An ethnic Hazara from Balochistan, artist Syed Hussain recreates the three Central Asian men in the original painting as persons lost in war or feared disappeared. Museum Rietberg, Zurich “While the ...

World expert Francesca Galloway explains the nuances of two historical paintings in the contrasting Hindu and Mughal styles ...

“Court and Courtship: Indian Miniatures in the TAPI Collection” catalogues the collection in detail, highlighting the special aspects of each miniature painting. Eminent art historian J P Losty ...

From Mughal courts to supermarket aisles, Reya Ahmed’s art brings together many lives, none of them quite as they seem ...

“Those of you who don’t yet know Indian miniature painting - I envy you!” Thus began Brijinder Goswamy, one of the most prominent scholars on the subject, his recent lecture at the Museum Rietberg in ...

Delhi-based artist Olivia Fraser presents her first solo exhibition of paintings, fusing formal traditions of Indian miniature painting with repetitive meditative motifs to create a series of ...

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In the 18th century, the then king of Benaras, Udit Narayan Singh, embarked on an ambitious project — Kanchan Chitra Ramayana, a magnificent Ramayana manuscript that was laden with gold. In the 21st ...

Eminent art historian J P Losty catalogues and describes an eclectic collection of Indian miniature paintings accumulated over the years by textile collectors Praful and Shilpa Shah in his new book.

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