The student-mentor relationship rewarding as it is, is even momentous when it turns into an everlasting friendship. On this week’s episode, we invited our artist Desmond Lazaro to speak with one of his gurus and guides, Gulammohammed Sheikh as they speak about when they first met at the MSU university, Baroda in the 90s to the friendship they share…

Varunika Saraf’s recent solo exhibition at Chemould Prescott Road that features deeply political works are a reference, subversion and perhaps even a hijacking of complex and ever-changing processes that we call tradition. In conversation with Varunika in this episode is writer and Associate Editor at The Art Newspaper Kabir Jhala. Referencing Sara…

Chemould’s Director, Shireen Gandhy and artist Pushpamala N share a relationship that goes long before Gandhy became a gallerist. In this episode, the pair speak about how S H Raza referred Pushpamala to Chemould introducing to the gallery an artist that emerged very distinctly as a sculptor, even making her mark as one, to eventually evolving into…

Introduced during Yardena Kurulkar’s exhibition So It Goes at Chemould Prescott Road when asked to write for it, Dr. Gita Chadha found in Yardena’s work a placeholder for her grief after loosing a dear friend not long ago. In this episode, the pair excavate the idea of death, grief, uncertainty and recalling memories as Yardena opens up about her h…

What started off as an exchange between artist Aditi Singh and collector Anurag Khanna on Aditi’s work, has over the past year or so evolved into an unceasing exchange between the two on art, poetry and literature. Through this episode, Aditi and Anurag speak of their thoughts, touching upon their shared love of poetry, spirituality, music, nature …

If there is one thing Atul Dodiya and Kaiwan Mehta share, it is a deep understanding and engagement with the city of Bombay. In this episode moderated by Mehta, the pair speak about being alive to the urban space, museums, cinema, literature and people while reading these moments through the sense of time. Dodiya speaks of his attachment to an area…

Through August 2021, Chemould is exhibiting a retrospective of one of India’s most special artists, Mehlli Gobhai. In this episode with Jerry Pinto, we talk about the incredible life lived by Mehlli, as Jerry, one of his closest friends, also became primary caregiver toward the end of his life. Jerry recalls how Gobhai, recallling him as “a work of…

In this episode, the artist power-couple Reena and Jitish Kallat take us down memory lane, giving us a glimpse into their creative partnership. From meeting and courting in art school to walking around the city; their wide-eyed curiosity led to the beginnings of their unique art practices during a time where we couldn’t carry the world’s archive in…

How does a gallery keep up with changing art world trends? On our introductory episode we chat with our gallery’s director, Shireen Gandhy, as we delve into Chemould’s ever-evolving journey; from pioneering the early careers of Modern Masters like M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza and Ram Kumar, voyaging on to exhibiting today’s leading contemporary artists s…