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‘Facing Walls’ by Bicicleta Sem Ferio (2016): Bicicleta Sem Freio (Bicycle Without Brake) is the internationally acclaimed Brazilian duo of illustrator and muralist, Douglas Pereira and Renato Reno. They experiment with various forms of leaves and flowers. Renato and Douglas created two murals on two facing walls with compositions inspired by the local Indian flora and fauna. Additionally, they used the motif of hands in this mural, borrowed from the street art and signs around Delhi.

Sharmistha Dutta

Art for All: Street Art at Lodhi Colony

Visual and Material Arts

Ritwik Ghatak: A Filmmaker’s FilmmakerArticle

In Conversation with Professor Sudhakar Nadkarni: Street Painters are People with Highly Developed AestheticsInterview

Fads and Fashions of the Sign Industry: Delhi’s Hand-painted Signs in ImagesImage Gallery

Hand-painted Signs: Forgotten Markers of the City Space Overview

Street Graphics: The Art of Hand-painted SignageModule

C.S. Venkiteswaran in Conversation with Adoor Gopalakrishnan Part 2: Film Societies, Festivals and Early Films Interview

C.S. Venkiteswaran in Conversation with Adoor Gopalakrishnan Part 1: Theatre and CinemaInterview

C.S. Venkiteswaran in Conversation with Adoor Gopalakrishnan Part 3: The Cinematic Vision of AdoorVideo

Art for All: Street Art at Lodhi ColonyImage Gallery

The Rajasthani Man’s Love of JewelleryArticle

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Chandrika Acharya

Street Graphics: The Art of Hand-painted Signage

Visual and Material Arts

Sritama Halder

Sacred Space and Community: A Jain Temple Complex in Kol…

Visual and Material Arts Built Spaces

Samyuktha Gorrepati

Patnulu: Khadi Spinning of Ponduru

Visual and Material Arts

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Professor Sudhakar Nadkarni is a pioneer in design education in India (Courtesy: Chandrika Acharya)

In Conversation with Professor Sudhakar Nadkarni: Street Painters are People with Highly Developed Aesthetics

Visual and Material Arts

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Visual and Material Arts People

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Chandrika Acharya

Fads and Fashions of the Sign Industry: Delhi’s Hand-painted Signs in Images

Sharmistha Dutta

Art for All: Street Art at Lodhi Colony

Sritama Halder

A Visual Journey of Kolkata’s Jain Temples: Temples of Mahavirswami and Chandraprabhaji and the Manicktala Dadawadi

Sritama Halder

An Architectural Expression of the Sacred: The Parsvanath Temple in Kolkata

Articles

V.K. Cherian

Ritwik Ghatak: A Filmmaker’s Filmmaker

Visual and Material Arts People

Tiggy Allen

The Rajasthani Man’s Love of Jewellery

Visual and Material Arts Practices and Rituals

Sritama Halder

The Jina and the British Lion: European Influence on the Architecture of the Jain Temple Cluster in Kolkata

Visual and Material Arts Built Spaces

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By unshackling art from curated spaces, St+Art India Foundation has successfully translated their vision of ‘Art for All’ into reality. St+Art India Foundation looks at public spaces as an interactive zone, which can make people stop, think and engage!

Sharmistha Dutta

Art for All: Street Art at Lodhi Colony

Parbatipur, a village situated in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, supply artificial hair used to decorate the idol of gods and goddesses of the Hindu pantheon.

Pritam Dutta

Parbatipur Village: Tress-makers of Gods and Goddesses

Bandna is celebrated by agrarian communities bordering West Bengal and Jharkhand. During Bandna, women of the household make follow paintings and wall paintings to mark the beginning of a new crop cycle.

Sandipa Malakar

Bandna Decor: Floor Art of Purulia

Ananda Temple was consecrated in 1090 CE during the reign of King Kyanzittha of Bagan. The temple is visited by thousands of Buddhist devotees and tourists from all over the world, and is universally acclaimed as the chef-d'œuvre of Burmese architecture.

Ayan Ghosh

Infinite Wisdom: The Buddhas of Ananda Temple

Library Artifacts

छत्तीसगढ़ प्रान्त इतिहास संकलन समिति

धूमनाथ महात्मय

Ministry of Textiles, Government of India

Parākāshthā

चौमासा /Chaumasa

सुआ गीत/Sua Geet

R. C. Agarwala

Recently Discovered Chaturdik Siva-Linga from Golamgarh, Rajasthan

निरंजन महावर

जनजातीय आभूषण

निरंजन महावर

छत्तीसगढ़ी आभूषण