Art & Culture News

Kuwait brings middle-eastern culture to India   A week-long panorama of Kuwaiti culture which opened in the capital May 15 has for the first time brought arts, crafts and performing traditions of the ancient port-nation to India to streng ... More

‘Happy Mother’s day’, tweets Bollywood   Some consider them to be god's greatest masterpiece while others call them the most magical human beings on earth. This Mother's Day Sunday, Bollywood celebrities took to micro-blogging site ... More

Painting dreams with a ballpen from a wheelchair   He is 37 and a warrior in a wheelchair with a sword that etches his imagination on paper in sharp lines. Physically-challenged C.V. Surendran's sword is the ... More

Peta offers to help kingfisher with new impotence Ad   People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has sent a letter to Dr Vijay Mallya, chair of UB Group, which owns Kingfisher Airlines, with an offer ... More

India becoming market for high end European art   Rising disposable incomes, exposure to unique art forms and greater social interaction are opening urban Indian homes to niche British interior accessory art like Amanda Brisbane sculptures, ... More

Hand shadowgrapher Amar Sen holds infinity in his palm   Amar Sen knows literally how to create the world with his fingers. With a swish and a flick of his fingers, grains of sand transform into pictures and, in silhouette, his fingers imitate a t ... More

Snapshots of 19th century Bengal in paintings of Kalighat   The 19th century paintings of Kalighat in West Bengal mirrored a phase of socio-political transition when the feudal Bengali gentry was opening up to European influences under pressure from ... More

With choruka, kanji, Kerala observes Good Friday   Christians across Kerala observed Good Friday across churches, and like every year three important rituals remained unchanged. Good Friday is observed as a d ... More

NGMA brings new age art stalwart Rebecca Horn to India   The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) is carrying the inter-cultural dialogue between India and the west forward with an exposition of multi-media and perfo ... More

Traditional Japan dolls on display in Delhi   New Delhi : On the 60th anniversary of India-Japan friendship, the first show of 500 traditional Japanese dolls from the Edo period, some costing up to Rs.70,000, is on in the capital. A ... More

Maharashtra celebrates Gudi Padwa   As a string of harvest festivals began in Maharashtra Friday, the weekend came a day earlier with people across the state celebrating Gudi Padwa (New Year's day) with enthusiasm. Celebrat ... More

Crossover: Fashion feeds abstract art   Art and fashion are like warp and weft, twined naturally into each other. A new breed of younger artists from the world over is now trying to create a contempor ... More