The Matter of Ornament
Ornament has long occupied a troubled position in the history of western art. Subject to rising and falling fashions, it has been beset from all sides. Derided as feminine and dismissed as superficial,...
View ArticleLight and Darkness in Medieval Art, 1200-1450.
Light has occupied an increasingly prominent role in medieval studies in recent years. Its perceptual and epistemic significance in the period 1200-1450 has been scrutinized in several specialised...
View ArticleLost archives of Soviet design to be exhibited in London
The first London Design Biennale, to be held Sept. 7–27 at Somerset House, will be devoted to industrial design and new technologies. Russia will be represented by an exhibition from the Moscow Design...
View Article'REM': Review
A valentine from a son to his father as well as a largely absorbing architecture documentary to boot, Tomas Koolhaas’s REM, which screens out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, explores some...
View ArticleThe Stones Cry Out: Modes of Citation in Medieval Architecture : Sessions at...
Citation, understood in its earliest legal sense, refers not to the act of reiterating or to the act of repeating but rather to a formal process of assembling parties separated by space and time. It is...
View ArticleOnly a cash-strapped public sector still finds ‘smart’ technology sexy
Uber’s foray into public services is part of a broader trend of technology firms pitching their services to cash-strapped municipalities and governments. They do so in the hope of convincing local...
View ArticleLandmark creator reaches milestone
On Sunday, Patel, whose name is taken in the same breath as Achyut Kavinde, Anant Raje, B V Doshi, and Charles Correa, was given the biggest gift of his lifetime, a book on his works by his son Dr...
View ArticleA.P. ‘special’ for Centre, says Haribabu
With its hands tied over the grant of special category status after the recommendations of the 14{+t}{+h}Finance Commission, the Central government has been treating Andhra Pradesh as a special state,...
View ArticleHouston's Underground Cistern Is a Temple for Art
Houston built its cistern in 1926 to serve as the city’s underground water reservoir. By 2007, the year that the city decommissioned it, Houston was already sourcing its drinking water from lakes and...
View ArticleRereading Louis Hautecour (Rouen/Darnetal, 12 May 17)
This conference focuses on Louis Hautecœur (1884-1973), who dedicated his life to art and architecture, not only of the past but also of the present. The importance of his numerous contributions was...
View ArticlePerceptions of Architecture in Early Modern Europe (Durham, 5 Nov 16)
Across discourses and media, early modern Europeans encountered advice about and models for interacting with the built environment around them. Architects scattered brief instructions for designing a...
View ArticleVENICE BIENNALE AND THE ARAB WORLD
In the last decades, the artistic scene of the Arab world has been characterised by an increasing dynamism. The establishment of galleries and museums of modern and contemporary art, the organization...
View ArticleIndia will shed its rural tag by 2050: Venkaiah Naidu
VISAKHAPATNAM, SEPT 14: Urban renaissance is crucial for India’s sustained growth in the coming decades and the country will adopt sustainable models of urban development to achieve the objective,...
View ArticleIndia’s Smart Cities Mission: A Vision Without Base
For reasons of protocol, John Kerry likes to be on time. During his recent visit to India, the U.S. Secretary of State had to apologize for being late more than once. Heavy monsoon rains had flooded...
View ArticleMumbai by a thread: Meet the India's only professional kite photographer
Drones are such a drone. The country's only professional kite photographer, Dinesh Mehta, sends a camera up in the air on a maanja to work...
View Articleno neutral art, no neutral art historians - AHGSA Concordia Conference...
“And so it remains true in the art world that anything that comes from anyone who isn’t a white male is somehow relegated to the annals of identity politics, as if white male identity is inherently...
View ArticleColloquium on Myth, Violence and Unreason in the History of Political Thought
Myth and violence both feature in the first work of political theory: Plato’s Republic. Yet, much of contemporary political theory (especially analytic political theory) sees these subjects as...
View Article‘Urbanisation: India has a long way to go’
Urbanisation had begun decades ago in other countries. India had a long way to go to catch up with them, said B. Anand, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Urban Development, on the second day of the...
View ArticleGlobal support for saving Hall of Nations, Nehru Pavilion
International support has gained momentum over India Trade Promotion Organisation's (ITPO) proposal to raze Hall of Nations and Nehru Pavilion.The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Pompidou Centre in...
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