Page 5 - Kishore Singh

Instagrammable but unpalatable

A picture may tell a thousand words, but nothing else lies like the camera either, writes the author

Trust me, I'm an expert

It's easier to see a heart surgeon than a designer whose appearances on social pages far outnumber their presence before clients

My tryst with clean power

If there is a growing emergency about the benighted planet, it's someone else's urgency, not mine

The Indian art ensemble

The Indian exhibit is set within this historicised parameter

At the crossroads

No more pancakes, waffles, sandwiches or dosas to start the day

Fast and furious

The author talks about a day he spent without having any food

The assault of the boots

They feature elastic, buckles, zips, tassels, though sometimes they can just be slipped on

Picasso explains managing artist's legacy over appams and fish curry

If nostalgia is on the menu, it must make allowance for Pablo Picasso who Bernard remembers as 'tender and sweet'

Art of darkness

Today's art market is as much a focus of global attention as it is of fluctuations and trends, of supply and demand

When family goes AWOL!

The first to pack and go was my daughter, who argued that there was a wedding in Abu Dhabi she'd been invited to - "my friend's best's friend's kid sister" - so, how could she not go?

Russian treasure

Why was Roerich - also known as Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh - selected for a national honour that might seem at odds with the others?

The myth called Wireless World

Air purifiers posed quite another danger to our health by way of loose wires trailing through the rooms, writes the author

Across space and time

The Abu Dhabi Louvre is a reminder of space and its conversations with art

Ode to the headstand

The author is talking about a birthday party

For a current dialogue

L N Tallur's Unicode stands out for its ability to take a well-known Chola bronze (the familiar Nataraja) and transform it into a work of contemporary art

Travails of an occasional vegetarian

Author is puzzled as to why everyone conspires to gang up against the vegetable eater

The staple at the auction house

Old-time collectors recall how he would keep scribbles of his renderings at hand, so they could "order" customised works with the figures they wanted placed in a way they could choose

Saving art from babudom

Public money spent on art in PSUs disappear and no one is accountable for the loss

Any volunteers for Taser practice?

The purpose of Taser gun is to stun anybody from electric charge

Those who live without doors

Of the inhabitants, I have no idea, our new neighbours preferring to stay indoors, writes the author