When Dulari Devi says, “Painting is my everything,” she means it — the practice of art changed her life in a very real and tangible way. Born a member of the lower caste in Bihar, India, Devi spent ...

David Szanton, president of the Ethnic Arts Foundation, spoke on the evolution of Mithila art for the opening of The Benton’s new exhibit, “Tradition and Transformation: Mithila Art of India.” Mithila ...

Mithila painting has evolved as a tradition that started about 700 years ago, with women using flower pigments and bamboo to adorn walls with religious motifs and wedding décor. The themes of the ...

Janakpur, the birthplace of Sita and the cradle of the Mithila civilisation, is seeing a revival of its heritage, culture and traditional art. The origin of Mithila art is rooted in the legend of King ...

Qamar Adamjee laughed when asked how much travel was involved in her curating the exhibit “Painting Is My Everything: Art from India’s Mithila Region” at the Asian Art Museum. “Many elevator rides to ...

The intricate Mithila art is made up of hundreds, maybe thousands, of fine lines and details, depicting human figures with proportionately large eyes and noses, telling the stories of the rituals, ...

Dulari Devi, Krishna Stealing the Saris of the Gopis (2020), Acrylic on paper, 22 x 30”. Collection of Kathryn Myers. Source: benton.uconn.edu This past Tuesday, the William Benton Museum of Art ...

‘Colors of Shared Dreams’ at Nepal Art Council is an act of transference, most notably of the millennia-old traditions of Mithila art and artists, their heritage, to paper. The key theme here is the ...

Join us for a live webinar highlighting representations of the pandemic in South Asian art that were recently acquired by the Princeton University Library. Julie Mellby, Graphic Arts Curator, and ...

I extend my gratitude for the Permanent Mission of Nepal and the Mithila Centre, USA, for organizing this event – and for the kind invitation. Art can be a powerful catalyst for social progress – ...