Pichwai painting
Visual Arts (Paintings, Sculptures, etc)
Citrasutra
On October 6th, 2023, the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) organized the Second Ananda Coomaraswamy Memorial Lecture, an event aimed at commemorating…
Amrita Sher-Gil
Identity: Amrita Sher-Gil, a Hungarian-Indian painter, whose remarkable contribution to Indian art has solidified her status as a pioneering modernist. Birth: Born in 1913 in…
Kutubiyya Mosque
In recent news, the historic Kutubiyya Mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco, has suffered damage due to a recent earthquake. What Is the Kutubiyya Mosque? Identity The…
Pithora Art
What is Pithora Art? Pithora Art is a ritualistic painting tradition practiced by various tribal communities in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, India.…
Longpi Pottery
What is Longpi Pottery? Longpi Pottery, also known as black stone pottery, is a traditional art form that hails from the Tangkhul Naga tribes of…
India’s Preservation and Conservation of Monuments and Antiquities – Issues and the way forward
CAG in its 2013 Report stated that “131 antiquities were stolen from monuments/sites and 37 antiquities from Site Museums from 1981 to 2012″. Ther…
