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  • Watch: From ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ to ‘Mona Lisa’, this cat is dressed as famous paintings

    Watch: From ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ to ‘Mona Lisa’, this cat is dressed as famous paintings

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 21, 2023 · 10:21 am
  •  A painting shows how Mughal emperors used Christian images to represent their own glorious dynasty

    A painting shows how Mughal emperors used Christian images to represent their own glorious dynasty

    Sudeshna Guha
    · Mar 10, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • A new book explains Alam Chand Raj’s paintings of Guru Nanak’s life from a modern-day perspective

    A new book explains Alam Chand Raj’s paintings of Guru Nanak’s life from a modern-day perspective

    Nicky-Guninder Kaur Singh
    · Feb 17, 2023 · 08:30 am
  • The Art of Resistance: Sudhir Patwardhan’s ‘Street Play’ reflects the diversity of defiant voices

    The Art of Resistance: Sudhir Patwardhan’s ‘Street Play’ reflects the diversity of defiant voices

    Nancy Adajania
    · Jan 01, 2020 · 01:30 pm
  • Watch: Over 2,000 paintings come to life in one breathtaking music video

    Watch: Over 2,000 paintings come to life in one breathtaking music video

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    · Apr 29, 2018 · 01:00 pm
  • Censorship or debate starter? Why removing Waterhouse’s Nymphs from a UK gallery was a bad idea

    Censorship or debate starter? Why removing Waterhouse’s Nymphs from a UK gallery was a bad idea

    Matthew Potter, The Conversation
    · Feb 05, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • The ‘Pitmen painters’ of England and Japan: When miners turned to art to colour their world

    The ‘Pitmen painters’ of England and Japan: When miners turned to art to colour their world

    Diana Cooper-Richet, The Conversation
    · Jan 25, 2018 · 11:30 pm
  • How we used a particle accelerator to find the hidden face in Degas’s Portrait of a Woman

    How we used a particle accelerator to find the hidden face in Degas’s Portrait of a Woman

    Daryl Howard, The Conversation
    · Aug 06, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • Ghost artists: How the Victorians brought famous painters back from the dead in seances

    Ghost artists: How the Victorians brought famous painters back from the dead in seances

    Michelle Foot, The Conversation
    · Jul 23, 2016 · 03:30 pm
  • Delhi painted on ivory: Scenes from the Mughal and British era

    Delhi painted on ivory: Scenes from the Mughal and British era

    The British Library JP Losty
    · Apr 15, 2016 · 09:30 pm