Karkhandar Skill training scheme to boost Jammu & Kashmir’s luxuriant craft sector
The pilot scheme taken up by the Department of Handicrafts and Handloom, Kashmir will identify and impart skill up-gradation training in crafts […]
Bejeweled glasses linked with Golconda mines may fetch up to $3.5 million at Sotheby’s auction
Pair of spectacle frames bedecked with emerald and diamonds namely the “Gate of Paradise” and “Halo of Light” commissioned by an anonymous […]
Sweet of imagination- Kerala artist creates lofty portrait of theyyam with confection
Artist goes by the name ‘Da Vinci’ Suresh has revived the traditional art of Malabar region- the Mukhathezhuthu (face painting) of the […]
Nelson Mandela’s iconic Madiba Shirts up for sale at New York Fashion Institute of Technology’s Museum
The family of the late anti-apartheid leader is selling his personal belongings including ten colorful patterned Madiba shirts he wore on formal […]
Ajanta in Armenia- The most comprehensive depiction of civilized classical life
Recently, glimpses of the fresco versions of select Ajanta Cave paintings by Armenian artist Sarkis Katchadourian were shared by External Affairs Minister […]
Can recycled rag fix fashion’s menace? – IKEA to devise a circular textile waste model
In order to tackle the most virulent problem of textile waste which ends up choking the landfills, IKEA Foundation has tied up […]
Geographical Indication (GI) tag accorded to ‘Karuppur kalamkari paintings’ and ‘Kallakurichi wood carvings’
In a bid to empower the artists with the prerogative of suing anyone who tries to copy their designs, the traditional dye-painted […]
Phool.co swoons Alia Bhatt into investing in it
After investing in Nykaa last year, Alia Bhatta joined as one of the investors in an IIT Kanpur-backed company Phool, which converts […]
Take an immersive glance at Mewar’s Troubadours – Gauri Dancers
A series of rejoicing hand painted photographs of Mewar’s famous Gauri Dancers taken by American artist-photographer Waswo X Waswo have been put to […]
Top designers go gaga over traditional crafts at FDCI & Lakme Fashion Week
The pandemic has prompted the dispositions of ace designers to steer the direction and focus of bridal fashion towards traditional craft techniques like […]
The exhibition reflects Goa through the eyes of Bohemians and Flaneurs
Curated by the Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts in Panaji, the exhibition sheds a light on a state that once used […]
High on Glory – World’s largest Khadi National Flag unfurled in Leh
The gigantic tricolor, made by khadi artisans in Mumbai was hoisted on the hill overlooking Leh valley on Gandhi Jayanti in an […]