How a British suffragist brought Ajanta’s ancient paintings into the light of modernity

Kamayani Sharma

· Nov 19, 2024 · 11:30 am

Art history: What was the work of the Madras Progressive Painters’ Association like?

Bina Sarkar Ellias

· Aug 27, 2024 · 08:30 am

A painting of Akbar in a drunken brawl is a history lesson in manliness and kingship

Kamayani Sharma

· Aug 10, 2024 · 11:30 am

Why these travel posters sparked a fiery debate between Indian and British legislators in the 1930s

Kamayani Sharma

· Jun 08, 2024 · 11:30 am

What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj

Kamayani Sharma

· May 11, 2024 · 11:30 am

A new book profiles art critic Rudolf von Leyden, champion of India’s emerging avant-garde painters

Reema Desai Gehi

· Mar 21, 2024 · 08:30 am

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

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· 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

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· 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

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· Jun 25, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Images: Where were these miniatures of Sikh rulers painted?

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· Apr 17, 2022 · 07:30 pm

How we discovered world’s oldest known cave painting of animals in a secret Indonesian valley

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· Jan 15, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Weekend Quiz: What was Chera ruler Kadal Pirakottiya Vel Kelu Kuttuvan also known as?

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· 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

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· 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