BN Goswamy’s new book is a survey of a 19th century manuscript, a unique testimony to the miniature style of painting from south of the Deccan

Could the assault of self-same images of suffering make us immune to their potency?

Diving into European art history to resurrect a vital and ignored cast of characters

NS Harsha evokes many worlds within one in his art

This study on the evolution of photography in the subcontinent strikes a fine balance between the medium’s formal and aesthetic aspirations

The hypnotic aura of Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs triumphs over petty public morality

Rediscovering Jyoti Bhatt, the chronicler of living traditions

When beauty goes under the hammer

A recent storm raised in a teacup points to contemporary India’s uneasy relationship with a culture of reviewing

The photographer Steve McCurry is on trial for digital manipulation. He is in good company

CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…