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Start India announces the first edition of the Mumbai Urban Art Festival, bringing together a wide-range of interdisciplinary artists all in one place. The festival has the city of Mumbai at the heart of it, and features landmark murals, immersive art installations, workshops, performances and more. Each artwork is an interpretation of the multiple identities, meanings, mythologies and stories associated with the dynamic and fast-paced city that is Mumbai!

On a recent Sunday, Mumbaikars descended upon Sassoon Dock, one of the city’s oldest and a busy fishing harbour. This was, however, not to buy fresh catch of the day but to capture artworks adorning the walls of the commercial buildings in the area. Part of the three-month-long Mumbai Urban Art Festival, which runs till March and is presented by Asian Paints and the St+art India Foundation, the murals (which will be permanent) featuring marine life and lifesize portraits of Koli fisherwomen are just some of the pieces of fine art in the area. Given the location, water is a key component of many artworks. It is most evident in the exhibit ‘Intuitions’ (running till Feb. 22), where various artists focus on our evolving relationship with the sea. Two videos reflect it the best. In Meera Devidayal’s Water Has Memory (2018), reflections of the Arabian Sea on the windows of the buildings around Nariman Point become a canvas to capture people in spaces, the changing form of the sea and its varied effects. In Sohrab Hura’s engaging The Coast (2020), the camera records the joy, the panic, the melancholia, the surprise—in slow motion—that the sea evokes among devotees during a religious festivity celebrating Kali.

• Categories • Movie Artist • Influencers • Athletes • Models • Public Figures • TV Artist • Music • Movie Makers • Entertainers • Comedians • Chefs • Authors & Speakers • Gifting • Birthday Gifts • Women • Wife • Girlfriend • Mother • Sister • Daughter • Friend • Grandmother • • Men • Husband • Boyfriend • Father • Brother • Son • Friend • Grandfather • Anniversary Gifts • Women • Wife • Girlfriend • Mother • Sister • Daughter • Friend • Grandmother • • Men • Husband • Boyfriend • Father • Brother • Son • Friend • Grandfather • • Couples • Parents • Grandparents • Newly Married • BF / GF • • Wedding Gifts • Men • Women • Brother • Sister • Friend • Occasions • Personal • Birthday Gifts • Anniversary Gifts • Housewarming Gifts • Best Wishes Gifts • • Corporate • Boss • Employees • Colleagues • • Special Days • Mother's Day • Father's Day • Friendship Day • Teacher's Day • Grandparents' Day • Valentine's Day • Women's Day • How to Tring? • Support • Mumbai Urban Art Festival 2023 Introduction The Mumbai Urban Art Festival is an annual event that showcases the city's vibrant street art culture. The Mumbai Urban Art Festival 2023 is a celebration of street art and urban culture in one of India's most vibrant cities. Over the course of several days, the festival will showcase the work of national and international street artists and provide a platform for community engagement and cultural exchange. The festival aims to promote creativity and inclusivity, as well as to revitali...

Bringing plans of a common and equal washroom for all into our midst is Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Do you see us all? conceptualised by Gaysi Family’s Priya Dali, created with artists Sivani Rajani and Shyamly Pujare, and supported by Aravani Art Project. The washroom has always been a place to steal a few moments for yourself or seek respite from the outside world with a friend. And this washroom at Mumbai Urban Art Festival (MUAF) isn’t demarcated for any gender, but welcomes all, offering a place to pause, rest, relieve and refresh oneself without exclusion. Learn the act Taking your time to closely observe interesting and tiny details on small or medium-sized artworks is fascinating. But there is something overwhelmingly moving about installations on a massive scale. So if you’re interested in the latter, the exhibitions at MUAF are a great place to start. Our first pick is illustrator and architect Aashti Miller’s Choropleth. This abstract mural surrounding the viewer is inspired by Mumbai’s geography and how it contributed to its maritime development. The work embraces the colour palette of the sea and takes the form of a choropleth map, offering you a chance to reflect on the relationship between the city and the sea. Songs of the future Shrine for my oceanic mother. Pic Courtesy/@chashmishkahiki Rithika Pandey’s Shrine for my oceanic mother is a mixed-media installation that carries the idea of a post-human, post-apocalyptic and mythological world ushered in by cat...

Get ready for three months of citywide art attacks. To make art accessible to diverse audiences, Asian Paints and St+Art India have launched the Mumbai Urban Art Festival (MUAF) across key venues, including areas such as the iconic Sassoon Dock. Other areas include Mahim East, Bandra, Churchgate station, and Jindal Mansion. The idea of a ‘city in a flux’ will show the fluidity of Mumbai – a city that has a mix of beauty, darkness, and diversity. With 60 local and international artists, it’s a nod to the complexity of Mumbai, and different projects show you how. The Sassoon Dock Art Project will become an art hub with permanent outdoor murals, leading to three indoor experiential exhibitions. Making use of new media, there will be light-based works that will represent the sea and the city. To make it engaging for whoever walks in, various activities such as art walks, talks, and performances will be hosted over the weekends, so skip the bar this Saturday, and indulge in some cultural respite. At the intersection of Mahim Station and Dharavi will be the Mahim (E) Art District, which will feature at least 20 murals by local and international artists. Edible gardens, multipurpose seating, sports courts, etc., make this project an essential part of the festival. Want to participate and have an immersive experience? They have participative artworks and workshops to bring out the artist in you. With two temporary installations and a permanent artwork over Carter Road Skatepark, B...

Do Khatra worked on the Instagram wall As you have probably already seen on your Instagram feed if you live in Mumbai, St+art Urban Art Festival has transformed Mumbai's Sassoon Docks, one of the city's oldest fishing communities, into an exhibition space with graffiti and art installations. With their mantra, 'Art for All', they aim to showcase art projects in public areas removing the experience from a conventional gallery space and embedding it within our cities, making art truly democratic. Arjun Bahl, co-founder and festival director, says that, “The whole idea was to bring art to a certain sect of the community who usually don't interact with art.” 40 artists from around the world have given this 142-year-old active dock a colourful makeover; it's a must see exhibition if you don't mind the scent. It's not lost on the artists that the smell is an issue, a fact that's been acknowledged in the cleverest way by cutting-edge graphic designer and multimedia artist Sameer Kulavoor's Parfum Sassoon showroom. A photo installation in association with the Inside Out Project covers the warehouse walls as you enter the show. Started by French artist JR, the installation celebrates local identities and stories using large-format street paste-ups. In this case, roughly 300 black and white portraits of locals were pasted on the warehouse walls. Created by content director Akshat Nauriyal with assistance from Pranav Gohil, the photo project was initially met some with some local res...

It was the festival time in Mumbai with a number of them making the most of the city’s short-lived winter. Each neighbourhood festival had a different social fabric, brought people together including communities that are otherwise in the margins, asked searching questions of the city and the way its spaces are used. Festivals must “not only celebrate neighbourhoods for what they have signified in traditional narratives, but also inquire into what future narratives can be imagined for the neighbourhoods”, says Ranjit Hoskote, poet, cultural theorist and curator. Hoskote, who has been involved in Kala Ghoda Arts Festival since its inception, speaks to Question of Cities about how urban festivals can go beyond being event-centric and act as platforms for new conversations. Urban festivals are as old as cities themselves. Art and culture have been used as instruments to bring communities closer in large cities with fragmented populations, or used to claim and reclaim public spaces to lend them new relevance, or reflect anxieties about complex issues of our time such as Climate Change, livelihoods, and so on. Mumbai recently played host to three festivals in different neighbourhoods – the Mumbai Urban Art Festival at the city’s oldest dock, Sassoon Docks, focused on the city’s relationship with the sea; the Govandi Arts Festival displaying many talents from the rehabilitation colony in the mostly-forgotten eastern suburb; and the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival which was back on the e...

Start India announces the first edition of the Mumbai Urban Art Festival, bringing together a wide-range of interdisciplinary artists all in one place. The festival has the city of Mumbai at the heart of it, and features landmark murals, immersive art installations, workshops, performances and more. Each artwork is an interpretation of the multiple identities, meanings, mythologies and stories associated with the dynamic and fast-paced city that is Mumbai!

• Categories • Movie Artist • Influencers • Athletes • Models • Public Figures • TV Artist • Music • Movie Makers • Entertainers • Comedians • Chefs • Authors & Speakers • Gifting • Birthday Gifts • Women • Wife • Girlfriend • Mother • Sister • Daughter • Friend • Grandmother • • Men • Husband • Boyfriend • Father • Brother • Son • Friend • Grandfather • Anniversary Gifts • Women • Wife • Girlfriend • Mother • Sister • Daughter • Friend • Grandmother • • Men • Husband • Boyfriend • Father • Brother • Son • Friend • Grandfather • • Couples • Parents • Grandparents • Newly Married • BF / GF • • Wedding Gifts • Men • Women • Brother • Sister • Friend • Occasions • Personal • Birthday Gifts • Anniversary Gifts • Housewarming Gifts • Best Wishes Gifts • • Corporate • Boss • Employees • Colleagues • • Special Days • Mother's Day • Father's Day • Friendship Day • Teacher's Day • Grandparents' Day • Valentine's Day • Women's Day • How to Tring? • Support • Mumbai Urban Art Festival 2023 Introduction The Mumbai Urban Art Festival is an annual event that showcases the city's vibrant street art culture. The Mumbai Urban Art Festival 2023 is a celebration of street art and urban culture in one of India's most vibrant cities. Over the course of several days, the festival will showcase the work of national and international street artists and provide a platform for community engagement and cultural exchange. The festival aims to promote creativity and inclusivity, as well as to revitali...

Bringing plans of a common and equal washroom for all into our midst is Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Do you see us all? conceptualised by Gaysi Family’s Priya Dali, created with artists Sivani Rajani and Shyamly Pujare, and supported by Aravani Art Project. The washroom has always been a place to steal a few moments for yourself or seek respite from the outside world with a friend. And this washroom at Mumbai Urban Art Festival (MUAF) isn’t demarcated for any gender, but welcomes all, offering a place to pause, rest, relieve and refresh oneself without exclusion. Learn the act Taking your time to closely observe interesting and tiny details on small or medium-sized artworks is fascinating. But there is something overwhelmingly moving about installations on a massive scale. So if you’re interested in the latter, the exhibitions at MUAF are a great place to start. Our first pick is illustrator and architect Aashti Miller’s Choropleth. This abstract mural surrounding the viewer is inspired by Mumbai’s geography and how it contributed to its maritime development. The work embraces the colour palette of the sea and takes the form of a choropleth map, offering you a chance to reflect on the relationship between the city and the sea. Songs of the future Shrine for my oceanic mother. Pic Courtesy/@chashmishkahiki Rithika Pandey’s Shrine for my oceanic mother is a mixed-media installation that carries the idea of a post-human, post-apocalyptic and mythological world ushered in by cat...