In Chennai, step into a world of heirloom Basra pearls and rare pichwai art

A confluence of heirloom pearls and rare pichwai paintings brings history, and craftsmanship to Evoluzione

Omar Sy to star in Netflix’s ‘Extraction’ spin-off series

The show will be set in the high-octane world of ‘Extraction’, which started with the 2020 movie starring Chris Hemsworth as mercenary Tyler Rake

There is art in geometry in Neerja Peter’s ‘Secrets of Form’ exhibition at Bikaner House Delhi

Neerja Chandna Peters ‘Rupa Bheda’ , an exhibition based on geometry and its symbolism by Neerja Chandna Peters at Bikaner House, is a harmonious journey of lines, colour and light

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Omar Sy to star in Netflix’s ‘Extraction’ spin-off series

The show will be set in the high-octane world of ‘Extraction’, which started with the 2020 movie starring Chris Hemsworth as mercenary Tyler Rake

Counting stitches in Jodhpur | Inside ‘Surface’ in Jodhpur

Shon Randhawa and Mayank Mansingh Kaul’s homage to Indian embroideries and embellishments posits the craft repertoire as art

Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Emergency’ sets OTT release date

The film, a biopic of Indira Gandhi fulcrumed on the Emergency years, will stream on Netflix

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio join forces with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt for Hawaii-set crime thriller

This marks another major collaboration between Johnson and Blunt, who are already working together on ‘The Smashing Machine’, an A24 drama directed by Benny Safdie that is being hailed as one of Johnson’s most ambitious dramatic roles

Venkappa Ambaji Sugatekar: Veteran Gondhali artist who infuses modernism into a medieval art form

The folk singer who won Padma Shri this year says that while a traditional art is passed on from one generation to the next, a really good artist is one who improvises

Paul Beumer’s ‘Play becomes joy’ exhibition | ‘I don’t believe in the hierarchy between art and crafts’

Dutch artist Paul Beumer speaks on his process, working in tandem with weavers from Karur, and colour as communication

Gondhali folk art: What we know

Gondhali art finds mention in Manasollasa, considered the Sanskrit encyclopedia compiled by the Kalyani Chalukyan King Someshwara in the 12th century