March 17, 2023

Research Bits: Feb. 14

Kagome superconductors structure revealed; compact 3D lidar sees non-reflective objects; chromo-encryption. Defining Kagome superconductors An international team of scientists and researchers from the Brown University lab […]
March 16, 2023

Dana Awartani on using craft—which is ‘seen as a bad word’—in her art

We meet the artist nominated for the Richard Mille Art Prize In partnership with Dana Awartani Courtesy of the artist and Ali Sumayin Ten artists from […]
March 7, 2023

Vast light installation on San Francisco’s Bay Bridge goes dark amid $11m fundraising effort to keep it on

After a decade of illuminating the Bay Area’s second-most iconic span, Leo Villareal’s artwork will be removed due to outages and weather damage, but fundraising efforts […]
March 6, 2023

Persian painting biennial returns after six-year hiatus

TEHRAN – The 11th edition of Iran’s National Biennial of Persian Painting opened on Saturday after a six-year gap resulting from mismanagement and the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
March 5, 2023

Persian painting biennial returns after six-year hiatus

An art aficionado visits the 11th edition of Iran’s National Biennial of Persian Painting at the Saba Art and Cultural Institute in Tehran on March 4, […]
March 1, 2023

Akbar’s Special Affinity With Alexander the Great

History The fifth poem of Nizami’s Khamsah (Quintet), Iskandarnamah, is a two-part account of the life of Alexander the Great or Iskandar as he is called […]
February 27, 2023

Akbar’s Special Affinity With Alexander the Great

History The fifth poem of Nizami’s Khamsah (Quintet), Iskandarnamah, is a two-part account of the life of Alexander the Great or Iskandar as he is called […]
February 24, 2023

Feeling an affinity with Alexander the Great, Akbar commissioned a special manuscript on his life

Artist, Bhura. Lahore, 1593-5 (Or.12208, f. 244v) (Public Domain) With the British Library exhibition Alexander the Great: The making of a Myth coming to a close, […]
February 21, 2023

Feeling an affinity with Alexander the Great, Akbar commissioned a special manuscript on his life

Artist, Bhura. Lahore, 1593-5 (Or.12208, f. 244v) (Public Domain) With the British Library exhibition Alexander the Great: The making of a Myth coming to a close, […]
February 19, 2023

Reading Rahi on Life’s Mystery and Quest

Prof Rahman RahiSpecial Arrangement Imagine a team of Nobel winning writers visiting Kashmir. Whom would they have loved to interact with, or who could have prepared […]