#Arpita

Her outspoken wit, her innate deftness in drawing the body, her love of reading — lore, mythic tales, fiction in her native Bengali and contemporary international literature — all pushed against the constraints of abstraction

Indian painter Arpita Singh, a legend of her country's post-independence art scene, died today at the age of 89.

Arpita Singh, one of the most high-profile Indian contemporary artists, died at 89. In 2025, she had an acclaimed survey at the Serpentine Galleries.