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Two artists across space and time...

The exhibition of two different generations of non-representational artists was curated by Threshold Art Gallery’s founder Tunty Chauhan.

09 November 2024, 23:05 IST

Two artists across space and time...

Two artists across space and time...

Two artists across space and time...

09 November 2024, 23:05 IST

Weaving magic with wild grass

Squatting on colourful plastic sheets, a group of women are busy handcrafting stunning objects from the needle-like leaves of Sabai grass, known locally as ‘bubai’ in eastern Odisha’s poverty-stricken Mayurbhanj district.

09 November 2024, 23:02 IST

Weaving magic with wild grass

Weaving magic with wild grass

Weaving magic with wild grass

09 November 2024, 23:02 IST

Obscenity in art: Whose definition is it anyway

Twenty-five years later in 1979, a handwritten manuscript and 62 drawings by F N Souza, Padamsee’s contemporary, sent via airmail from the US to a publisher in India were seized by the Delhi customs department on charges of “obscenity”.

29 October 2024, 09:44 IST

Obscenity in art: Whose definition is it anyway

Obscenity in art: Whose definition is it anyway

Obscenity in art: Whose definition is it anyway

29 October 2024, 09:44 IST

Calculating the real value of the art you own

Van Gogh’s impasto — his thick, textured application of paint — is echoed in the work of Frank Auerbach, who may be the world’s greatest living painter.

24 October 2024, 07:55 IST

Calculating the real value of the art you own

Calculating the real value of the art you own

Calculating the real value of the art you own

24 October 2024, 07:55 IST

Miniature art, mighty visuals

Vittal Shastri explores the history and potential of Surpur miniature art, which once enjoyed the patronage of royals and locals alike.

23 October 2024, 23:52 IST

Miniature art, mighty visuals

Miniature art, mighty visuals

Miniature art, mighty visuals

23 October 2024, 23:52 IST

The mermaid in Southeast Asia’s Ramayana

Unlike the proliferation of merpeople as fantastical creatures in folklore and mythological traditions of other cultures, Suvannamaccha — Suvarnamatsya in Sanskrit — the Golden Mermaid is perhaps a rare example in our storytelling oeuvre.

20 October 2024, 02:43 IST

The mermaid in Southeast Asia’s Ramayana

The mermaid in Southeast Asia’s Ramayana

The mermaid in Southeast Asia’s Ramayana

20 October 2024, 02:43 IST

The geometry of pain

One of the most influential artists of the last century, the Swiss-born German artist Paul Klee (1879-1940), maintained good health and was physically and intellectually strong for most of his life.

13 October 2024, 00:08 IST

The geometry of pain

The geometry of pain

The geometry of pain

13 October 2024, 00:08 IST

How the Impressionists became the world's favorite painters, and the most misunderstood

It was 1874, it was a new republic, it was a new world. The artists who became the impressionists took seriously what we now often fear: that when life changes outwardly, culture must change inwardly.

12 October 2024, 10:39 IST

How the Impressionists became the world's favorite painters, and the most misunderstood

How the Impressionists became the world's favorite painters, and the most misunderstood

How the Impressionists became the world's favorite painters, and the most misunderstood

12 October 2024, 10:39 IST

Sparking change through ecological art

From using natural materials such as rocks, leaves, soil and branches in land art to extensive documentative and performative photography and videos, artists are increasingly sparking a dialogue around climate change and environmental decay.

06 October 2024, 03:48 IST

Sparking change through ecological art

Sparking change through ecological art

Sparking change through ecological art

06 October 2024, 03:48 IST

Postcards from the past

There is an umbilical link between the captures and the field surveys conducted in ancient India, and each photograph brings in a layered connection with the present day by breathing life into the chronicled past.

06 October 2024, 03:45 IST

Postcards from the past

Postcards from the past

Postcards from the past

06 October 2024, 03:45 IST