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When the cheetah vanished, little was left of its story. Writer Divyabhanusinh unearths clues from art and lore, Ancient Egypt and Mughal India.

The author stresses the cheetah’s ‘Indianness’, elegantly rubbishing claims of it being an ‘exotic alien’

Apr 18, 2021 The launch led to a webinar organised in co-operation with The Marg Foundation and Sahapedia, focusing on the 1980 UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist.  The Recommendation serves as a key international instrument promoting cultural diversity and expressions, as well as specific measures to improve the socio-economic and professional conditions of artists and cultural professionals around the world. Ms. Nirupama Kotru, Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Cu...

Signature image: Badri Narayan drew inspiration from myths and allegories   -  BHAGYA PRAKASH× A book on Badri Narayan is a tribute — albeit a belated one — to an artist who did not enjoy the recognition he truly deserved * Narayan did hark back to the past but his works were, nonetheless, grounded in the 20th century * For the storyteller that Narayan was, Indian miniatures, Ajanta frescoes, other Oriental aesthetic legacies mattered as much as Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse and William B...

Kapila Vatsyayan: The Visionary Who Defined Indian Aesthetic Theory Kapila Vatsyayan’s vision was driven by a necessity to develop a terminology to be able to examine Indian art in its own art history. Kapila Vatsyayan (1928-2020). Photo: Bharat Tiwari In 2011, I was commissioned to curate an exhibition on ‘The Body in Indian Art and Thought’. The show was put on the road in 2013 with a grand opening by the president of India and the king of the Belgians at the Palais des Beaux Arts in...