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1 Million Square Feet Of Modernism: Manuel Rabaté To Helm Adjaye-Designed KNMA - Design Pataki

Manuel Rabaté begins his tenure as CEO and Director of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) this month. Previously the Director of Louvre Abu Dhabi, Rabaté brings 25 years of experience in the international museum sector to the role. “Manuel Rabaté is one of the international art world’s most experienced and respected leaders,” said Kiran Nadar, Founder and Chairperson of KNMA.
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#DP Exclusive: Spread Across 6,600 sqm A Home In Vapi That Breathes - Design Pataki

The most radical gesture behind PBR House is what it leaves unbuilt. Set within a 6,660 sqm orchard plot on the outskirts of Vapi, the home occupies only a fraction of the land, allowing gardens and cultivated fields to shape the experience of arrival. At a time when residential architecture often strives to disappear into its landscape, PBR House takes a more assertive stance. Located on the edge of Gujarat’s industrial capital of Vapi, where factory skylines dissolve into agricultural land, th...
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Nilufar’s Grand Debut At Nilaya Anthology Curated By Nina Yashar - Design Pataki

While we are all told that embracing your roots and honouring your rich legacy is essential to timeless design, true power lies in pushing creative boundaries through innovative collaborations that transcend geographic and cultural limits. Staying curious, as we will learn from cultural icon Nina Yashar, is essential to creating the most unexpected work. The freshly unveiled Nilaya Anthology in Lower Parel Mumbai does just that.
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Step Into A Futuristic Spaceship In Hong Kong At The Artifact Bar - Design Pataki

Step into the world of spirits, Japanese cuisine, and a luxurious dine-and-drink experience when you enter the Artifact Bar in Hong Kong. Located, speakeasy-style, inside a food hall in central Hong Kong. The bar is Ideal for those looking to catch up over drinks after work or simply try something new when they are visiting the heart of Hong Kong. Artifact restaurant is a 14-seater counter dining setup for neo-Japanese food helmed by Chef Sato Kiyoshi.
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Three Global South Asians Using Identity to Have Generative Conversations

Identity has become a topic most artists use to bring personality into their work and build a connection with audiences. By catering not just to South Asians from their homelands but to South Asians in different contexts and countries, at various intersections, and through multiple mediums, diaspora artists have been sparking more generative conversations. Their investigations go beyond simply retelling the history of migration; they also speak of growth, embracing new cultures, and making room
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Objectively Speaking: An Interview with Artists from E/Merge: Art of the Indian Diaspora at the National Indo-American Museum – Chicago Artist Writers

In the 90s, books like Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri and films like Bend it Like Beckham presented the dual realities of being an Indian abroad. Over time, and with a lot of video content on social media platforms to document this shift, an increasing number of people are able to choose how much or how little they want to adapt.

It usually varies from region to region, ancestral heritage, and how long their family has lived in America. However, when it comes to art, a diaspora tag comes with its weight, influence, baggage, and impact. It calls for a deep self-assessment and navigating the value this association brings or takes away. In a socio-political time when conversations are full of debate around identity politics and reform, it might come as a surprise that many South Asians in America want to distance themselves from the label of diaspora.
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Looking Through Glass With The Glass Forest

Glass is part of our everyday life – from the eyewear we put on to the tumblers that we drink water from. It’s also in our windows, frosted or colored and sometimes part of our furniture. For Pallavi Chandra and Deeksha Saini glass has always been an intriguing material. After working with several other materials in their career like wood, ceramics, metal, it was glass which really inspired them. So much so that they challenged themselves to create a whole line of home decor and utility products with the material.
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Looking Back at the History of Dissent Through Shilpa Gupta’s Solo Show at the Barbican

Some might say contemporary artist Shilpa Gupta has a way with words, while others wonder if it’s her ability to be covertly political. But most will agree that her work has a tendency to pick at the soft fleshy part of an issue that affects us all. With the ‘Sun at Night,’ that opened on October 7, 2021 at the Barbican, Gupta once again gave “voice to the voiceless” and brought together all of the fragmented feelings that come with rapid change and social division.
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Chicago gets its first National Indo-American Museum in Lombard

The first-of-its kind in the country, the National Indo-American (NIAM) will center stories of Indian Americans through workshops, exhibits, and other cultural events. Earlier this month, they opened their doors to visitors in Chicago, Illinois. Over time the museum hopes to build an archive of Indo-American history and culture. In 2008, they existed as a heritage museum in the Education department of Chicago’s Indo-American center.
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My work looks at how creative practice is shaped by everyday life, history, and its peripheral social environments