A roomful of sculptures on loan from museums in Cambodia and France then helps establish the religious context for the Krishna sculptures, which date from a period when Hinduism and Buddhism ...

“Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan after 2020 restoration (detail)” (c. 600, Southern Cambodia, Takeo Province, Phnom Da), sandstone, 203.1 x 68 x 55.5 cm (Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance ...

Krishna has ever taken the stand that Indian art forms are dictated by ideas of caste and religion, and that allotment of human capability along those lines is unjustifiable. How and why these systems ...

Left: Northeast peak of Phnom Da in 2019. Southern Cambodia, Takeo Province. Photo: Konstanty Kulik, courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art Right: Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan (detail), c. 600.

For many, the 48-year-old is a once-in-a-generation performer and a true student of the art form who blends artistic brilliance with searing intellectual scrutiny. But then there are also the ...

This artwork exemplifies the artist's distinctive ability to fuse myth, modernity and meditative stillness into a single, iconic image ...

Raja Ravi Varma’s painting from 1890, titled ‘The Birth of Krishna’.(Courtesy Nita Ambani Cultural Centre ) It’s difficult to take one’s eyes off this dramatic painting set in a dark prison room. It ...

When the Art Institute of Chicago’s Madhuvanti Ghose was a young girl, she traveled from her native Calcutta with her mother to the town of Nathdwara, where they visited the small colony of artists ...

Bonhams’ New Bond Street auction witnessed an extraordinary sale that combined art, history, and diplomacy, achieving remarkable results and setting a new world record for Indian artist Krishna Kanwal ...

“Art should be allowed to do what it does best — transform and inspire, not regulate and control,” says T.M. Krishna, well-known Carnatic singer. His new book , Reshaping Art, is almost a plea for the ...