News & Reviews

Georgia's Cafe -- New works from "A Strip of Life"



Georgia's Cafe will present a selection from a new series of works entitled "A Strip of Life". The display will feature various abstract oil paintings, incorporating mixed media, video and black and white photographs.

Opening Reception: Thursday, October 13th, 6-8pm
Location: 89th/ Broadway 10024
On display until Nov. 5th

"La Vita" included in Chelsea Art Museum as part of NutureART annual benefit -- 10/11/11

The painting "La Vita" will be on display at the Chelsea Art Museum, as part of the annual NutureArt benefit. Check out benefit site

Interview with The Mantle @ The Left Forum -- March 20, 2011



In this interview with artist Veru Narula, we discuss his artistic inspirations and the melding of East and West in his artwork. Seven of his paintings from the "All the World's a Stage" series were on display at Left Forum 2011. In this video, Narula gives the audience a tour of two of those pieces. View Interview

"Prostrate in Prayer" image included in "Arabian Nights" @ New Jersey Symphony Orchestra




City Without Walls presents "Arabian Nights", a display of Arabian themed art during symphony performances, including presentations at the New Jersey Symphony of Art and the New Jersey Performing Art Center. February 25- 27th, 2011.

Participating in panel discussion at Guggenheim Museum -- Feb 25, 2011



Veru Narula will participate in New York Care's panel discussion at the Guggenheim Museum, speaking about his upcoming show at the Michael Schimmel Art Center.

All The World's a Stage -- solo exhibition @ Michael Schimmel Art Center : Feb 27th - March 23rd, 2011



if Shakespeare only knew the 21st century would have this much drama...

Michael Schimmel Art Center
Pace University
3 Spruce Street
New York, NY 10038

"Hamlet: To Be or Not to Be...In Iraq" exhibited at Tarnish and Gold Gallery




The Art of Conflict: Identity in War and Dispacement

Video of series here.

"Uptown Reach" featured in BABEL



Space 37: 86-08 37th Avenue, Jackson Heights, NY 11372.
Thanks to Hector Canonge and the Queens Media Arts Development.

Featured at MonkDogz Urban Art to raise money for Haiti Art Fund.

Interview with the Museum of Peripheral Art (Drew Martin)

"Drew:What is your favorite painting and why?

Veru: Within the series All The World’s a Stage, my favorite painting is Honest (Iran) Iago. Here I compare the Iranian president Ahmadinejad to the character of Iago, who tempts Othello into believing his wife has had an affair.”

Read Full Interview




Rubin Musuem of Art acquires "The Islamic Chess Revolt."

Queens Museum of Art displays "The Islamic Chess Revolt"

"The Islamic Chess Revolt" (Oil on Canvas) featured At Queens Museum of Art in Erasing Borders 2009.


Artist Talk September 13, 2009.


Review in India Abroad

“Veru Narula's two oil paintings The Digital Muse and The Islamic Chess Revolt (with its whirling dervish figures) depict surreal landscapes whose imagery seems both timely and timeless.” - Review in India Abroad by Pais, Arthur J (penned by Vijay Kumar). Read More

Exhibition at World Financial Center


Video of "Emergence: From The Ocean of Abundance" on replay featured in "Women's Chill" Environmental Project at World Financial Center. Read more.



See the video & works in Underwater Art Series



Honored to be included of Asian Contemporary Art Week , May 2009

Review from South Asian American Art Festival 2 at Santa Monica Studios




"Veru Narula, a New York-based artist, created religious icons of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam melding the faiths." - Dialogue in Art





See more Figurative Art

Reviews on Cortland Gallery in Erasing borders 2009


Thanks to Gordon Gartrelle, who blogs on Cortland Gallery in Erasing Borders 2009: “I came across Veru Narula's work at last years Erasing Borders exhibit and dug this piece he showed then...He makes surrealist oil pieces related to global subconsciousness and is also a nice dood…” Read More

New York Times reviews "Kathak Dancers"



"Veru Narula’s “Kathak Dancers” is stealthily political. It is an oil painting of a group of three dancers performing against a surreal-looking landscape with a fiery red sky. Kathak is a classical dance from northern India and also the national dance of Pakistan. The link with Pakistan here is significant, for the dancers all wear gas masks. I read this painting as an allegory for the threat of war between the two countries, both of them now nuclear powers."
- By Benjamin Genocchio, New York Times. Read Article


Painting Featured On Cover of India Abroad Newspaper



Veru Narula's Painting "Kathak Dancers" Featured On Cover of India Abroad , published weekly by Redriff Magazine.




Read Newspaper Article.



Visit more art in the South Asian gallery.