Art World
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After seeing Mysore art in a gallery, one man has spent his whole life collecting and conserving it
Possessing a collection of 600 Mysore paintings, RG Singh’s passion project, the Ramsingh Museum, provides a synoptic view of a distinctive regional style.
Kamayani Sharma
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How did an Italian prisoner of war end up painting these beautiful frescoes in a Dehradun church?
Nino La Civita’s rollercoaster life in India took him from the mansions of the rich to internment camps to finally the St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church.
Kamayani Sharma
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In paintings: How foreign artists saw Benaras in the 19th and early 20th centuries
An exhibition in Mumbai brings together rare works by Alexander Scott, Ludwig Hans Fischer, Erich Kips and others.
Giles Tillotson & Aditi Mazumdar
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Very low voter turnout in six districts of eastern Nagaland amid shutdown over statehood demand
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
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Please touch: Indian art is finally growing sensitive to the needs of the visually impaired
Museums as well as galleries are displaying tactile panels to make art accessible to people with disabilities.
Kamayani Sharma
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An Indian artist who helped decolonise Christian art has been relegated to the margins in death
Trindade’s stylistic trajectory over the decades loosely paralleled shifts in Indian modernism.
Kamayani Sharma
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Going bananas: ‘Run as Slow as You Can’ is a hyperreal comment on our image-obsessed times
The exhibit by artist Maurizio Cattelan, of the banana-taped-to-the-wall fame, and photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari is on display in Mumbai.
Chirag Thakkar
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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A robot in a 400-year-old painting of Jahangir is a lesson in how rulers project global power
Despite depicting a meeting that never happened, ‘Jahangir Entertains Shah Abbas’ is historically instructive.
Kamayani Sharma
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How did the Indian langur end up in a prehistoric mural in Greece?
For decades, researchers have been trying to identify the simians on a Minoan mural in Santorini. Are they African or Indian? Opinions are deeply divided.
Kamayani Sharma
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How Mughal badshahs and begums became a source of inspiration for 19th-century French playing cards
Although un-subcontintental in colour tones, the Cartes Indiennes recall the nobles and attendants of South Asian painting, most famously Mughal miniatures.
Kamayani Sharma
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Durgabai Vyam interview: The Adivasi painter on how Gond art is responding to contemporary times
The Padma Shri recipient talks about her artistry, its past and future.
Kamayani Sharma
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Open letter: Kochi-Muziris Biennale artists flag organisational challenges that led to postponement
The event was postponed a night before its inauguration on December 12. It opened to the public on Friday.
Scroll Staff
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At the Museum of Christian Art in Goa, glimpses of India’s artistic syncretism
Most objects at the museum, across types, reveal inspirations from the visual vocabulary of different parts of India.
Kamayani Sharma
The Field
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game