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  • ‘Harappa Files’ at 24 Jorbagh

    Ina Puri, The Tribune, May 11, 2025
  • An Encounter with Sir Thomas Browne and Other Commonplace Utopia, 2016 | Wallpaper installation; printed onto rafa canvas © Sarnath Banerjee

    Celebrating Deutsche Bank’s 20 years as Global Lead Partner of Frieze art fairs with a series of 20 articles on 20 featured artists.

    This article forms part of a special series celebrating Deutsche Bank’s 20 years as Global Lead Partner of Frieze art fairs, taking a closer look at 20 artists we have collaborated with and whose work features in the Deutsche Bank Collection.
    Editors, Deutsche Bank, November 11, 2023
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    In Episode 10 of the fortnightly column, Sarnath Banerjee tells us how people in the Middle Ages coped with lockdown and social distancing.
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, May 30, 2023
  • Phantomgarh: A graphic series by Sarnath Banerjee

    As the pandemic marches along, Sarnath Banerjee looks at ways of coping with anxiety, a useful evolutionary response that can easily turn into dread
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, August 22, 2021
  • Phantomgarh: A graphic series by Sarnath Banerjee

    Sarnath Banerjee listens in as Kailashji, the secretary of a housing society in Ghaziabad, debates toxic positivity and gravity with a high-jumper
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, August 8, 2021
  • Phantomgarh: A graphic series by Sarnath Banerjee

    As Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sends mangoes to Indian politicians, Sarnath Banerjee ponders possible remedies for political diabetes
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, July 11, 2021
  • Phantomgarh: A graphic series by Sarnath Banerjee

    Sarnath Banerjee embarks on a metaphorical journey to the Eastern bloc in search of humour in times of repression
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, June 13, 2021
  • Phantomgarh: A graphic series by Sarnath Banerjee

    Sarnath Banerjee documents the transformation of families with a long line of norm-core ancestors, into doom-scrollers, awake till the late hours
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, May 30, 2021
  • Phantomgarh: A graphic series by Sarnath Banerjee

    As the dust settles after the Bengal assembly elections, Sarnath Banerjee is captivated by an artwork on how history remembers turncoats and traitors
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, May 16, 2021
  • Phantomgarh: A graphic series by Sarnath Banerjee

    Sarnath Banerjee rediscovers the strange world of Satyajit Ray’s sci-fi as he reads his stories to a friend suffering from a severe bout of covid-19
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, May 2, 2021
  • Phantomgarh: A graphic series by Sarnath Banerjee

    In this episode, Sarnath Banerjee surveys the biases of Delhi landlords when it comes to choosing their tenants
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, April 18, 2021
  • Phantomgarh: A graphic series by Sarnath Banerjee

    Sarnath Banerjee continues his investigations into psychological quirks that lead to extreme conditions and impact the mental health of our society
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, April 4, 2021
  • Phantomgarh: A graphic series by Sarnath Banerjee

    Sarnath Banerjee celebrates the power of paying attention to the pulse of a place and recording the slow ruination of ruins in his latest graphic feature
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, March 20, 2021
  • Phantomgarh: A visual series by Sarnath Banerjee

    Sarnath Banerjee’s latest story is about four- and two-legged creatures—leopards in Western Cape, Bengal tigers, cheetahs in Iran, Siberian tigers, and four women who study them
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge , February 21, 2021
  • Phantomgarh: A visual series by Sarnath Banerjee

    In Sarnath Banerjee’s latest, Brighu and Sanaa reflect on old photographs, not for their nostalgic appeal but because of the mysterious life of the objects captured by them
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, February 7, 2021
  • Phantomgarh: A graphic series by Sarnath Banerjee

    Sarnath Banerjee takes us on a quick walk to nowhere in Episode 24 to give us some relief from the pandemic of planning that has besieged the world
    Sarnath Banerjee , Mint Lounge, January 24, 2021
  • Jameel Library Commissions: Sarnath Banerjee

    Jameel Arts Centre, January 18, 2021
  • Phantomgarh: A visual series by Sarnath Banerjee

    Sarnath Banerjee gives us a glimpse of a film which is a reverse swing aimed at the three wickets of Indian society—'bhakti’, ‘samman’ and ‘shraddha’
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, January 10, 2021
  • Phantomgarh | A visual series by Sarnath Banerjee

    In this graphic feature, Sarnath Banerjee highlights the power of stories to move heaven and earth, heal the sick, and bring hope where there is none. But what does it mean when an entire country begins to be run on stories, real and imagined?
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, December 13, 2020
  • Phantomgarh | A visual series by Sarnath Banerjee

    Sarnath Banerjee spends an afternoon at the department of serious psychosis, where patients from different backgrounds coexist, as do strange notions of reality and illusion
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, November 27, 2020
  • Phantomgarh | A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, October 31, 2020
  • Phantomgarh | A visual series by Sarnath Banerjee

    In Episode 18 of his fortnightly graphic column, Sarnath Banerjee reminds us of the virtues of sleep as a cure for capitalism
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, September 19, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A visual series by Sarnath Banerjee

    In Episode 17 of his fortnightly graphic column, Sarnath Banerjee explores the eternal boredom of the self, induced by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, September 5, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    In Episode 16 of the fortnightly graphic column, Sarnath Banerjee provides a guide to different kinds of sieves, from the plasma membrane to the common colander, that keep out the unwanted
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, August 22, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    In Episode 15 of his fortnightly column, Sarnath Banerjee wonders how much of the past will survive after the covid-19 pandemic.
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, August 8, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    In Episode 14 of the fortnightly graphic column, Sarnath Banerjee explores the charms and allures of European summer houses.
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, July 25, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    In episode 13 of his fortnightly graphic column, Sarnath Banerjee looks back on the history of plague outbreaks and their moral impact on society.
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, July 11, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A visual series by Sarnath Banerjee

    In Episode 11 of his fortnightly column, Sarnath Banerjee takes us into the world of Promona Sengupta, living in a foreign land during the pandemic, battling anxiety and depression
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, June 13, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    In Episode 10 of the fortnightly column, Sarnath Banerjee tells us how people in the Middle Ages coped with lockdown and social distancing.
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, May 30, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    In Episode 9 of his fortnightly column, Sarnath Banerjee explores the trigonometry of social distancing, the geometry of isolation, and the algebra of infinite self-discovery.
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, May 16, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, May 2, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    With the coronavirus introducing new words into our collective lexicon, Sarnath Banerjee profiles a range of distinct new character types that have emerged in this period of crisis.
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, April 18, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    In Episode 6 of Sarnath Banerjee’s graphic feature, Keka decides to apply the principles of social distancing on family WhatsApp groups.
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, April 4, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    In Episode 5 of his fortnightly column, Sarnath Banerjee points out the pitfalls of living in the time of social isolation, especially for the elderly and the retired.
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, March 20, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    In episode 4 of his fortnightly column, Sarnath Banerjee ventures a guess about the extent to which Indians may be willing to go to reimagine, rewrite, and retell their histories
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, February 22, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    In Episode 3 of his fortnightly column, writer-illustrator Sarnath Banerjee explains why the nation needs a ‘rafoo master.’
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, February 8, 2020
  • Phantomgarh: A Visual Series By Sarnath Banerjee

    In Episode 2 of his fortnightly column weaving fact and fiction, writer and illustrator Sarnath Banerjee explores the sociology of the landlord class
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, January 25, 2020
  • Illustration by Sarnath Banerjee

    Anmol Jelly: A special feature by Sarnath Banerjee

    In a nation struggling with record unemployment, two entrepreneurs from Kolkata come up with a panacea for everything that ails us in these dark times
    Sarnath Banerjee, Mint Lounge, December 30, 2019
  • Many shades of a star

    Editors, Mumbai Mirror, December 12, 2019
  • Spectral Times: Sarnath Banerjee’s dialogue with the dead

    Combining illustrations and radio recordings, Sarnath Banerjee’s new exhibit is a fictional account of a Mumbai we don’t see
    Phalguni Desai, The Hindu, March 1, 2019
  • Sarnath Banerjee, Enthralling: Digital Dutta.

    ‘Doab Dil’ by Sarnath Banerjee: Where the rivers meet

    Twin streams, of words and images, drawings and colouring, converge into a seamless whole
    Satwik Gade, The Hindu, March 1, 2019
  • From the series, ‘An Encounter with Thomas Browne and Other Commonplace Utopia’, (Photo: Deutsche Bank, The artist, & Project 88, Mumbai)

    The Ghosts of our present

    These stories can be enjoyed through both, Sarnath’s minimalist graphic sketches as well as radio recordings.
    Cherylann Mollan, The Asian Age, February 24, 2019
  • SARNATH BANERJEE AND HIS ECCENTRIC PANOPLY OF WOMEN

    Anindita Ghose, Vogue, October 29, 2015
  • SARNATH BANERJEE IN CONVERSATION WITH OMAR KHOLEIF FOR AGAP 2015

    ABRAAJ GROUP ART PRIZE CATALOGUE, August 26, 2015
  • A SOFT LIBERAL STAB AT THE POLITICS OF EATING – Sarnath Banerjee

    Livemint, July 4, 2015
  • THE IDLE MONOLOGUE OF AN UNCONVINCED SURVEYOR- Sarnath Banerjee

    e-flux, June 29, 2015
  • VASCO DA GAMA IN NEW YORK

    Fiona Fernandez, Mid-Day, May 25, 2015
  • Frieze New York

    Andrew Stefan Weiner, Art Agenda, May 15, 2015
  • Around The World In 10 Booths At Frieze New York

    Mostafa Heddaya, Blouin Artinfo, May 14, 2015
  • Frieze Art Fair At Randalls Island Park Offers A Bit Of Everything

    Ken Johnson And Martha Schwendener, The New York Times, May 14, 2015
  • GLOBAL FAIR ART DUBAI TO SHOWCASE WORKS OF MORE THAN 500 ARTISTS

    Mary Achkhanian, Gulf News, UAE, March 19, 2015
  • A BREED APART

    Shailaja Tripathi, The Hindu, March 18, 2015
  • Vasco At Wheel

    Minnu Ittyipe, Outlook Magazine, December 27, 2014
  • BLACK PEARL AND OTHER ENCHANTMENTS

    Rosalyn D’Mello, Open Magazine, December 19, 2014
  • ART IN TRANSIT

    Pallavi Pundir, The Indian Express, August 11, 2014
  • TEMPORARY AUTONOMOUS ZONES – Sarnath Banerjee

    DNA, July 26, 2014
  • ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY # 16: MANDARIN

    The Hindu, November 16, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY # 15: THE TULSI IN MY OWN COURTYARD

    The Hindu, November 2, 2013
  • FRIEZE LONDON 2013

    Ambika Rajgopal, Saffronart blog, October 26, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY #14 “Chief, That Was Your Last!”

    The Hindu, October 19, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY # 13 : EVERY ANGEL IS TERROR

    The Hindu, October 5, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GOEGRAPHY #12: GLOBAL BROOKLYNICATION

    he Hindu, August 31, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY # 11 : COLD DREAD OF HOME

    The Hindu, August 17, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY #9 : WHERE HAVE ALL THE POLLIES GONE?

    The Hindu, August 3, 2013
  • SARNATH BANERJEE : ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY

    Elizabeth Prendiville, Saffronart, July 17, 2013
  • THE BIGGEST LOSER

    Nayantara Kilachand, Mumbai Boss, July 16, 2013
  • LOST CAUSE : SARNATH BANERJEE CREATES A “COTTAGE EMPORIUM FOR LOSERS” FOR LONDON OLYMPICS

    Blessy Augustine, blouinartinfo.com, June 28, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY # 9 : CORRUPTION OF LOVE – PART 2

    The Hindu, June 22, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GEORAPHY # 8 : CORRUPTION OF LOVE – PART 1

    The Hindu, June 15, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY # 7 : DOWN BY THE SEASIDE

    The Hindu, June 8, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY #6: THE SPECULATED GENIUS

    The Hindu, June 1, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY # 5 : DEFENCE COLONY REVOLUTIONARIES

    The Hindu, May 25, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY # 4 : PRESSURES OF A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

    The Hindu, May 18, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GOEGRAPHY #03: MEDICAL METEOROLOGY

    The Hindu, May 13, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY # 2 : MERRY WANDERERS OF THE NIGHT

    The Hindu, May 4, 2013
  • ENCHANTED GEOGRAPHY #01 – INSIDER REPORT

    The Hindu, April 29, 2013
  • … AND THE LOSER TAKES IT ALL, An Unabashed Celebration Of Losers

    Open Magazine, August 4, 2012
  • SARNATH BANERJEE’S “GALLERY OF LOSERS”

    Elisabetta Marabotto, Saffronart Blog, July 22, 2012
  • THE SARNATH FILES

    Baradwaj Rangan, The Hindu, April 25, 2011
  • SEVEN ARTISTS IN DELHI – SARNATH BANERJEE

    the Guardian, March 8, 2011
  • 5 BEST BITS OF THE JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL

    Aditi Saxton, CNN Travel, February 3, 2011
  • MERGING MUSIC AND CARTOON GRAPHICS

    Megha Mahindru, The Hindustan Times, January 26, 2011

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