Art World
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After seeing Mysore art in a gallery, one man has spent his whole life collecting and conserving it
Possessing a collection of 600 Mysore paintings, RG Singh’s passion project, the Ramsingh Museum, provides a synoptic view of a distinctive regional style.
Kamayani Sharma
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How did an Italian prisoner of war end up painting these beautiful frescoes in a Dehradun church?
Nino La Civita’s rollercoaster life in India took him from the mansions of the rich to internment camps to finally the St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.
Kamayani Sharma
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In paintings: How foreign artists saw Benaras in the 19th and early 20th centuries
An exhibition in Mumbai brings together rare works by Alexander Scott, Ludwig Hans Fischer, Erich Kips and others.
Giles Tillotson & Aditi Mazumdar
Trending
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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The Dutch are drawing a line – to keep populists out of power. Can other countries do so as well?
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Please touch: Indian art is finally growing sensitive to the needs of the visually impaired
Museums as well as galleries are displaying tactile panels to make art accessible to people with disabilities.
Kamayani Sharma
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An Indian artist who helped decolonise Christian art has been relegated to the margins in death
Trindade’s stylistic trajectory over the decades loosely paralleled shifts in Indian modernism.
Kamayani Sharma
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Going bananas: ‘Run as Slow as You Can’ is a hyperreal comment on our image-obsessed times
The exhibit by artist Maurizio Cattelan, of the banana-taped-to-the-wall fame, and photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari is on display in Mumbai.
Chirag Thakkar
Video
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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A robot in a 400-year-old painting of Jahangir is a lesson in how rulers project global power
Despite depicting a meeting that never happened, ‘Jahangir Entertains Shah Abbas’ is historically instructive.
Kamayani Sharma
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How did the Indian langur end up in a prehistoric mural in Greece?
For decades, researchers have been trying to identify the simians on a Minoan mural in Santorini. Are they African or Indian? Opinions are deeply divided.
Kamayani Sharma
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How Mughal badshahs and begums became a source of inspiration for 19th-century French playing cards
Although un-subcontintental in colour tones, the Cartes Indiennes recall the nobles and attendants of South Asian painting, most famously Mughal miniatures.
Kamayani Sharma
The Reel
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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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‘Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout’ review: A bland cop meets a dull case
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‘Juna Furniture’ trailer: Mahesh Manjrekar directs and stars in film about ageing
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Tokyo Sonata’, the unequal music of an emotionally distant family
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Durgabai Vyam interview: The Adivasi painter on how Gond art is responding to contemporary times
The Padma Shri recipient talks about her artistry, its past and future.
Kamayani Sharma
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Open letter: Kochi-Muziris Biennale artists flag organisational challenges that led to postponement
The event was postponed a night before its inauguration on December 12. It opened to the public on Friday.
Scroll Staff
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At the Museum of Christian Art in Goa, glimpses of India’s artistic syncretism
Most objects at the museum, across types, reveal inspirations from the visual vocabulary of different parts of India.
Kamayani Sharma
The Field
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement
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Paris Olympics 2024: Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali ruled out of Games with knee injury
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Badminton: Kento Momota, former world champion, announces international retirement
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju drops to second after draw against Fabiano Caruana