We all crave spaces that carry a slice of our story, a bit of cultural flavour and a spark that feels uniquely ours. Indian art forms offer an incredible range of styles, colours, and stories that can ...

Pattachitra is a traditional painting style from Odisha and West Bengal. The word “patta” means cloth, and “chitra” means picture. These paintings are made on cloth prepared with natural materials.The ...

Every year since I first had the pleasure of studying art history at university, I have longed for a sourcebook “detailing” art from India. I am sometimes quite annoyed with publications with “global” ...

Amrita Sher-Gil’s paintings feel alive in a way that resists easy classification. Born in 1913 to a Hungarian mother and Sikh aristocrat father, trained in Paris and transformed by India, she fused ...

India’s modern art history is often reduced to a brief list of celebrated men. But alongside them, and frequently despite structural barriers, women painters were carving out bold, original visual ...

Indian Art: Origins of Indian Art -- Difficulty of Identifying Tribal Styles -- Use of Materials and Techniques -- Ecology versus Art -- Why Artistic Production? -- Change versus Stability -- The ...