Outhwaite worked predominantly with pen and ink, and watercolour. Her first illustration was published by New Idea magazine ...
It was at a landmark architecture exhibition in Paris in 1925 that the Art Deco aesthetic first exploded on the scene. In the 100 years since, the glamorous building style - evocative of neon-lit jazz ...
Some of the first graphic art posters displayed on the London Underground in the 1920s and 1930s have gone on show. The posters were created in distinctive Art Deco style at the peak of the design ...
At the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, you can see the visual of an intricate bas relief created for New India Assurance Building by sculp tor N.G. Pansare between 1935-37. The structure was designed ...
Ever had that moment when you walk into a place and your jaw drops so far you worry about tripping over it? That’s the universal reaction when stepping into Midland Arts & Antiques Market in ...
Mumbai: People who live or commute to south Mumbai cannot fail to notice the old world buildings with curved balconies, porthole windows, pastel coloured facades and sunburst motifs along Churchgate ...
Mumbai: In the continued spirit of celebrating women, following India’s phenomenal cricket World Cup win, it’s befitting to start this story with an extraordinary woman from Mumbai. Perin J Mistri ...
Elephant armchairs (around 1926) by the French Art Deco furniture-maker and interior designer Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, from Paris-based Galerie Marcilhac, which is showing at Salon Art + Design in New ...
Strict rules governed the selection of exhibits at the 1925 Exposition: everything had to be totally new in inspiration, showing originality, with no copies or pastiches, and no reworking of earlier ...
Last Saturday I spent a rainy afternoon at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment. As opening lines go, it’s not quite “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again,” although the ...
A sweeping showcase marking the 100th anniversary of Art Deco has brought the movement back to where it all began: Paris. Now through next April, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs is presenting a ...