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Striking Histories: Indian Matchbox Labels and the Making of a Visual Culture

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Before matchboxes became museum items or collector’s memorabilia, they occupied a far more intimate role in everyday lives: wedged between cigarette boxes, resting beside kitchen burners, tucked away in shirt pockets, and passed from hand to hand in the quiet rhythm of mundane life. A major part of India’s visual art culture lies outside art […]

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Theatre, Music & Art Unite at NGMA’s Grand Tribute to Rabindranath Tagore

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The theatrical presentation Gurudevaya – The Rising Sun Through the Eyes of Bhanu at NGMA Delhi celebrated Rabindranath Tagore’s 165th birth anniversary through theatre, music, and storytelling. Gurudevaya Brings Tagore’s Vision To Life The National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, hosted the special presentation on 9 May 2026. The evening honoured Tagore’s lasting influence

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Ankita Singh Captures Apavarga Aura and Shiva Shakti Vitality

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An ineffable sense of aura and vital energy permeates the work of Ankita Singh. Her visual language unfolds as an intimate meditation on the unseen forces that animate existence—whether in the germination of seeds and roots, the radiating expanses of cosmic galaxies, or the microscopic cellular structures that constitute all living beings. Through her practice,

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Eco-Friendly Textiles: Where Waste Becomes the New Luxury

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Eco-Friendly Textiles: Where tradition once showed us how to weave cloth from plant fibres, today we are seeing something quietly radical unfold. Even global fashion is beginning to notice. Brands like H&M, Zara, Hugo Boss, and Salvatore Ferragamo are turning towards materials once considered waste—orange peels, pineapple leaves, and other fruit byproducts—bringing them into mainstream

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Censorship: Against Art or Truth?

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Word of the day: censorship. Art is and always has been, provocative. It is the job of an artist to invoke feelings in people, good or bad. Oftentimes, art questions authority, unsettles dominant narratives, and gives voice to perspectives that institutions might prefer to keep quiet. The recent controversy surrounding the film Voice of Hind

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Exploring Kerala’s Shola Grasslands: A New Art Exhibit by Priti Vadakkath

Kochi Muziris Biennale /

Artist Priti Vadakkath is bringing the beauty of Kerala’s nature to life. Her new paintings are part of an exhibit called Edam at the Garden Convention Centre in Mattancherry. This show is happening at the same time as the famous Kochi-Muziris Biennale and features work by many talented Kerala artists. The Beauty of the Shola

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Sufi Heritage Festival Returns to Sunder Nursery, Celebrating Sufism

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Sufi Heritage Festival

The serene Mughal-era gardens of Sunder Nursery will once again echo with the sounds of devotion, poetry, and mysticism as the Sufi Heritage Festival returns for its second edition on February 28 and March 1, 2026 (2–10 PM). Conceptualised by Yasmin Kidwai and Himanshu Anand under Culture Plus, and powered by Aadyam Handwoven (an Aditya Birla initiative), the festival seeks to recast Sufism not

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