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Threads of the Nilgiris
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (634+ words) Mumbai Mirror Threads of the Nilgiris Traditionally practiced by the tribe's women, Toda embroidery is known locally as pukhoor. The motifs are inspired by the elements of nature as experienced in the Nilgiris, the black and red threads tracing patterns…...
The right type of redvpt
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (24+ words) Mumbai Mirror The right type of redvpt Large-scale projects " not piecemeal overhaul of buildings " is the way forward...
India's time in Venice
1+ week, 3+ day ago (409+ words) In this extraordinary gathering of nations showing their best artists, presenting their vision and voice to the world, India has been missing, a gaping void that many have lamented and wondered about. More than a decade back I wrote in…...
The secret life of a Bombay memsahib
1+ week, 5+ day ago (358+ words) She moved in the highest circles with Indian royalty and George Bernard Shaw, yet Lady Winifred Warneford Strangman has been forgotten for nearly a century. This Saturday, a Fort gallery sets out to change that. Bombay Blooms: Six Paintings by…...
Ghosts in the machine
3+ week, 3+ day ago (349+ words) The traditional museum visit often feels like a polite walk through a graveyard of silent objects. But a new wave of curators and technologists is determined to wake the dead. Instead of static glass cases and dry wall texts, the…...
Beyond the 100-crore canvas
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (344+ words) On April 1, a new world record was set. The hammer came down at Saffron Art's Spring Auction in Mumbai and highlighted the brilliance of another Raja Ravi Varma. The painting Yashoda and Krishna fetched a whopping Rs 167. 20 crore, breaking the…...
Love Letters
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (362+ words) Mumbai Mirror Excerpts debuted as There Are No Love Letters Here at the Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa last year, where I encountered them for the first time and became instantly captivated It was familiar visual cultural terrain " the interior…...
Echoes & evolution
2+ mon, 4+ hour ago (255+ words) The trajectory of art is rarely a straight line; it is more often a relay race, where the baton of influence is passed between those who have mastered the craft and those seeking to dismantle it. This month, the Jehangir…...