New Delhi | ‘Textiles to bless daughters’: David Housego and Mandeep Nagi’s suzanis on exhibit

New Delhi | ‘Textiles to bless daughters’: David Housego and Mandeep Nagi’s suzanis on exhibit

Bukhara – A Journey on the Silk Route, at the National Crafts Museum | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Silk Route. Approximately 6,437 km from China to Europe. 1,500 years of trade. Caravanserais carrying silk and spices, precious stones and porcelain, jade and glassware, even horses, the plague, and gunpowder. And in the centre of […]

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Group show in Thiruvananthapuram by 11 artists features experiments with mediums and themes

Group show in Thiruvananthapuram by 11 artists features experiments with mediums and themes

An exhibition of paintings, sculptures and installation by 11 up-and-coming young artists is on at Amuseum art gallery in the city. These exhibits are entries submitted for K P Krishnakumar Young Artist Award, instituted by the gallery for emerging visual artists in memory of sculptor KP Krishakumar. Bineesh Narayanan, Dhanya VV, Ebin PR, Midhun J, […]

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Kings and climate change | K.R. Sunil photographs Chavittu Nadakam artistes in Kerala who are facing rising sea levels

Kings and climate change | K.R. Sunil photographs Chavittu Nadakam artistes in Kerala who are facing rising sea levels

Fisherman and Chavittu Nadakam artiste George Vadakkepparambil | Photo Credit: K.R. Sunil Silosh George, a fisherman from Chellanam, a coastal village in Kochi, moonlights as a Chavittu Nadakam artiste. In his 30s, George is one of the few young practitioners of the 16th century dance drama. He often attends rehearsals after the day’s work. Once […]

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Red Lilies, Water Birds: the exhibition in Hampi showcases the sari in nine stories

Red Lilies, Water Birds: the exhibition in Hampi showcases the sari in nine stories

The Tungabhadra river flows, not too far from where we stand. On its southern bank is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hampi, the capital of the mighty Krishnadevaraya’s Vijayanagara empire. But we are on the northern banks at Anegundi village, said to be older than Hampi. All around are hills with massive boulders precariously […]

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Ashiesh Shah picks Salone Del Mobile’s top five exhibitions and launches

Ashiesh Shah picks Salone Del Mobile’s top five exhibitions and launches

Architect-designer Ashiesh Shah picks exhibitions and launches that he enjoyed at the recently-concluded Salone Del Mobile Architect-designer Ashiesh Shah picks exhibitions and launches that he enjoyed at the recently-concluded Salone Del Mobile After a long, pandemic-induced hiatus, the world’s design greats congregated at Milan for Salone Del Mobile earlier this month. The Milanese furniture and […]

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Celebrating childhood, a time when simple sights matter

Celebrating childhood, a time when simple sights matter

Exhibition of works by award-winning teen artist Anujath Sindhu Vinaylal is on display at the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Art Gallery in the city Exhibition of works by award-winning teen artist Anujath Sindhu Vinaylal is on display at the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Art Gallery in the city There was a time in everyone’s life when the […]

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