A lion pounces, a centaur shoots an arrow and a ram floats in a cloud. These are three of 12 large terracotta medallions representing the zodiac hanging at the...
A commerce graduate from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Kumar spent over a decade with the Tatas before establishing his own financial advisory...
Defying the trend: L.M. Chitale designed buildings in the Art Deco style, including National Insurance Building. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement It was on...
From the November 2024 issue of Apollo. Preview and subscribe here. The red door with its circular window and black iron hinges looks like it must have been...
In 2019, I found myself in Prayagraj and stumbled upon Lakshmi Talkies, an old art deco cinema hall from my childhood. In a conversation with a shop owner...
For the last 80 years, these buildings have formed the backdrop to our lives. That is why, perhaps, they have, for the most part, gone unnoticed. They were,...
From the November 2024 issue of Apollo. Preview and subscribe here. In March 2023, there were unusual goings-on in a first-floor gallery on Dover Street in...
Opened in Paris 100 years ago this month, the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs introduced the world to a bold design movement defined by sleek...
Art deco has to be the sexiest movement in architecture and design, if we were to categorise in such an order. But while we began merely for its flamboyance,...
After months of heated debate, confusion, and online speculation, the team behind the Weiner Museum of Decorative Arts (WMODA) project is speaking directly to...
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