• Alfred Henry Maurer, the American modernist artist, was born on April 21, 1868. He started with realism but turned to modernist styles like fauvism and cubism later in his life. Although there is a tendency to compartmentalize his career into two segments, a closer look at his earlier works will reveal that he always tried to distil the essence of his subjects. The faces in his figurative pieces were intentionally indistinct, making them suggestive rather than descriptive. The abstracted sense of space in his realist work shows his dedication to capturing the nuances of conceptual relations between the setting and the subject. Should Maurer then be considered an exponent of modernism only?

• Full Moon on a Dark Night, an exhibition of photographs by Soumya Sankar Bose, is on view at the Experimenter gallery. Bose's work blurs the line between the personal and the political. The images not only examine the antiquated nature of some laws but also bear a discernible psychological edge since the personal experiences of the artist's friends inform the content. The show will continue till the end of May.