Street Art
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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
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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
Trending
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Can you prove you are an Indian citizen? Take the Assam NRC test
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Faultlines redrawn in Assam: Muslims targeted by Assamese nationalists join Citizenship Act protests
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Caught on the news: Anchor Arnab Goswami both opposes and supports the new Citizenship Bill
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Dissent is ‘anti-national’ in Modi’s India – no matter where it comes from
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Why Guwahati exploded in protests – and what explains Assam's resistance to the Citizenship Bill
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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
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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
Video
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Watch: Shillong explodes in protest against the new Citizenship Act, like other North-Eastern cities
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Watch: First snowfall of the season puts a beautiful white cover on Manali in Himachal Pradesh
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Watch: A baby was saved from falling off the shop counter while their mother was shopping for a gun
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Watch: Comedian Kunal Rao laments the lack of a poetic sense in modern songwriters
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Watch Cristiano Ronaldo lose his cool at a pitch invader who grabbed his neck to take a selfie
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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
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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
The Reel
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Is the web series ‘Queen’ about Jayalalithaa? Here’s what Ramya Krishnan has to say
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‘Chhapaak’ trailer: Watch Deepika Padukone as an acid attack survivor
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’: The superhero is reunited with lover Chris Pine
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Women cinematographers speak up: ‘The mainstream is hostile, diverse pool is simply not available’
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How ‘Inside Edge’ season 2 squanders its first-mover advantage
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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
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Six biting pieces of graffiti by the maverick artist Banksy
Here is a selection of his work.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Dwayne Bravo announces return to international cricket after changes to West Indies Cricket Board
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Team management to test Bumrah’s fitness by making him bowl to Kohli and Co in India nets: Report
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Breathe to win: How you can benefit from controlled breathing techniques that elite athletes use
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I’m still Siya: Springboks skipper Kolisi wants to avoid pitfalls of fame
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The rich get richer: Europe’s Big Five dominate Champions League Last 16 to leave ‘underdogs’ behind