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Public Art

  • Can street art be taken off the street? What the case of a Banksy piece moved to a museum suggests

    Can street art be taken off the street? What the case of a Banksy piece moved to a museum suggests

    Tyson Mitman, The Conversation
    · May 29, 2019 · 11:30 pm
  • What the reaction to Banksy’s Wales mural tells us about preserving public art

    What the reaction to Banksy’s Wales mural tells us about preserving public art

    Janice Aitken, The Conversation
    · Jan 20, 2019 · 08:30 pm
  • Chennai’s complicated relationship with its dying rivers, as chronicled by artists

    Chennai’s complicated relationship with its dying rivers, as chronicled by artists

    Vinita Govindarajan
    · Feb 20, 2018 · 03:30 pm
  • If Kolkata is the ‘cultural capital of India’, why is its public art so ridiculous?

    If Kolkata is the ‘cultural capital of India’, why is its public art so ridiculous?

    Deepanjan Ghosh
    · Dec 20, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • Bearded hipsters and fisherfolk: An art project is bridging divides at Mumbai’s Sassoon Dock

    Bearded hipsters and fisherfolk: An art project is bridging divides at Mumbai’s Sassoon Dock

    Khorshed Deboo
    · Dec 08, 2017 · 11:30 am
  • How a projector mounted on an autorickshaw is bringing migrant communities together in Karachi

    How a projector mounted on an autorickshaw is bringing migrant communities together in Karachi

    Shweta D'Souza
    · Jan 11, 2017 · 03:30 pm
  • A public art festival in Mumbai is open to viewers scorning its exhibits

    A public art festival in Mumbai is open to viewers scorning its exhibits

    Chanpreet Khurana
    · Oct 17, 2016 · 05:30 pm
  • ‘How is this art?’: New stone sculptures in public spaces leave Delhi befuddled

    ‘How is this art?’: New stone sculptures in public spaces leave Delhi befuddled

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Jun 12, 2016 · 11:30 am
  • Strikers in Saris: A mural remembers the women who shook Britain in 1976

    Strikers in Saris: A mural remembers the women who shook Britain in 1976

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · May 22, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • Photos: In the bustle of Delhi, a wall covered with flowers provides a pause

    Photos: In the bustle of Delhi, a wall covered with flowers provides a pause

    Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
    · Apr 15, 2016 · 01:30 pm