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Visit The Last Fire Temple in Mumbai’s Parsi Museum, You Can Enter!

Inside Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum. Courtesy - Conde Nast Traveller

Introduction Tucked away in a quiet lane of Mumbai’s bustling Malabar Hill stands the Framji Dadabhoy Alpaiwalla Museum, a unique institution unlike any other in the world. As the only museum dedicated solely to Parsi-Zoroastrian history and culture, it is both a time capsule and a wake-up call. With the Parsi population in India dwindling […]

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Serendipity Arts Residency 2025 Brings Diverse Cohort of Artists and Programmer-in-Residence

Serendipity Arts is pleased to announce the selected participants for the ongoing eighth edition of the Serendipity Arts Residency, which began on 12 May 2025. The annual three-month residency, held at the Serendipity Arts Foundation in New Delhi, continues its commitment to nurturingemerging voices across disciplines and geographies. This year’s edition brings together five Artists-in-Residence

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Kolhapuri Chappals & Prada: Inspiration or Cultural Appropriation

Renowned Italian luxury brand Prada recently unveiled its Men’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection, which featured what it described as “leather flat sandals” priced at around ₹1.2 lakh. However, the design immediately caught the eye of many for its uncanny resemblance to Kolhapuri chappals the traditional handcrafted leather footwear deeply rooted in India’s cultural heritage. The open-toed

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Forging Legacies: Two Artists, One Contemporary Vision

Hemalatha Senathipathi: Contemporary Lineage of Cholamandal’s Legacy Born 1969, Hemalatha Senathipathi is Chennai based sculptor and painter. Her genes are artistically coded, being the chip of the old block, the daughter of nationally acclaimed eminent artist M. Senathipathi of the erstwhile Madras Art Movement. An artistic career spanning over three decades, she has dedicatedly worked

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Serendipity Arts Festival Announces Curators and Grants for its 10th Edition.

In its largest-ever edition, the festival will have 35+ curators including Shubha Mudgal, Lillete Dubey, Ehsaan Noorani, Manu Chandra, Thukral & Tagra, and Geeta Chandran among others across disciplines like visual and performing arts, craft, culinary arts and accessibility. Serendipity Arts Festival (SAF) returns to Panaji, Goa in its landmark tenth edition, from December 12

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Rare Rabindranath Tagore Works Achieve Exceptional Results At AstaGuru’s ‘Collectors’

AstaGuru’s recently concluded ‘Collectors’ Choice’ auction witnessed remarkable results for two rare and historically significant offerings by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, reaffirming his enduring legacy and cultural resonance. Lot no 5, an extraordinary archival lot of 35 handwritten letters with 14 envelopes that Tagore penned to sociologist Dhurjati Prasad Mukerji, sold for ₹5,90,00,000. Written between

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Art Exhibition ‘VOICES’ Set to Open at Mumbai’s Jehangir Art Gallery

Bespoke Art Gallery from Ahmedabad presents ‘VOICES’, an exhibition featuring 26 Indian and international artists at Mumbai’s prestigious Jehangir Art Gallery from July 16-24, 2025. The exhibition is curated by renowned art historian and critic Uma Nair. Exhibition Overview According to the official press release, VOICES will showcase a diverse collection of paintings, sculptures, ceramics,

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Reviving Cyanotype: Exploring Durgaprasad Bandi’s Printmaking Practice

Durgaprasad Bandi, Printmaker Durga Prasad Bandi, born in 1985 in Pallamkurru, Andhra Pradesh, is a visual artist whose practice revolves around printmaking and alternative photographic techniques. With a BFA from Andhra University and an MVA from the Faculty of Fine Arts at M.S. University of Baroda, Bandi’s practice goes beyond traditional printmaking or digital photography.

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