mukherjee

What is the winning work about? It is actually about the hide-and-seek that we play with the past and present. We are constantly navigating between the two. I look at the work as the past, and when it looks at the viewers, it is the present. It is a constant dialogue. Weaving is something one almost always associates with fabric. You treat paper in this work to mimic the qualities of fabric, particularly tapestry. What was the idea? One of the first things I wove was a photograph.
Chronicling Mumbai’s chawls with Amol K Patil

Jan 29, 2025 | livemint.com | Trisha Mukherjee

Patil is a chronicler of life, or, seen another way, time. The subjects of his sculptures are workers at Mumbai’s textile mills. They live in chawls, and toil all day to eke out a living. And Patil captures them in action, as layers of dust, fabric scraps and rubbish stick to them. “I use performative body language. It represents the things that people in the area work with, and around. I wanted to show how the body is always moving.
Product review | KorinMi: Breaking those skincare barriers

Dec 18, 2024 | newindianexpress.com | Trisha Mukherjee

For those who have gotten their skin tested, something you can get done at KorinMi, will know how drastic temperature changes and sun exposure can result in hot