Art Playlists: Arpita Singh
We share 5 songs inspired by the artist’s dream-like compositions, following a major retrospective
Artist Profiles
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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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Why Paintings of an Ancient Epic Can Teach Us About Contemporary India
Siddhartha V. Shah, Curator of South Asian Art at the Peabody Essex Museum, on how the painting Bhishma by M.F. Husain passionately articulates the spirit of India
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3 Things to Know: Nicholas Roerich
We explore the life of the prolific Russian artist whose magnificent, light-filled Himalayan landscapes have captured the hearts of people around the world
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5 Questions to Idris Khan
The hugely talented contemporary artist talks to us about what inspires his practice, and his most recent work '21 Stones' — now a permanent fixture at the British Museum
