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Art history

Kavita Singh (1964-2023): A brilliant art historian and teacher with an insatiable zest for life

Saloni Mathur Jyotindra Jain Parul Dave Mukherji Deepti Mulgund
· Aug 09, 2023 · 11:30 am
What a tiny difference in two very similar portraits of a sultan tells us about 16th-century India

Kamayani Sharma
· Jul 11, 2023 · 11:48 am
A robot in a 400-year-old painting of Jahangir is a lesson in how rulers project global power

Kamayani Sharma
· Jun 18, 2023 · 11:30 am
How did the Indian langur end up in a prehistoric mural in Greece?

Kamayani Sharma
· May 30, 2023 · 11:30 am
Islamic paintings of the Prophet are an important piece of history. Teaching them shouldn’t be taboo

Christiane Gruber, The Conversation
· Jan 12, 2023 · 09:30 pm
Drawing Hindu epics in Art Deco style, this Polish artist left behind a striking legacy

Kamayani Sharma
· Oct 11, 2022 · 11:30 am
From miniatures, manuscripts to textiles and photos: Art comes alive in BN Goswamy’s Conversations

Shanta Gokhale
· Jun 25, 2022 · 05:30 pm
Images: Where were these miniatures of Sikh rulers painted?

JP Losty
· Apr 17, 2022 · 07:30 pm
How we discovered world’s oldest known cave painting of animals in a secret Indonesian valley

Adam Brumm, The Conversation Adhi Oktaviana, The Conversation Basran Burhan, The Conversation Maxime Aubert, The Conversation
· Jan 15, 2021 · 11:30 pm
Weekend Quiz: What was Chera ruler Kadal Pirakottiya Vel Kelu Kuttuvan also known as?

The Heritage Lab
· Nov 14, 2020 · 03:30 pm
What evolved faster – human brain or human society?

Nick Longrich, The Conversation
· Sep 27, 2020 · 09:30 pm
Weekend Quiz: Which king commissioned this stupa in Punjab?

The Heritage Lab
· Aug 29, 2020 · 11:30 am
In an unknown artist’s miniatures, we get a glimpse of the heirs apparent of Awadh’s last king

Malini Roy Patricia Tena
· May 12, 2020 · 09:30 pm
The 16th century erotic revolution that made Italy accept nudity in high art

James Grantham Turner, Aeon
· Aug 01, 2019 · 09:30 pm
From temple walls to Instagram: The long and rich history of botanical art in India

Urmi Chanda-Vaz
· Mar 31, 2019 · 11:30 am
‘Bombs going off like the rains in Sawan’: A reminder from Indian WWI soldiers on the cost of war

Urmi Chanda-Vaz
· Mar 23, 2019 · 11:30 am
How the last king of Indore left a mark on the world of style and the arts

Meera Ganapathi
· Nov 13, 2018 · 11:30 am
A portrait created by Artificial Intelligence has blurred the line between machine and artist

Ahmed Elgammal, The Conversation
· Oct 18, 2018 · 08:30 pm
An artist reanimates the untold stories of Sikhs in Canada through digital collages

Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
· Aug 03, 2018 · 03:30 pm
Photos: A journal offers insights into a British couple’s life in Raj-era India

Margaret Makepeace
· Dec 09, 2017 · 03:30 pm