Over the centuries, artists have beautifully captured the essence of Raksha Bandhan, illustrating the deep sibling bond through their unique creations. Discover paintings that celebrate the festival and consider them as a unique gift for your siblings.

Moving from surrealism to conceptualism, this collection of works of art reflects all of those genres and more. Here are four conceptual and fantasy-based...

There’s something truly fascinating about the way Indian artists have always adapted and reimagined global art movements. One such case—perhaps one of the most...

Acrylics are indeed one the most versatile paints to work with. As quoted by Corrine Loomis-Dietz, an artist from Salem, “Acrylics do not need to be flat, matte, muddy and boring! GOLDEN mediums, gels and grounds are the secret beauty of painting with this extremely versatile medium.” Acrylic paint is pigment suspended in a polymer emulsion and acrylic mediums are made with the same emulsion base as the paint. When these two are mixed, there is no fear of paint cracking as both dry at the same rate. This is one reason why acrylic mediums are so popular with the artists.

Warli art, born in the 10th century, was practiced by the warli tribes of Maharashtra. India is a vibrant society where colour, noise, dance, and patterns are primary. Decorating homes is not the latest process of the Homo Sapiens, but also our long-forgotten sibling species, homo neanderthals. Drawings and paintings have been imbued with the culture right from the times of neanderthals. Early, humans used drawings to record history and decorate homes. Their penchant for expressing art later developed into different folk art forms with time and refinement.

Religious art has never been just about beauty. It has always meant more—a reflection of belief, a window into a civilisation’s soul, and a...

In the aftermath of the First World War, a group of artists in Zurich, Switzerland, sought to rebel against the conventional values of art and society. They called themselves the Dadaists, and their movement was marked by a strong sense of anti-art, anti-bourgeoisie, and anti-establishment. Dadaism was born, and it was to become one of the most influential artistic movements of the 20th century.

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his language.

Music and visual arts are intertwined and symbiotic. The symbiosis between the art forms reflects the influence of one medium on the other. One art form gets transformed into the other flawlessly.

Although an entirely new form of art in the mid twentieth century, abstract art is now well established as one of the more popular forms of art. Still, artists continue to experiment and push boundaries within the abstract forms.