Street Art
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From Patna to Bengaluru, murals have become a record of the cornonavirus pandemic
Graffiti has sprung up across the country to pay homage to coronavirus frontline workers and for making public service announcements.
Manavi Kapur, qz.com
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Once symbols of despair, Kabul’s blast walls are spreading messages of hope and defiance
ArtLords, a group of Afghan artists, are painting murals on the barriers to highlight the social problems faced by residents of the war-torn city.
Hugo Ribadeau Dumas
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What a ruling ordering a developer to pay artists for destroying their graffiti means for street art
Twenty-one New York artists won $6.7 million in damages from the owner of a building who destroyed their graffiti when he had the structure demolished.
Enrico Bonadio, The Conversation
Trending
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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A Kolkata resident has covered his neighbourhood with murals of Bengali cultural icons
The colourful art painted on electricity boxes is a welcome change from campaign posters.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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In its 10 years, Google Street View has become fertile ground for artists
Creative people have used the platform for photographic curation to music videos, to comment on issues like surveillance and poverty.
Chris Ingraham, The Conversation & Allison L Rowland, The Conversation
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Homeless street artists have turned a lane in Melbourne into the city’s most Instagrammed spot
Some say homelessness creates squalor in cities. But Hosier Lane thrives due to homeless street artists.
Chris Honig, The Conversation
Video
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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Screen gods and pehelwans: This photographer is documenting a dying Indian street art
Meena Kadri's work captures the fading paint work now replaced by digital signs and snazzy billboards.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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Painting with children: A German street artist has left his mark from Delhi to Kochi
An interview with the anonymous artist TONA.
Rohini Kejriwal
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Why the real Banksy need not stand up
The Jack the Ripper of the art world needs his anonymity.
Ipsita Chakravarty
The Reel
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Watch: In animated prequel, Baahubali and Bhallaladeva unite to defeat the warlord Raktadeva
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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‘It’s pretty, but what is it?’: Delhi gawps at its giant new murals
A street art festival that brought artists from around the world to the national capital last month has got locals talking (but a little puzzled).
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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Pictures: Street art is quietly taking over drab walls covered with ugly advertising in Delhi
Dull no more. Some Delhi neighbourhoods are turning into public exhibitions, with colourful surprises.
Mayank Jain
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Lennon in a lungi, Marx meditating like a saint: Graffiti in Kochi asks ‘Guess Who’
The works of an anonymous artist, or group of artists, have left viewers amused and flummoxed.
Mayank Jain
The Field
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IPL 2024: Hyderabad deliver death-bowling masterclass to defeat Rajasthan in last-ball thriller
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ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma, Ajit Agarkar on team selection, KL Rahul’s omission and more
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India tour of Bangladesh: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana guide India to victory in third T20I
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Salima Tete to lead Indian women’s team for European leg
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian women lose to Japan, men to China in quarter-finals