Mughal miniatures originated in the 16th century under Emperor Akbar's reign. They served as visual records of historical ...

“Those of you who don’t yet know Indian miniature painting - I envy you!” Thus began Brijinder Goswamy, one of the most prominent scholars on the subject, his recent lecture at the Museum Rietberg in ...

An ethnic Hazara from Balochistan, artist Syed Hussain recreates the three Central Asian men in the original painting as persons lost in war or feared disappeared. Museum Rietberg, Zurich “While the ...

Meet the five artists who shaped over a century of art in India.

Eminent art historian J P Losty catalogues and describes an eclectic collection of Indian miniature paintings accumulated over the years by textile collectors Praful and Shilpa Shah in his new book.

Emperor Akbar’s favourite artists, Basawan, has set a new record for the most expensive classical Indian artwork sold at auction.

In the 18th century, the then king of Benaras, Udit Narayan Singh, embarked on an ambitious project — Kanchan Chitra Ramayana, a magnificent Ramayana manuscript that was laden with gold. In the 21st ...

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