Among the 70 families of Patuas who live there, there is barely anyone who makes pats now. Only one person, Bhaskar Chitrakar ...

For many Bengali families, Durga Puja is incomplete without their beloved ilish (hilsa). Some even offer it to the Goddess, ...

The praise for Choudhury’s work has also generated interest in West Bengal’s age-old art form, Kalighat painting. Talking about his personal favourite, he said he likes to paint stories from ...

The Kalighat School, 19th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. Since 2022 the record price for ...

As a Puranic deity who is also a transgressive presence threatening the status quo, Kali is unique. A carefully curated ...

Several Durga Puja pandals in NCR emphasize women's empowerment and Bengali heritage, featuring themes of safety, traditional ...

The London art fair can be a bewildering spectacle, where even the insiders are sometimes scrambling to keep up. By Rosa Lyster The tension between sacred mysteries that must be shielded from ...

Microsoft Paint gets a new and refurbished look with the latest Windows 11 operating system. Paint has been with Windows since its inception and while the operating system got upgraded many times ...

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Paint prep is a necessary but sometimes tedious step. Properly prepping a surface for painting can ensure a smooth finished project. On a piece of furniture with only a few isolated peeling ...

An exhibition at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens explores how Western intellectuals viewed the climate crisis between 1780 and 1930 Anne Wallentine For years, the owner's ...

The Smithsonian’s museums display objects from our collections that span the breadth of art and design from the ancient to the modern-day, from the whimsical to the practical. Along with our ...