The Kerala Issue

 

Dayanita Singh's Kochi Box

We chat with the photographer and bookmaker about her explorations with the book object and finding the intersection between book and exhibition. 

 

 
Sunset over the Aravallis and a turret at @alilafortbishangarh, India's only warrior fort turned resort. To read more, click the link in bio #issue6 #loverandco
@alilafortbishangarh is a warrior fort turned hotel outside Jaipur with a spa in its dungeon. Read more in the link in bio. #issue6 #loverandco
A former playhouse for bats and monkeys, @alilafortbishangarh is well suited to the wellness traveller interested in design. Read more in the link in bio. #issue6 #loverandco
A final hurrah from @sculptureparkin at Madhavendra Palace featuring works by @subodhguptastudio, @bkherful, @thukralandtagra and Huma Bhabha. Our interview with curator @peternagy1959 is linked in our bio.
At @sculptureparkin @vikramgoyaldelhi's pagodaesque The Hundred Petal Lotus mimics the spires on top of Madhavendra Palace. On LOVER now, link in bio
Intolerance and Tolerance by @tallur.l.n stand as opposites in one of the smaller courtyards at @sculptureparkin. For more, click the link in bio
Doot, @subodhguptastudio's aluminium cast ambassador in the courtyard of Jaipur's @sculptureparkin. Read more on LOVER now. Link in bio
 

ART

Scenes from the Kochi Biennale

Illustrators Sameer Kulavoor and Lokesh Karekar let us peek into their travel sketchbooks.
 

 

TRAVEL

The Museum Hotel

We stay at a little known boutique hotel in Cochin that is at once ephemeral in nature and filled with history. 

 

 

 

DESIGN

Gunjan Gupta's Chairy Tale

An interview with the artist and designer about her exhibition Kissa Kursi Ka.

 

ART

3BHK

We get comfortable at  Home Sweet Home's Kochi exhibition and discuss the curious case of Bangalore's apartment art galleries. 

DESIGN

Viakerala

We visit the studio and flagship store of homegrown design label Viakerala and talk identity, animals and Malayalam type with its founder Theresa J. George.

 

 

 

 

DESIGN

At Home with Annah Chakola 

Take a tour of this BohoGypsy's Kochi abode.

 

 

 

 

ART 

Dia Mehta Bhupal

Our pick from the 3rd Kochi Muziris Biennale, the Hyderabad-based photographer who sculpts her subjects lets us into her world.