Uma Nair

New Delhi

Curator and Critic at Freelance

Architectural Digest India , The Hindu ,Pioneer Daily ,Economic Times Asian Age TOI Author art critic , curator waiting in the dark -gospel singer by day..

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Articles

Pundoles Ode to MF Husain this June

3 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Uma Nair

21 Lots created in 2004, under the acronym OPCE ( Our Planet Called Earth ) go under the hammer at Pundoles on June 12th, 2025. These 21 works belonging to an original set of 100 works are Husain’s paean to the earth on World Environment Day 2025.
Of lines and light: Rm Palaniappan’s Finite and Infinite

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Uma Nair

At Dhan Mill, Nature Morte’s unveiling of Rm Palaniappan’s Finite and Infinite is an odyssey of the poetry of light and lines against his sparse abstract renditions that echo an artistic practice born of a domain immersed in abstraction. Palaniappan who was former Secretary Lalit Kala Akademi was an astute administrator and is a greatly distinguished practitioner of art in Tamil Nadu.
Oldest materials and beauty of the environment

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Uma Nair

At the Bespoke Art Gallery at Ahmedabad, it is the English Methodist hymn that hums in our senses as we glimpse the world’s oldest materials, pen and paper and clay that extol the beauty of the earth as trees, as ceramics and a steel wired sculpture to harness World Environment Day that falls on June 5th ,2025.
Picasso’s iconic works at Gagosian NY

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Uma Nair

Paris museums have plenty of Picassos, but Paloma Picasso’s collections at Gagosian in NY are singular and gripping, reflecting a daughter’s taste, love and experiences for her father. Pablo Picasso stands tall for his iconic portraits and groundbreaking contribution to modern art across the world. This collection is fascinatingly strong and brings back Pablo Picasso’s words of 1945. Lifelong practice“What do you think an artist is ? An imbecile who has only eyes ?
The universe as home

1 month ago | thehindu.com | Uma Nair

When you look at Gulam Mohammed Sheikh’s Speaking Tree with figures amongst the leaves and the two weeping Mother Mary figures , a retrospective of his works held at Lalit Kala Akademi in Delhi in 2011 come rushing back. The current show, Of Worlds Within Worlds, A Retrospective, curated by Robin Karode, is like a labyrinth of art history woven through the magic of realism, through doors of a master’s love for time past brought forward to time present.
Phaneendra Nath’s Odyssey of Metaphors

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Uma Nair

At Bikaner House in Delhi you have to walk up to the first floor of the Centre for Contemporary Art and savour a panoramic work of Phaneendra Nath Chaturvedi’s butterflies in a small room to know the power and passion of this brilliant artist who trained at College of Art Lucknow.
Earth Day reflections of Indian masters at Showkeen

2 months ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Uma Nair

In a melange of materials and mediums Showkeen at Astaguru had within the secrets of form and the beauty of fictional and realistic resonance in works by India’s contemporary masters.
Purusha Prakriti celebrates earth month in Ahmedabad

2 months ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Uma Nair

The works of 39 artists come together in a historic showing at Bespoke Art Gallery Ahmedabad, in a celebration of Earth Month titled Purusha Prakriti.
Laila Khan enchants Mumbai with untamed heart

2 months ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Uma Nair

At Snowball Studio in Mumbai it was a star studded night as gorgeous women of all ages walked in to congratulate Laila Khan Furniturewalla for her solo after an 18 year hiatus. Resplendent with moody moorings, gorgeous Ganeshas and a series of abstract renditions, here was a show that reflected her brilliance and her graceful gravitas through brilliant works that soaked us viewers in their silence.
Remembering Francis Newton Souza at 101 years

2 months ago | thehindu.com | Uma Nair

As Passion Week looms near beginning April 12, one recalls India’s enfant terrible Francis Newton Souza, one of artist Krishen Khanna’s greatest friends and founder of the Progressive Arts Group now known as India Moderns. Why does one remember Souza, and how does he connect to Holy Week? While he was critical of the Church, he was a lover of church music and hymns.