24 years after, Indian art redone at Roosevelt House
New Delhi-- When US Ambassador Kenneth I. Juster no longer saw the radiant blue Indian-style murals in his official residence, the Roosevelt House, that...
The South Asian Collection at MFA Includes 5,000 Objects from the Subcontinent
BOSTON—The South Asian collection at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston comprises comprising some 5,000 objects from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, and Sri...
Artist Pooja Iranna and calling a medium her own
By Sukant Deepak
New Delhi-- She says that whenever she comes across a new medium, there is a peculiar desire to make it her own....
Worcester Art Museum Hosts Talk on Contemporary Art of India on Sept. 15
WORCESTER, MA-- The Worcester Art Museum, whose encyclopedic 37,500-piece collection covers 51 centuries of art, will host a talk on “The Figurative and the...
Brilliant Colorful Quilts From African Descendants in India Adorn Galleries of Davis Museum at...
WELLESLEY, MA – A unique tradition of artful quilt making is displayed in Soulful Stitching: Patchwork Quilts by Africans (Siddis) in India, an exhibition...
Rediscovered Amrita Sher-Gil painting heads to auction
By Siddhi Jain
New Delhi-- An important rediscovered portrait by celebrated Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil of her close friend and French art critic Denyse Proutau...
All for artists in times of Corona: Yasmin Kidwai
By Sukant Deepak
New Delhi-- She remembers going to the Nizamuddin Dargah when it opened after Covid struck. There was something amiss. The place was...
Poetry is private and public, immediate and transcendental: Sudeep Sen
By Sukant Deepak
New Delhi-- In the early part of the pandemic, he took to capturing the skies from exactly the same vantage point on...
Indian art, photos, textiles on display at Philadelphia museum
NEW YORK--The Philadelphia Museum of Art has put on display masterful drawings from Indian royal courts, works of contemporary photographers and woven textiles of...
The classic “charpai” recalled, explored in its past and present
By Siddhi Jain
Panaji, Dec 16 (IANS) Of all pieces of furniture unique to India, perhaps the 'charpai' is the most evocative of individual memories. Compact,...
