Street Art
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From Patna to Bengaluru, murals have become a record of the cornonavirus pandemic
Graffiti has sprung up across the country to pay homage to coronavirus frontline workers and for making public service announcements.
Manavi Kapur, qz.com
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Once symbols of despair, Kabul’s blast walls are spreading messages of hope and defiance
ArtLords, a group of Afghan artists, are painting murals on the barriers to highlight the social problems faced by residents of the war-torn city.
Hugo Ribadeau Dumas
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What a ruling ordering a developer to pay artists for destroying their graffiti means for street art
Twenty-one New York artists won $6.7 million in damages from the owner of a building who destroyed their graffiti when he had the structure demolished.
Enrico Bonadio, The Conversation
Trending
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International Booker Prize 2024: Quick reviews of the six shortlisted novels
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The test of time: A jail mulaqat with Umar Khalid
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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BJP worker’s son claims in video he cast eight votes in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad
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A Kolkata resident has covered his neighbourhood with murals of Bengali cultural icons
The colourful art painted on electricity boxes is a welcome change from campaign posters.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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In its 10 years, Google Street View has become fertile ground for artists
Creative people have used the platform for photographic curation to music videos, to comment on issues like surveillance and poverty.
Chris Ingraham, The Conversation & Allison L Rowland, The Conversation
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Homeless street artists have turned a lane in Melbourne into the city’s most Instagrammed spot
Some say homelessness creates squalor in cities. But Hosier Lane thrives due to homeless street artists.
Chris Honig, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Classical dancers perform Bharatnatyam and Odissi duet to ‘Sakal Ban’ from ‘Heeramandi’
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Watch: Two musicians simultaneously play the violin with one hand and the piano with another
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Caught on camera: Streaking meteorite turns night sky blue across Portugal and Spain
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Watch: Ed Sheeran sings Punjabi remix of ‘Shape of You’, accompanied by Bhangra dancers
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Eco India: Even as technology lends a hand, India's farmers grapple with an uncertain future
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Screen gods and pehelwans: This photographer is documenting a dying Indian street art
Meena Kadri's work captures the fading paint work now replaced by digital signs and snazzy billboards.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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Painting with children: A German street artist has left his mark from Delhi to Kochi
An interview with the anonymous artist TONA.
Rohini Kejriwal
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Why the real Banksy need not stand up
The Jack the Ripper of the art world needs his anonymity.
Ipsita Chakravarty
The Reel
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‘Santosh’ review: A thoughtful study of power and powerlessness
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Is Anirban Bhattacharya Bengali cinema’s white knight?
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Start the week with a film: Why Farah Khan’s ‘Main Hoon Na’ endures
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‘Chandu Champion’ trailer: Kartik Aaryan in biopic of Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar
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‘It Ends With Us’ trailer: Blake Lively stars in drama about an abusive relationship
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‘It’s pretty, but what is it?’: Delhi gawps at its giant new murals
A street art festival that brought artists from around the world to the national capital last month has got locals talking (but a little puzzled).
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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Pictures: Street art is quietly taking over drab walls covered with ugly advertising in Delhi
Dull no more. Some Delhi neighbourhoods are turning into public exhibitions, with colourful surprises.
Mayank Jain
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Lennon in a lungi, Marx meditating like a saint: Graffiti in Kochi asks ‘Guess Who’
The works of an anonymous artist, or group of artists, have left viewers amused and flummoxed.
Mayank Jain
The Field
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Athletics: India's 4x400 mixed relay team set national record, clinch gold in Asian Relay C’ships
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Football, Premier League: Manchester City win fourth straight title
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Harmanpreet Singh – the calm leader and ruthless drag-flicker for team India
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IPL 2024: Rajasthan pipped to second spot by Hyderabad after match against Kolkata gets washed out
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IPL 2024: Abhishek Sharma stars as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Punjab Kings to cap off league stage