Arts

Scrap gets mukti through art

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What purpose does art serve? That’s an oft-asked question.

No order at Salar Jung, but content still shines

The orange sun turns a deep hue of red, streaking across the motley clouds, as they blot the light into their being, turning them into liquid gold.

A quiet winter auction

Pundole Art Gallery, one of oldest art galleries in Mumbai, announced its opening auction for 2012. The winter auction will present Indian art focusing on miniatures from the late 17th

Battle of the eyes for a gallery treat

I think I got touched in the head with the surfeit of art all around. In addition to the cultural kumbh, as someone called the India Art Fair, are collateral events that are making me want to scream.

Stepping into invisible reality

Only when the last tree has been cut down Only when the last, river has been poisoned,
Only when the last mountain has been mined,
Only when the last person has moved to the city,

Finally, some justice for the art fraternity

In this age when “presentation is king”, curators and exhibition designers vie to mix cognac with chole-bhature, soufflé with sambar, ballet with Bharatanatyam and Malhar with M.F.

To nobody’s surprise but rather earlier than expected the danger of a war on Iran that every sensible person wants to avoid has escalated ominously during the last few days.

In January, the European Union (EU) removed visa bans on Burmese political leaders, including the President and top government officials.