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Holi in Bollywood

Udat abir gulal... Holi hai!

In the plastic arts there are any number of Holi scenes depicted in the Pahari, Deccan and Rajasthani miniatures.

2 March 2018 12:54 AM IST

The fact is that street art opens a window for discussion, it also opens doors for some positive ambience in places.

Mumbai setting a misaal

The foundation had painted parts of Dharavi over two years ago and intends to take it forward in more parts this year...

22 Feb 2018 3:48 AM IST

The tempo could have been kept more buoyant with enough media coverage and advertising.

A tale of two indian art fairs

Evenings saw performances by folk and traditional artistes too so that there was an attempt to see the arts as a...

15 Feb 2018 2:14 AM IST

Pictures used for representation only

Authentication is not a blackmail tool

Several cases have come up when even families have been faking works in the name of the illustrious painter ancestor.

8 Feb 2018 6:44 AM IST

Artist Asit Patnaik has been working on the relations series for quite some time now.

Artistic tightrope and the creative conundrum

The canvases are an interesting juxtaposition between abstraction and realism.

1 Feb 2018 4:55 AM IST

It has been sung by two amazing singers Maalavika Sundar and Vinod Krishnan, who has sung it and produced the music too.

Appealing to the intellect and the heart

The mashup is composed by Vinod Krishnan who brings lots of energy to the composition for Indian Raga, a start up that...

25 Jan 2018 6:18 AM IST

An art work by Subodh Gupta

Do arts need trained personnel to administer?

A curator's role is so multi-faceted that anyone who doesn't understand it will be the only one who will use the word...

11 Jan 2018 1:14 AM IST

Peacocks in ruby setting (left) and peacocks on a pendant

Jewellery in the times of peace

The setting of stones in the southern part of India is completely different from that in the north.

4 Jan 2018 1:21 AM IST

The work of Asit Kumar Haldar.

Evolving identities of the Bengal school of art

While these artists from Bengal had an interdependent relationship with regard to their attitude, stylistically they...

28 Dec 2017 1:37 AM IST

Wound around the magic of pashmina

These are of a rare quality and the better the quality, the more prohibitive they are in terms of price points.

14 Dec 2017 4:25 AM IST

Exquisitely crafted silver items are always much in demand, be they kitchen utensils, corporate gifts, pens and pencils or jewellery pieces.

Weaving a rich silver skein

The modern-day version of this is a tacky gold polish which disappears after a couple of vigourous scrubbings!

23 Nov 2017 3:02 AM IST

A lot of the wearable art in the West have very avant garde designs often merging technology with it but in many ways Ehsaas goes back to the roots.

Weavers take centre stage

Our crafts persons have imbued things of everyday use with great beauty and I believe that art is inseparable from an...

16 Nov 2017 6:20 AM IST