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

It was the best outdoor ever: Sharmila Tagore on Aranyer Din Ratri

1 week 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

1 week 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

1 month 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

1 month 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

2 months ago | 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
Product review | KorinMi: Breaking those skincare barriers

Dec 14, 2024 | newindianexpress.com | Trisha Mukherjee

If you have been layering your face with skin care, and still ending up with dry skin a few hours later then chances are that your products are not permeating through the layers of your skin. Fret not, for KorinMi has come out with just the product that is missing in your multi step routine. Its AA Hydro Essence.
'Severe' toxic smog blankets Delhi, shuttering schools

Nov 18, 2024 | yahoo.com | Trisha Mukherjee

Residents of Delhi woke up to a thick blanket of toxic smog, prompting the city to cancel in-person classes, halt construction and limit traffic, as the Indian capital city's air-pollution levels surged past 60 times the World Health Organization's recommended daily maximum. Government officials warned the 33 million residents of Delhi to stay inside and use air purifiers as the smog increased in severity.
An artist in progress

Nov 16, 2024 | indulgexpress.com | Trisha Mukherjee

Scattered on an elevated platform at the centre of Dubai’s Ishara Art Foundation are huge droplets of water, at least that is what it seems. Each roughly the size of a pumpkin. Walk a little closer, and you realise that unlike water, they are stiff and stagnant. Only when you read the complementing text that you learn it is glass. Artist Ayesha Sultana has called the piece Pools. “It can be pools of anything,” she says. “Blood, water, bodily fluids.”Sultana is an artist in progress.