Lightning : When M.F Husain painted India of the 1970s
Think M.F Husain and the words that come to your mind are : horses, umbrellas, barefoot, Madhuri Dixit, Picasso, Bombay. Think deeper, and there...
Crossword: Can you name #5WomenArtists from India?
Time to test your culture quotient - how well do you know India? For every Sunday now, we bring you a new crossword as...
How a ‘Woman with a Lamp on Diwali’ became an iconic painting
This image of a woman holding a lamp is one of India’s most iconic paintings. But what makes it so special? Is the woman...
Kshitindranath Majumdar: The Saint Artist
When the Nationalism movement was at its peak, the artists of Bengal, under the tutelage of Abanindranath Tagore worked towards the renaissance of Indian...
5 women artists of India that you must know!
Women’s History Month is coming to an end, and as promised, here’s my post on the 5 women artists of India along with activity suggestions...
#MuseumJigsaw: a painting by Anjolie Ela Menon
Padmashree awardee Anjolie Ela Menon is among India’s leading modern artists and one of the earlier women artists to gain international recognition. Never afraid...
Mahabalipuram : Arjuna’s Penance / Descent of Ganga
Who doesn't love a great story? Now imagine, the story takes form of sculptures and caves - and 19 of them in the same...
Remembering Damyanti Chowla : one of the finest modern artists of India
In 2020, we celebrate 100th birth anniversary of Damyanti Chowla - an important artist, who has been largely missing from Indian art-history books. After...
“A Typical Shantiniketan Girl” and other identities of Rani Chanda
Rabindranath Tagore’s daughter-figure, Nandalal Bose’s student, Abanindranath Tagore’s co-painter, Mukul Dey’s sister, writer, nurse and a freedom fighter in her own right; Rani Chanda...
‘Salam Chechi’ : a tribute to Malayali Nurses by artist Nilima Sheikh
Has it ever occurred to you, that as a new-born, our first source of comfort or the first warm hug came from a Nurse?...