Students take resin art, seed paper art, soap-making and painting ...

A red ribbon in the centre of a crowd was among several drawings at a painting workshop in the amphitheatre of a shopping complex in south Kolkata’s Dhakuria on Wednesday. The painter was a 12-...

An exhibition showcasing the rich tapestry of Bengal's paintings ended on Sunday after almost two years, organisers said. The exhibition, titled Ghare Baire, was being held at the 188-year-old Cu...

Indigenous Indian art is a broad term that has come to include various traditions like those of Gond, Madhubani, Warli to name just a few. While each of these practices is unique, what ties them toget...

How was this glory birthed? Menand is pragmatic, if not disillusioned. It was neither by sheer talent nor inordinate luck; they owed much of their spectacular fame and triumph in the worlds of art to ...

Dialogue plays a very important role in their acts. The words must come out spontaneously. The way they speak is important. Chowdhury dresses up in different characters like Ram, Krishna, Mahishashur,...

Medieval monastic revulsion for sensuous pleasures led the Benedictine monk, St Anselm, to pronounce gardens as dangerous. Because, well, roses pleased the senses of sight and smell. Yet, to be cast o...

When there is a method to one’s madness, the end result can be quite sensible. But when one injects madness into method, as Anandajit Ray — from M.S. University — does in his recent ...

Industry-ready The centre of excellence, located near Uniworld City, is a state government initiative. It has been established by the department of IT and electronics (through its nodal agency Webel)...

“I started with one bird and then kept adding to it,” Chowdhury says. “All the birds I show here are found locally.” Be it this “rooftop aviary” or these sketches,...