In Jitish Kallat’s return to painting is a continuation of a long-standing preoccupation: what happens when an artist allows forces external to himself to guide his work.

Showing at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, 2007 Turner prize nominee Nathan Coley talks about his influences and the need for museums to reinvent themselves

Australian writer-illustrator Leigh Hobbs was the Australian Children’s Laureate for the term 2016-17, when he travelled all over the country to promote reading, stories and creativity.

KC Aryan Aryan says his father, the late painter KC Aryan, was the first to preserve and promote these unknown paintings from Jodhpur. He says, “Nobody knew of their existence," he says.

Writer-actor Kader Khan was a versatile talent who influenced the narrative of Hindi cinema in the ’80s and ’90s

As an actor, he would often break the fourth wall, call the camera and say ‘idhar aao’ and the camera would zoom onto him. This was quite new and revolutionary for those times. He was a polymath. This is truly an end of an era in Bollywood.

Theatre festival, Thespo, just turned 20 and is aiming to build a global community of theatre enthusiasts.

Padma Shri awardee and designer Wendell Rodricks’ dream of converting his heritage home in Colvale village, Goa, into a world-class costume museum will finally see the light of day as the Moda Goa Museum and Research Centre will open its doors to the public around March 2019.

A garment that was reportedly invented in 1936 by American entrepreneur Eddie Bauer, and was called the Skyliner, today, the puffer jacket is being sported by trendsetters like Rihanna, Madonna and the Duchess of Essex, Meghan Markle.

In the past two decades, Meredith Costain has written over 150 books, ranging from picture books to novels and non-fiction titles for children, including The Cuddliest Hug, A Year in Girl Hell and Aussie Nibbles. The most recent and popular are the series The Ella Diaries and Olivia’s Secret Scribbles.

While #MeToo and repatriation of antiquities were widely discussed, the year also saw several record-breaking auctions and women artists getting their due.

Nucleya says, “At the end of the day, I just want to satisfy the inner me. If the inner me is satisfied, I don’t really care about how the song is going to work.”

The Museum of Peace unveiled a gallery of rare images of vernacular newspapers from pre-Partition Punjab

It was a rather pleasant year for the connoisseurs of culture. Here are the highlights of 2018

Author Tanuj Solanki guides enthusiasts on how to pen tales.

A documentary by two Swiss filmmakers, Living with Le Corbusier, discusses the blueprint of Chandigarh and the relationship between architecture and society.

An exhibition revisits the history of Pune to make suggestions for the future.

The conversation started by #MeToo in Bollywood and the impact of digital entertainment will continue well into the coming year.

Jaipur-based Shah shares two bronzes — an Untitled 2008 work with an archetypal head and a bust designed with knife incisions, and the 2006 linear work Head of King.

Anupam Kher plays Dr. Manmohan Singh in The Accidental Prime Minister, a cinematic adaptation of the 2014 book.

From winning UNESCO tags to exhibitions around space and death, cities in India had quite a year.

The film, being produced by Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna’s editor and MP Sanjay Raut and director Abhijit Panse, has actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui playing the titular role. It will be released in both Hindi and Marathi on January 25.

We lost much melody with musician Annapurna Devi’s demise this year. We’ll remember it for shoddy remixes; but more importantly for musicians who raised their voices politically and became part of the #MeToo movement.

This has happened as a response to the recent floods in Kerala.