I HAVE heard it said that modern Indian art is neither modern nor Indian. That, of course, is an exaggeration, and yet it causes one to pause momentarily and cast a backward glance over the centuries.
"One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love!” — Sophocles It’s that time of the year again to celebrate love in all its bright hues. Valentine’s Day may be facing flak in ...
About 2,000 years ago, art on the Indian subcontinent underwent "a stunning transformation", said Jonathan Jones in The Guardian. Where it had previously been "enigmatically abstract", it started to ...
A revision of the author's thesis, Bombay University, 1966. siris_sil_863411 ...
A modern reconstruction of the "Flight of Birds" from a book cover of Fariduddin Attar’s Mantiq-al-Tayr, Private collection (all images courtesy India Allen Lane) These short essays address an array ...
INDIAN music is a very ancient art and has a three-thousand-year-old tradition behind it. This represents perhaps the longest unbroken record of any cultural tradition we know. Countries like China ...
The Met has gathered a stunning display of ancient Buddhist art — rare loans including dozens of objects that have never been exhibited outside of India. By Holland Cotter At the press opening for the ...
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