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,...
Revisiting Satyajit Ray’s ‘Pather Panchali’ … through Sculpture!
On May 3rd, 1955 'Pather Panchali' (Song of the Little Road) premiered at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, firmly...
Chitranibha Chowdhury: the first woman painter of Bangladesh and Shantiniketan’s first female professor
Even though women have made art for centuries in the Indian subcontinent, the historical narrative has somewhat favoured the male painterly traditions....
Mangala Bayi : the invisible artist & sibling of Raja Ravi Varma
Mangala Bayi Thampuratty (1866 - 1954) was the first woman artist of the nineteenth century who worked within an atelier or a...
How Madhvi Parekh’s art inspires us to keep learning
Does education end with school? Or do we stop learning once we graduate? At The Heritage Lab, we aspire to learn (and...
Rediscovering the art of Atasi Barua
There have been numerous women painters in twentieth century India but unfortunately most of them remain under-represented. Atasi Barua is one such...
Remembering Sunayani Devi: A forgotten artist from history
When we think of artists from pre-independence India, Raja Ravi Verma, Abanindranath Tagore or Nandalal Bose come to mind. However, it wasn't...
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...
The Abstract Art of Nasreen Mohamedi
"The abstract art of Nasreen Mohamedi is a significant contribution to modernism, expanding the boundaries of western art history"
Nasreen Mohamedi is India's first woman...
Nandalal Bose : The Man Who Illustrated the Constitution of India
The Constitution of India has a simply wonderful story to tell. The journey of its creation is nothing short of a bestseller laden with...