Being a Holi special and Banaras or Varanasi is symbolic to holi festival and colour, Shri Nanasaheb Yeole has presented a series of Banaras, Ganga River Bank scene paintings named as Kashi Dham. Depicting holi temples and pandits along with the boats and colorful people. A very rustic yet a modern approach with new age color tones of the dusk and the dawn. An alumnus from the J. J. School of Art and having several shows across the world has setup a show for a delightful banaras paintings. 

We will find a group exhibition of 7 friends who met long ago and decided to put up a show just on this colorful occasion. They are all unique, Akash Suryavanshi, mix media in canvas displays mode of transport. Babar Shareef, displays art between dreams and reality. Mahesh Mankar, mix media displays why we are so foolish or absurd. Narottam Das, ceramic, terracotta clay, sculptures display traditional and tribal scenario in a rural setup. Pankaj Itkelwar, comparing human emotions and the life situations with crows. Ramesh Chandra, black and white marble souvenir that showcase a connectedness with earth and all forms of life with spiritual and physical world.

In any form of god spirituality exist in our life, be it paintings, essays, scriptures, songs, manuscripts or even an act of kindness. We are now witnessing a fine artist from Pune, Shri Shankar Devarukhe has put his soul in all his paintings from Krishna, Ganesha, Modern art to portraits.

Looking forward for more enthusiasm inn our coming painters.

This Holi we have a special photographer from Rajasthan who has displayed stories of a common life and now not able to capture in the old or vintage times. Photographer Tarun Chauhan does justice to all travellers and photo story ideates for a glance at the vintage ambiance at he Jehangir Photogallery on the terrace.

You can try asking some ideas on which camera to buy and a few angles to try while clicking family or your girl friend.

IDAC’S 5^TH Edition had all eyes on the Chief Guest Gauri Khan, the celebrity Interior Designer and owner of D’Décor. At the inaugural session along with other celebrities. Discussing how the design and fashion industry should collaborate and co-work to get new brands on board to explore more opportunity and increase market share. 

Moving towards the Expo’s many stalls, we can find Embellish which is hydraulic curtain fitting along with music and some new revealing art and motion collaboration. Completely developed in-house a heavenly theme with prints of Greek mythology and revealing the Sun God or the angels’ wings. These can be adapted at the penthouse or a sea-facing apartment with hydraulic door glass closers along with music and lighting to complement the ambience. Ms. Tracy Dias heading the Hyderabad Branch, giving a demo to all viewers and fellow exhibitors, many foreign nationals have been noticed to have attracted to this concept.

You can find very many tile manufacturers but to differentiate we have Agglotech Architectural Terrazo a marble chip particle tiles, they can be costume built as per the shape and size required. In collaboration with Italian conglomerate Agglotech SPA, manufacturing in Germany and India. These can be treated well to also deal with oil to suit the needs of a table top for restaurants and kitchens. 

Not missing on Klaus Lift or Parking Lift management systems which can help reduce parking trouble at your malls, society, restaurants, hotels and at many other locations. Having a factory in Munich, Germany, they also have an office in Pune. Discussing their most challenging job at Bengaluru with 8000 installation which is happening phase wise and they have completed 2000 parking installation. Now on a trial basis Klaus has come up with a new bike parking system which can help reduce chaos and integrate the bikes as well.

Woven or Non-Woven your upholstery decides the sheen of the wall and the floor matching the ambience and the aesthetics of your home, office or any other interior. Warwick is a high-performance brand with many features like anti-termite, fire resistant, stain resistant, easy clean etc. to set itself apart from the rest of the brands. Manufactured in Australia and they have a robust dealership across India and would like more dealers and distributors in the coming fiscal year.

Mulberry, is offering a special prefab home design for rural or beach resorts and with FRP, steel and mixed materials. Amod Barve and Archana Nair describe their work as versatile as villa’s, offices and many other forms which will help make a distinct feature for your home or construction requirement.

Lightlabs, a light service provider having multiple brands under its aegis and making lighting professional for every need, customised the standard product line of various types of indoor and outdoor architectural fixtures, decorative, LED, electro luminescent, underwater, fiber optics and cold cathodes lights with innovative finishes and coatings. On special requests or to meet specific project needs, the company also imports fixtures from Spain, Italy, Germany, USA, China and Far East.

Comlux, is a luxury bathroom fitting showroom located at Andheri offering various bathroom fitting and fixtures for making a good connection by and between design and purpose. A wide range of wash basin, commodes and bathroom fitting to cater to Interiors, Architects, contractors, dealers, distributors and of course end users. 

Looking for bespoke furniture Magus Designs gives you a wide range of options in setting up furniture or to custom design your home or kitchen or any space for that matter. Magus Designs has a special team for upholstery design and wood working they personally visit to the site and make sure they personalise every piece of their furniture for their client be it an individual or a corporate.

It’s 3:00pm and the first panel discussion is going to enlighten us about the Facade and Hi-Rise building norms and challenges. The moderator Ar. Vivek Bhole and many prominent architects present their challenges faced ad their journey from a liaison architect to starting their own architecture firm to practice as a consultant or a joint venture. Discussing various technology to create a parking facility in ratio of the FSI and how the FSI norms have changed in the modern age municipal and RERA laws.

Further emphasising on the social spaces within the skyscrapers in the residential context and keeping the psychosocial factors of human need of interaction and to socialise and celebrate festivals, personal events. Sports and recreation have been a part of our societal norms and it is enhancing the need to make ourselves better, but sometimes it also makes the feeling of staying at one place and wants you go out as a choice to explore more in the same context is to socialise or be sporting. All the speaker and guest architects were given a token of appreciation as a memory to the IDAC.

Knest was the sponsor for this discussion and they are the aluform works company that help build lasting structures with their aluminium casts which are later filled with concert for timely delivery of projects, fast execution and long lasting structures. Upon discussion they can be used for slum rehabilitation, redevelopment, sky scrapers and to add a new dimension can try rubber buildings.

The event was for 3 days, 7, 8, 9 March 2024, followed by Miss World at 7:30 pm on 9 March 2024. Hopefully I have tried to cover most of the stalls and information to make this an interesting visit to the arena or convention spreading knowledge and awareness about architecture technology and materials.

As the year has begun, we have now hope for changing our level of professionalism and creativity. Visiting Jehangir Art Gallery in 2024, we see some very successful painters every year this year it’s The Art Society of India displaying works of selective artists who enroll for the contest and shortlisted ones are awarded and some are displayed. These artists are from different regions of the nation and express their creative arts and sculptures to make a sense of modern as well as traditional art. The founder Shri. Madhav Parandekar , Shri. S. L. Handalkar and Shri. Balaji Talim, have left a legacy of giving a helping hand and a path to success to new age and upcoming artist who want to explore and earn an achievement through arts and art related events.

Mr. Deepak Naphade, Hon. Secretary, of the Art Society of India, expresses the need to increase the number of platforms where artist can showcase their work and to make a presence in the mainstream art exhibitions. He explains how it has been in the last 106 years of making successful artists who need proper guidance and reach for their art to be viewed and appreciated. He further explains that this organization has been working on a non-profit model. 

Mrs. Vora, explains the process of the contest as each artist is allowed to give paid entries as per their category, they have a jury which judges these artists and the ones who qualify or pass the criteria for an award are awarded. The entire collection has been listed in a form of a catalogue for art enthusiasts and learners to refer as a case study or even keep as a read for a leisure. 

Artist C. R. Shelar show Shutters and Strokes has been recognised by many Indian and overseas awards for photography and painting. Photography is his profession and passion but now he has made paintings that complement his photography. He has been to several shows all over India and this is how 7 show at the Jehangir Art Gallery. The next week he has an exhibition followed at the Raja Ravi Verma art Gallery at Nehru Auditorium at Pune. Raja Ravi Verma Gallery showcases many photography contests and also have a photo contest named “Click”.

All artist and art enthusiast have once visited the esteemed Sir J. J School of Arts that houses the Kala Sanchalaya, Maharashtra. Every year artists from Maharashtra participate in the group exhibition which is felicitated by Govt. of Maharashtra and J. J. School of Arts. Many among known chief guests and eminent jurists were the CM of Maharashtra – Eknath Shinde, Dean of Sir. J. J. School of Arts, Mr. Rajiv Mishra and many professors and artists have given their devotion and passion to make this show happen.

The J. J School of art announces a contest for artist to give their entry and make a presence at the Jehangir Art gallery for this prestigious art exhibition and awards. This february has also highlighted the promotional designs and advertising posters / magazine ads / materials as published works of artist from all over Maharashtra. Having learnt from J. J. School of Arts these artists who have participated from different regions are also among some well-known alumnus.  

We have summed up our show with making more artists come and view the art and purchase some for the art for commercial or personal use. Nowadays, self discovered artists have made their mark and have achieved success through contests and awards. Since the show was on 19 February 2024, on the occasion of Shivaji Jayanti this could be a future thought of curating painting and sculptures of Shivaji Maharaj and make this a collaborative effort towards keeping arts and history connected and also have more theme based contests or exhibitions. Then inviting large organisation to announce scholarships to deserved and hardworking artists.