Pandavani is one of India's most distinctive oral storytelling traditions, originating in the central state of Chhattisgarh.

There are two main techniques of kalamkari: hand-painted and block-printed. In hand-painted kalamkari, artisans use bamboo ...

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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.

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 ...

Across India, entire communities continue to practise centuries-old folk crafts, turning their villages into living museums of culture and creativity ...

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 ...

India, July 3 -- India's ancient sculptures, paintings and literary traditions testify to a civilisation which had refined ...

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 ...