Founded in 1600 as a trading enterprise, the English East India company gradually transformed into a colonial power. By the ...

An exhibition of company paintings at DAG Delhi shows a substantive dialogue between Indian and European art ...

Comparisons with Western modernism often led to the mischaracterisation of Indian art as derivative or subordinate ... with the lingering effects of colonial oppression. Most, if not all, artists ...

Mumbai is a melting pot of cultures, contradictions, and creativity—far more than just India’s financial capital, it is the ...

These artists embraced the colonial legacy and mastered techniques that blended Indian subject matter with Western artistic styles. Their works showcased the assimilation of European art ...

A set of Buddhist gems that were once mixed with the cremated remains of the Buddha will not be auctioned off to the highest ...

Moreover, the colonial classificatory eye, usually focused on Indian ‘tribes and castes’, was here turned ... Frederick Burt Campbell Rogers’s life is almost as fascinating as his art. Born on April 5 ...

A groundbreaking exhibition in Dubai explores how Indian Modern Art became a form of quiet protest through personal, spiritual, and aesthetic expressions.

Patna's Sewak Ram painted this watercolour of prayers at a Muharram festival, 1820 Founded in 1600 as a trading enterprise, the English East India Company gradually transformed into a colonial power.