With over 2,000 entries, the new MAP Encyclopedia of Art aims to make the region’s art history accessible to all.
India
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US Authorities Seized 13 Looted Asian Artifacts From Yale University
Nine of the items were linked to disgraced New York antiquities dealer Subhash Kapoor.
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An Unlikely Pair Doing the Work of Repatriating Indian Heritage
Recently, Art Recovery International and India Pride Project have collaborated to successfully recover and return priceless cultural objects stolen from India.
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Crafting a Future Is a Clarion Call to Support Indigenous Arts
Today, India’s handwoven and hand-spun fabrics and master artisans find themselves at existential crossroads, facing threats of obsolescence and urbanization.
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A Contemporary Art Survey Highlights the Multiple Identities of the Indian State of Kerala
Lokame Tharavadu explores a variety of artistic perspectives on home, belonging, and the universal spirit of humanity that persists in the midst of a global pandemic.
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The British Government Should Return Tipu’s Treasures to India
The UK government’s attempted export ban on Tipu Sultan’s treasures is a double travesty for objects it acquired through loot and plunder.
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An Artist Brings Light to Mumbai
Grimanesa Amoros’s Golden Array invites onlookers to reflect on connections through “the invisible trajectories of a wireless universe.”
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Folk Artists in India Get a New Global Platform
The Gondwana Art Project elevates and upskills tribal and folk artisans in India who practice traditional Indian art forms.
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Nearly 250 Antiquities Repatriated to India
Almost all of the antiquities, worth an estimated $15 million, were seized from the disgraced antiquities dealer Subhash Kapoor.
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Two Artists Immortalize a Centuries-Old Indian Performance Tradition
Through hand-colored photographs, artists Waswo X. Waswo and Rajesh Soni explore the tradition of the Gauri Dance.
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Finding Zinat Mahal, the Last Dowager Empress of Mughal India
The photograph of Mahal, taken in 1872 while she was interned and dispossessed, raises questions of consent.
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Take a Tour of This Artist-decorated Neighborhood in Bangalore
“Street art really helps reimagine what a place can look like,” said Yash Bhandari, a contributing artist.