In more recent times, hilsa appears frequently in Bengali folk art, such as patachitra and Kalighat paintings, symbolising abundance and sustenance. One famous 19th-century Kalighat painting, painted ...

This week the Russian-born Brooklyn cabinetmaker was 78, and on his way to minor fame in the screwball wing of primitive (self-taught) art. Fifteen of his “primitives” were on exhibit in a ...

The inauguration of the Chennai Sangamam always featured special themes that provided space for the meeting of classical and folk art forms. So impressed was then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi ...