After two SRFTI (Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute) alumni bagging the National Awards this year, now it’s the blazing arc lights at Cannes for another student. Saurav Rai’s ‘Gudh’ is the only Indian film to be officially selected to compete at the Cannes Cinefondation selection. In fact, that’s theContinue Reading
A rare and mysterious artefact has been discovered at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, officials have confirmed. The artefact, a centuries-old painting, was discovered two months ago by Palestinian archaeologists working to restore the holy site, which is considered to be of great importance to the Christian andContinue Reading
The FBI has offered up to $25,000 as a reward for information on seven Andy Warhol prints stolen from a Missouri art museum last week. The “Campbell’s Soup” prints, part of a set of 10 worth $500,000, were taken from the Springfield Art Museum, in Springfield, after a break-in duringContinue Reading
New York: The New York Public Library announcedyesterday that 180,000 out-of-copyright materials from its digital collections are now available for download, no permission required. This is, according to the NYPL, “intended to facilitate sharing, research and reuse by scholars, artists, educators, technologists, publishers, and Internet users of all kinds.” TheContinue Reading
In 2014, the militant group calling themselves the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria began destroying cultural heritage sites and artifacts—mosques and shrines, churches, and ancient and medieval monuments—in Libya, Syria, and Iraq, using bulldozers and explosives. Pre-Islamic, Islamic, early Christian and Yazidi sites have all been annihilated, as ISISContinue Reading
Not many artists in the Upper Valley can claim to draw inspiration from both the landscapes of northern New England and the bustling towns of southern India, but Bruce Peck divides his time between East Topsham, Vt., where he lives with his wife, Ann, and Kodaikanal in the Indian stateContinue Reading
“When you have a Mughal-period picture like The Emperor Bahadur Shah II Enthroned, 1707, a gouache and gold on paper by Bhavanidas, that has all of the desirable hallmarks—beautiful execution, exquisite condition, and an unbroken chain of provenance that began with Warren Hastings, the governor general of India in theContinue Reading
British experts have studied another masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, and believe they know how her smile appears most pronounced when viewed from an angle and less so when looked at directlyContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: For US-based surgeon turned painter Shivdev Singh, memories of a Punjab he left behind over 40 years ago find expression in art – a mix of oils, charcoal sketches and watercolours – evocative of vibrant folk traditions of the north Indian state. A bride bedecked in finery andContinue Reading
WELLINGTON: An Indian-descent artist’s works based on her understanding of Buddhism will be put on display at Auckland’s Fo Guang Shan Temple and Malcolm Smith Gallery from September 27 to November 19, a media report said. The multi-sensory exhibition, ‘Mahabhuta: The Great Element’, will showcase 12 works of Tiffany Singh,Continue Reading
