Something ancient and new is visiting the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers through April 27: 10 examples of the Chinese art of penjing. This art is ancestral to bonsai but less known in North ...

It’s possible you’ve seen her walking through town, camera in hand. That’s how Arlene Law finds inspiration for her paintings, which often juxtapose landscapes with everyday objects. “I even look at ...

In a throwback to traditional miniature art, two contemporary artists exhibited their recent works at the Jharoka Art Gallery on Tuesday. Tallat Fatima explores the intricate design of the universe in ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

arl Marx’s famous quip that history repeats itself, “the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce,” fits the so-called revival of miniature painting in Pakistan. The process started in the ...

Miniatures paintings are beautiful handmade paintings, which are quite colorful but small in size. The highlight of these paintings is the intricate and delicate brushwork, which lends them a unique ...

Picture a postcard-sized painting of an empty, clouded landscape in soft blues and greys beside a framed image of a vibrant village procession led by a dancer. The first is quiet and introspective, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Tony Clark can remember the precise moment, scouring the shelves of a Prahran newsagent in the 1970s, that his fascination with the ...