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When origami and cartography come together...

The artworks, ranging from floral blooms to lenticular pieces, were both abstract and functional.
09 November 2024, 23:08 IST
When origami and cartography come together...
When origami and cartography come together...

When origami and cartography come together...

09 November 2024, 23:08 IST

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

A jasmine by any other name is... confusing!

Anyone who spends time in nurseries would have noticed that the gardeners often mention scientific names when showing plants. This is their way of ensuring that you are getting the plant you want.
27 October 2024, 02:39 IST
A jasmine by any other name is... confusing!
A jasmine by any other name is... confusing!

A jasmine by any other name is... confusing!

27 October 2024, 02:39 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

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