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What It Feels Like for a Girl
Bad Gals/ Boys
August 25, 2015

What It Feels Like for a Girl

What is the feminine mystique?

Get to Work
Minis
August 18, 2015

Get to Work

Reimagining work as torture.

Jazz
The City
August 17, 2015

Jazz

Part of a beautiful series by Mumbai-based artist Gajanan Kabade, in which he captures the city in all its lights, moods and colours.

The First Comic Strip?
Material Culture
July 29, 2015

The First Comic Strip?

To the snobs who don’t consider comic books art, consider this: it has classical origins. An introduction to the first comic strip.

Whither the City?
The City
July 27, 2015

Whither the City?

When America was modernizing, its artists embraced modernity, warts and all. Now Asia is having its own modern moment, but our artists remain markedly ambivalent about modernity.

A Map of Asia that Doesn’t Include Utopia Isn’t Worth Glancing At*
Immaterial Culture
June 30, 2015

A Map of Asia that Doesn’t Include Utopia Isn’t Worth Glancing At*

Like hypochondriac dads in their quest for perfect health, there isn’t a social experiment that we haven’t tried in the quest for Utopia.

Trop Picks: Mango
The Jungle
June 22, 2015

Trop Picks: Mango

As we’re coming to the end of mango season, the Tropicalist pays homage to Paul Gauguin, ill-fated chronicler of our indigenous bounty.

A Building of Note: the Leeum
Material Culture
May 25, 2015

A Building of Note: the Leeum

Completed in 2004, South Korea’s Leeum was born of a Cinderella moment.

Trop Picks: Monet’s Garden in Naoshima
International Relations
May 21, 2015

Trop Picks: Monet’s Garden in Naoshima

Claude Monet’s iconic paintings were inspired by the work of the great Japanese woodcut artist, Utagawa Hiroshige.

The Chinese Influence on Indian Art: Deccani Paintings
International Relations
May 15, 2015

The Chinese Influence on Indian Art: Deccani Paintings

Little is known about the Chinese influence on Indian art. But the two civilisations have a long history of capturing each other’s imaginations.

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