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From films, interviews to features – join us as we explore the stories behind some of the most exciting artists in South Asia today

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Art Playlists: Arpita Singh

We share 5 songs inspired by the artist’s dream-like compositions, following a major retrospective

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5 Questions to Chitra Ganesh  

The feminist artist Chitra Ganesh tells us about her biggest influences — and the importance of speaking against the 'canon'

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In the Studio with Krishen Khanna

Art writer Rosalyn D’Mello describes her day at the artist’s studio, recounting a few of the stories he told her about his life as a young man

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David Hockney: Driven by Curiosity

Edith Devaney, curator at the Royal Academy, reveals what fuels the artist’s creative energies — from his 1995 BMW Art Car to his recent work on iPads

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A Travancore Scandal: Raja Ravi Varma’s Mahaprabha

Raja Ravi Varma’s depictions of women are often dismissed as sentimental or idealised, but his Mahaprabha sits apart from these dainty goddesses. Historian Manu S. Pillai writes about the magisterial woman whose dark, forbidding gaze inspired this little-known painting

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