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The Kathak flag was kept flying by danseuse Shovana Narayan capturing the myriad moods of the monsoon as she painted a lyrical picture with her recital MonsoonScape of glistening drops that heal the parched earth.

Vishnu Digambar Jayanti is back with fine artistes and a zen-garden...

I can only salute the soil of Dharwad that has given us luminaries like Bhimsen Joshi, Sawai Gandharva and now Venkatesh...

25 Aug 2017 2:30 AM IST

The essential image of the torso has remained in Kanchan Chanders work and finds many manifestations from the resigned to the playful, from to the sensual to the asexual, from the humorous to the satirical, she captures the entire gamut of her being as a woman and as a person.

Torsos that speak of the artist's journey

Kanchan Chander's solo art show, Whispering Torsos, illustrates the uniqueness of the feminine gaze.

17 Aug 2017 4:44 AM IST

District officials in Assam have decided to replace a statue in Guwahati of Mahatma Gandhi that was created by one of Indias finest sculptors, Ramkinkar Baij.

Whose aesthetic is it anyway?

his is by way of tongue-firmly-in-cheek type of humour and no offense is meant or intended.

10 Aug 2017 9:51 PM IST

Shanta Serbjeet Singh (1936-2017)

Shanta was idealistic and timeless in so many ways...'

Shanta Serbjeet Singh, one of our senior-most critics and writers on dance, was truly all this and more.

4 Aug 2017 2:47 AM IST

People vandalise artworks at a gallery.

Are we a nation of vandals?

This strange instinct that wants to deface beauty, and finding no outlet for the inherent violence wants to get even by...

3 Aug 2017 6:38 AM IST

The word monsoon comes from the Arabic word mausim, meaning weather.

Art in the time of rains

Monsoon in India comes laden with a myriad moods and connotations, romance and viraha (or separation), poetry and...

27 July 2017 7:25 AM IST

One has to just haul sea and river beds and the booty that will be found will fill up many museums.

Are we making museum pieces of museums?

These votive events are so many that it has become an inherent part of our psyche.

20 July 2017 3:25 AM IST

A work by Shakti Burman

The story of paintings going missing is hardly new

The Ministry of Culture has been approached and has agreed to give a grant to open the museum.

13 July 2017 4:09 AM IST

Weavers at work in Northeast.

GST poised to strike death knell in handicrafts sector

The film Mother India was not a figment of the writer's imagination but a reality that was lived by thousands if not...

6 July 2017 5:10 AM IST

Art work by Thotavaikuntham

GST might spell doom for artists

As it is, the 12 per cent tax was a bad enough deterrent for people to not acquire art.

29 Jun 2017 3:27 AM IST

Remembering artistes who constitute Indian culture

Legends who have so helped refine the aesthetic perceptions of an era, that they have become almost synonymous with...

22 Jun 2017 3:09 AM IST

Hand-woven saree represents the very life breath of our nation, its cultural diversity and creative genius.

Handwoven sarees represent the life and breath of our nation'

For one, the designers have started to look at weaves with the seriousness and respect they deserve.

15 Jun 2017 6:43 AM IST