When you think of miniature paintings, vibrance and luminosity come to mind. Titled Play: Experiments with Indian Miniatures, the show features works by artists like Riyazuddin, Vijay Siddramappa Hagargundgi, and Gargi Chandola. The idea is not just to create a new visual language within the miniature painting traditions but also to blur the lines between art and design by creating …
In 2011, Khadim Ali was living and working in Sydney when he heard that a suicide bomb had gone off near his parents' home in Quetta, Pakistan. "We lost almost everything, but the thing that survived were a pair of woven rugs, which I found with the stains of blood of both my parents on," Ali says. "I found this …
