March 23, 2025 2:03 pm
Pottery in India holds religious and cultural significance, with pots used to represent deities and perform rituals. But when did major shifts in pottery styles occur, and how did the introduction of glazed porcelain influence pottery traditions?
September 21, 2024 11:32 am
Over the years, the market has become a cultural landmark in the weeks leading to the festive season.
October 28, 2022 2:51 pm
The group show on ceramics presents a varied offering of contemporary ceramics and spotlights the revival of artisanal pottery to sustain communities
October 21, 2022 5:21 pm
Works by Ela Mukherjee and Shruti Bansal from Delhi, Abhay B Pandit and Neha Kuchadkar from Mumbai, K Gukanraj from Chennai, Shitanshu G Maurya from Kolkata and Shirley Bhatnagar from Dehradun make up for one part of the show.
August 08, 2022 1:34 pm
In all, 60 Native American artists, museum professionals, storytellers and political leaders collaborated to curate the exhibit
June 28, 2022 1:20 pm
Gulabi Meenakari brooch, Kashmiri silk carpet, and marble inlay table top were some of the few special gifts presented by him to foreign leaders
June 18, 2022 11:00 am
With fresh sugarcane juice, Bael (wood apple) sherbet, and Masala Shikanji (lemonade) that vendors and farmers sell in summer, one experiences a sort of pristine rurality away from the usual chaos of urban spaces – a sort of mental cleanse needed from time to time.
October 29, 2021 2:29 pm
While pottery makers are spread across the state, a majority of them hail from the 60-odd families of Chaltaberia in Dattapukur, situated a few kilometres from Kolkata
June 22, 2021 12:45 pm
It’s not quite 15 inches tall, but this jar points to the artistic achievements of enslaved African Americans and the persistent erasure of their work from America’s cultural institutions for nearly 300 years
February 14, 2021 7:48 pm
The civil engineer said she learnt about the present irreverent state of pottery the day she started looking for an institute that can teach this art in the region.
June 18, 2022 11:39 am
Colourful, warm, autumnal colours, clay pots dotting the roads, with scents of freshly baked and glazed earthenware - one can't help but marvel at the timeless art of 'pottery' that has existed since ancient civilizations