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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Mauritian Bhojpuri is being dressed in Hindu nationalist robes – and I’m in mourning
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Young professionals are fleeing crisis-hit Pakistan in hope of a better future
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Toddler says she didn’t like ‘Pathaan’, Shah Rukh Khan posts video with a promise to work harder
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Watch: ‘3 Idiots’ stars Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R Madhavan comically reunite to promote new film
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‘Class’ review: An immersive and revealing show about privilege
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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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Toddler says she didn’t like ‘Pathaan’, Shah Rukh Khan posts video with a promise to work harder
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Watch: TV host Ellen DeGeneres surprised with marriage vow renewal ceremony by wife Portia de Rossi
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Watch: This dog was taking a ride on the roof of a car in Bengaluru
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Eco India: Why are sparrows continuing to disappear from Indian cities?
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Watch: Adele moved to tears as fan shows up with picture of his late wife to her Las Vegas show
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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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Start the week with a film: Horses and a quietly thumping heart in ‘The Rider’
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‘Class’ review: An immersive and revealing show about privilege
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‘Jehanabad – Of Love & War’ review: A heavily spiced account of an audacious jailbreak
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‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’ review: A throbbing musical about forbidden passion
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‘Faraaz’ review: A shallow exploration of 2016 Dhaka terror attack
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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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Fantasy football: Stressful or fun – is it the enjoyable hobby it was meant to be?
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Chamari Athapaththu column: Sri Lanka have never been as confident as we are ahead of this World Cup
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Premier League: Jurgen Klopp on Liverpool’s poor run of form – ‘I have no words for it’
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WPL: Mumbai Indians hire Charlotte Edwards, Jhulan Goswami, Devieka Palshikaar in coaching staff
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Mithali Raj column: India’s chances at the T20 World Cup will be largely dependent on the top order