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

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

(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 one […]

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

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

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 been […]

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Raja Ravi Varma’s chromolithographs at the Louvre Abu Dhabi

Raja Ravi Varma’s chromolithographs at the Louvre Abu Dhabi

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 is […]

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

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

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 painter, […]

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