In Sanskrit, the term marjara-nyaya refers to a method of devotion in which a devotee completely surrenders to the deity, much like a kitten surrenders to the mother's protective grasp (marjara is the ...

Every year since I first had the pleasure of studying art history at university, I have longed for a sourcebook “detailing” art from India. I am sometimes quite annoyed with publications with “global” ...

India’s long-awaited MAP Museum of Art and Photography, a major new cultural institution in the southern city of Bengaluru, welcomed its first visitors this month, offering a glimpse at a 60,000-item ...

Classical Indian art is finding a new platform in the Indian art market, with Todywalla Auctions leading the charge to reintroduce antiquities and historical pieces into mainstream auctions ...

Papers presented at the Seminar: Historiography of Indian Art : Emergent Methodological Concerns, held at New Delhi during 19-21 September 2006.

When looking at an abstract work of art, ask yourself what it makes you feel rather than what it might represent, suggests artist Bappaditya Roy Chowdhury.

In a recent conversation with Asia Society India Centre, artist Gulammohammed Sheikh highlighted how art practice and education went hand in hand in newly Independent India -- “Professor N. S. Bendre, ...

There was a time when Indian modern art was largely collected within intimate circles, industrial families, cultural patrons, and a handful of serious connoisseurs. Today, that world has expanded ...