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Microsoft’s Aptos has stirred debates about font preferences. Why does the look of lettering matter so much?
Wordless books, a specialised segment within picture books for children, are being seen as aids to visual literacy, not held back by language barriers
Tired of digital, film-photo enthusiasts in India are coming together to bring back shooting slowly and with intent
How gold foil on gesso made its way to Thanjavur paintings and why it endures
With a curation that encourages detours, digressions and complete immersion, can the recently-reopened Museum of Modern Art in New York be a blueprint for others?
With a residency with Gond artist Bhajju Shyam culminating in a painted wall at the Lodhi Art District, the St+Art India Foundation wants to expand the modern street-art narrative in India
In Delhi for his latest show, Pardhan Gond artist Venkat Raman Singh Shyam whose work focuses on celebrating, worshipping, and protecting greenery, has a strong message for the city
India’s National Museum is taking baby steps on social media
Four Instagram archivists photo-document their hometowns—Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai—to showcase the fast-fading everyday architectural surroundings in which they grew up
One of the three projects that won the Getty Images Instagram grant 2016 is now a book
For over 30 years, a regular Gurugram home has housed a priceless, yet little-known collection of tribal and folk Indian art. Now its keepers are looking for a permanent space
Azadeh Akhlagi’s ‘By An Eye Witness’ series remembers Iran’s bloody history from a time before camera phones
A handloom school that could work as a template for other weaving clusters
In the current flurry of shiny big-ticket releases, Indian indie artists are joining the genre