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Thursday, October 16, 2025
TopicIndian art

Topic: Indian art

Goddesses, scarecrows and circuses—20 new Madhvi Parekh paintings on display at DAG

Her paintings merge the sacred with the whimsical. Her goddesses are fierce but also joyful. Parekh's painting are on display at the DAG gallery till 23 August.

Art and India’s food history—Lakshman barbecues, Krishna drools over butter

Historian Pushpesh Pant delivered a talk titled Encountering Indian Food in Art and Sculpture at the National Museum in the presence of Director General BR Mani.

India Art Fair is stuffy, elitist and crowded. I am skipping it

There’s a sad sameness to everything at the India Art Fair—even 15 years after its first edition. It’s a gate that stubbornly refuses to accommodate diversity.

Don’t miss these 10 works at the India Art Fair

Embroidery, in particular, is the new trick in town. It has come to mirror a photographic language, capturing stories and textures with an intimacy that paint & pixels fail to hold.

Indian art abroad struggles to come home—tax trouble, red tape, and endless wait at customs

The government’s recent decision to revoke a customs duty exemption on Indian art was the central topic of a panel discussion at DAG in Delhi this week.

How Jamini Roy infused his art with India’s folk traditions

Roy’s work was instrumental in defining a unique identity for Indian art in postcolonial India. His early works, created post-1930s, featured religious icons from Hindu epics and mythology, Biblical themes and women.

This Indian artist painted Madonna in a sari and angels in dhotis. It outraged Christians

In ‘The Big Book of Indian Art’, Bina Sarkar Ellias gives the reader an illustrated history of the country’s art movements and influential artists.

Orientalist artists romanticised Colonial-era India. Pilgrims disappeared from paintings

There’s a specific gaze that accompanied orientalist artists, a fascination laced with condescension. 'They exoticise, they mysticise, they romanticise,' said DAG's Giles Tillotson.

How feminism shaped Indian art

Mid-1900s' women artists were often exceptional presences in artist collectives with mostly male members - providing counterpoints to prevalent narratives.

BN Goswamy left IAS to be an art critic. And he put Indian art on the global map

Goswamy was a maker of modern India. 'The history of post-colonial Indian art, art history, and art criticism cannot be understood without his career,' said writer Ananya Vajpeyi.

On Camera

India’s military leaders should steer clear of political bombast. Give professional advice

Talk of changing the 'history and geography' of nuclear weapon armed adversaries is incredulous and bizarre. Nuclear weapon states cannot fight full scale wars of annihilation.

Why MSME reps are resisting govt QCOs, calling them ‘protectionist’ rather than quality control tool

Quality Control Orders (QCOs), governed by Bureau of Indian Standards, are meant to enhance quality of domestic products and restrict substandard imports.

Amit Shah announces 7th NSG hub in Ayodhya, near Ram temple, to ensure troops available 24×7

On NSG raising day, Home Minister also opens Special Operation Training Centre at NSG facility in Manesar. Besides NSG troops, it will also train state police forces.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.