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The photographic series The Wretched and the Earth taken by Italian Grand Prix winner Gabriele Cecconi was a truly tragic and epic image about the forced confrontation between man and nature.

Of a photography contest that looked to draw attention to young talent...

The display includes photos taken by four winners from India.

12 Feb 2020 2:41 AM IST

Shovana Narayan

The eternal quest for perfection: Dancers, bhakti and women poets

All the dancers chose to highlight the poetry of essentially women bhakti poets including Meera Bai, Lal Ded, Gangasati...

30 Jan 2020 1:47 AM IST

A team of four people are working in mission mode to unearth the treasures, sorting and sifting through 136 trunks and boxes, putting things in chronological order and making sense of the historical perspective of one mans vision. (Picture Courtesy: IGNCA/MKDC)

Mohan Khokar Dance Collection: It was one man's mission in life, now...

And interestingly, it is his son, the well-known dance scholar and critic Ashish, who re-introduced me to the...

20 Aug 2019 1:52 AM IST

A Niren Sengupta painting on Sino-Indian relations for a museum in China.

Culture & art need a real push from govt

Cities and towns can look beautiful and arty if artists can be involved in the aesthetic process to create works of...

26 Jun 2019 1:38 AM IST

Jake and Dinos Chapman collection

Artistic licence goes too far?

In the Indian context, there is an outlet for every aberration and revulsion too is no big deal.

29 Nov 2018 6:36 AM IST

Artwork by Manisha Gawade

Art for homes' sake or art's sake?

The joy and finer sensibilities it refines and hones in a person can't even be measured in commercial terms.

2 Nov 2018 6:45 AM IST

Stills from the film Bandini

When pining will have no song...

Pining touches a new depth of poignancy as the viraha songs are sung especially in monsoon in Rajasthan, eastern Uttar...

24 Oct 2018 12:32 AM IST

The Malla rulers were Vaishn-avites and built the famous terracotta temples during the 17th and 18th century in Bishnupur, West Bengal

Bengal terracotta in clay but not ephemeral

Most of the exquisite terracotta temples for which town is justly famous were built during this period.

4 Oct 2018 1:11 AM IST

The air-conditioning system collapses during every opening. It needs a simpler physically challenged access too.

Delhi has fabulous galleries, but few available to showcase art

The newest gallery on the block is Bikaner House, the erstwhile bus depot for Rajasthan Tourism.

20 Sept 2018 12:45 AM IST

Artwork on display at Yuji Obata Exhibition The world of Modern Arita from Japan

No storm in the tea cup, but what a cup!

He was born in 1961 and has kept the traditional purity of the Jin Gama Pottery Kiln established by his father.

30 Aug 2018 1:09 AM IST

Padmashree-awarded Odissi dancer Ranjana Gauhar

Treading the difficult path of the arts

Culture is a part of a larger shared whole where each art is dependent on the other for its creative impulse.

23 Aug 2018 2:06 AM IST

Manipuri Rasleela.

A dancer's view through the lens after 45 years in India

Same was the case in Manipur, in the far northeastern corner of India, was closed to foreigners and most Indians.

14 Aug 2018 12:12 AM IST