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Links to online events: Artists' talk online with Rayan Elnayal, Jean Morris and myself, and my online miniature painting demonstration (free): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artists-in-conversation-reimagining-spaces-and-restoring-lost-histories-tickets-319119463907 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-i

At last the Architecture in Miniature Painting class series (and also the Animals ones), starting slowly. All here: https://www.vaishaliprazmariteaching.com/book-online These have been long-awaited classes and I'm excited to start them now! In this Architecture series we'll cover Persian and Mughal

Hello all, today in our Monthly Meeting we discussed the idea of Miniature Painting Film Nights with @Nadia Khan , proposing to start with Amit Dutta's Nainsukh. I uploaded some stills in this forum > Writing and Films about Painting > Amit Dutta films, and also included a mini review of the lates

Since we can travel virtually and live vicariously online, here are some images from the Dürer show at London's National Gallery. They are for the most part engravings; look for the fine detail which we can enjoy as miniature lovers. Scroll down for the famous Melancholia and more... And now for som

Female miniature painters! I’m glad to read about these. Sahifa Banu made copies of Behzad’s work (sometimes spelt Bihzad); I’m looking forward to teaching a class on Behzad and his famous camels next year at the Prince's School of Traditional Arts. Ruqaya Banu also did a contemplative man and copie

I am honoured to have unique, gritty, determined, talented and committed students and so I propose this opportunity for you: There’s an empty gallery in the middle of the desert ready and waiting for your beautiful works to transform it into an oasis. Let’s do an end-of-year Christmas student show

The New York Times has an article about a Shahzia Sikander exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York that might be of interest, particularly to those able to go see it: Here is a video about it: https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/shahzia-sikander https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiNi

Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities June 18 through September 26, 2021 https://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/shahzia-sikander Pakistani American artist Shahzia Sikander is internationally celebrated for bringing Indo-Persian miniature-painting traditions into dialogue with contemporary art pr

Last chance to Meet the Artists! Bring a sheet of paper and a piece of string!* Book now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carpet-pages-iii-pixels-meet-the-artists-private-view-online-event-3-tickets-126963654709 Treats to expect: We’ll attempt to make a bookmark - during the live session, as somet

Carpet Pages III: Pixels NOW LIVE ONLINE! Come on in! I curated two physical Carpet Pages shows in 2019 and 2018 BC (Before Covid). It’s 2020 and Corona can’t stop the Carpet Pages cycle going ahead. I said to myself, if I can’t do it in real life, then I will do it online… so I did… and 10,000 hour

A show in London - there will be some small, and not so small, miniature paintings there... P21 Gallery is proud to present Kalila wa Dimna: Ancient Tales for Troubled Times , a collaborative art exhibition and events programme that brings together academic researchers, artists, curators, and commu

While internet browsing I stumbled upon this blog post about the 2018 show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: "Time and Again: The Intersection of Past and Present in Iranian Art." https://unframed.lacma.org/2018/05/02/time-and-again-intersection-past-and-present-iranian-art I'm very curious

With thanks to the FB post over at that forum - here's the Rietberg Museum with a bit about its collection (and just keep scrolling for more art objects from around the world!) : https://rietberg.ch/en/stories/undefined And... finally, watch Nainsukh for free here, courtesy of the museum: https://

The tradition of painting on copper is an old one. The Encyclopaedia Britannica has an entry on 'miniature painting' in another sense of its meaning: European portrait miniatures - Nicholas Hilliard et al. https://www.britannica.com/art/miniature-painting I'm glad to see that this venerable encycl

And now for something completely different... (scroll down for Materials List) Introducing... THE CABINET OF CURIOSITIES Using - and arguing with - the methodology of the ancient wunderkammern , the cabinets of curiosities of the Renaissance - we will paint a collection of wonders in oils divided i

Apologies in advance for some of the rushed photos - there were a LOT of people in the exhibition and I had to jostle for space with a mask on and 2 kids and still try to feel safe! Overall, I want to give a feel for the book arts section of this show and the feeling you get when encountering them.

This looks absolutely fabulous!! England folk @Vaishali Prazmari @Anastasia Doran @Sara , you have to go and take pictures and tell us all about it: https://www.iranheritage.org/epic-iran-press-release.html

Hello Everyone: I had an idea that I floated at this month's workshop, thoroughly inspired by Vaishali's "Carpet Pages IV" project---why don't we students try on the different roles of miniature painting apprentices, mailing the work to the next artist after each round? One of us can draw/trace an

There is a game in the show at www.carpetpages.com , read on… THE GAME OF THE 2 QUILLS 2 Prizes there are to be won One spiky and one soft So let’s have a little fun In the desert, but don’t get lost One is a known unknown And is already history One is waiting to be shown And is a total mystery If

CARPET PAGES III: PIXELS  Online show  https://www.carpetpages.com   26.10.20 - 25.11.20 Meet the Artists Private View Online Events via Zoom 29.10.20, 6-9pm GMT 3.11.20, 6-9pm GMT 25.11.20, 6-9pm GMT Eventbrite tickets released 20/10/2020 at 13:00 GMT here:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/