This exhibit in Delhi gives a peep into Tarun Thakral’s vintage print-advertisement posters

[ad_1] (Left to right) Posters of Vinolia soap by Ravi Varma, Goodyear tyres and Eveready Battery Company, Inc. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The print ad of the Scottish shipping company Anchor Line  | Photo Credit: Special arrangement At a time when it is unexpected to even imagine the flags of India and Pakistan in […]

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Fact check: This old photo does not show Jayalalithaa with Nirmala Sitharaman

[ad_1] The viral social media post claiming to show late Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. A photograph purporting to show late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has gone viral on social media. pic.twitter.com/tFAukHQ65n — രാജൻ ഉണ്ണി (@rajannair2107) February 13, 2023 The Twitter post has […]

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Raja Ravi Varma’s chromolithographs at the Louvre Abu Dhabi

[ad_1] Nine of Ravi Varma’s chromolithographs will be exhibited at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Nine chromolithographs belonging to the Bengaluru-based Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation will soon be on view at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, as part of its upcoming show ‘Bollywood Superstars: A Short Story of Indian Cinema’. Modernist painter Raja Ravi Varma’s legacy […]

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Mumbai | Discover Ravi Varma’s first commission at the DAG

[ad_1] Modernist painter Raja Ravi Varma’s first commissioned painting, Kizhakke Palat Krishna Menon & Family | Photo Credit: Delhi Art Gallery At the intimate space of the Delhi Art Gallery (DAG), inside the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Colaba, a historic painting is under the spotlight. It is a family portrait by India’s first modernist […]

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