20th Century Indian Art: Modern, Post-Independence, Contemporary surveys the many distinct aspects of art in South Asia.
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Cinematic Letters to a Beloved Indian Author
Letters Unwritten to Naiyer Masud attempts to peer into the late writer Naiyer Masud’s concealed world.
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India Tries to Block Documentary Critical of Modi
Multiple posts about the film have been taken down on Twitter, many of them following the government’s removal requests.
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The Race to Open the Kochi-Muziris Biennale
Bureaucratic hold-ups and heavy rains delayed the event, but on the ground, artists and organizers are working around the clock to make it a reality.
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Disgraced Art Dealer Subhash Kapoor Hit With 10-Year Prison Sentence
Kapoor led a smuggling ring charged with trafficking over 2,600 individual objects worth over $143 million.
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Viral Stop-Motion Videos Capture a Simpler Time in India
There’s high demand in the country for the nostalgia-soaked Instagram videos of sister duo Zainab and Sakina Sabunwala.
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An Online Platform Spans Millennia of South Asian Art
With over 2,000 entries, the new MAP Encyclopedia of Art aims to make the region’s art history accessible to all.
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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.
Posted inOpinion
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.