Arts & Culture

Dining out isn’t only about the food anymore. It’s also about the experiences that come with it — the more inventive, the better. Experiential dining is here. And the experiments have only just begun.

For actor-author Madhur Jaffrey age is just a number. The 85-year-old is not ready to retire. Instead, she recently appeared in a video, and earlier this month released her 30th cookbook – Instantly Indian Cookbook: Modern and classic recipes for the Instant Pot

The painting Flora, dating back to about 1520, will be seen outside Russia for the first time after being restored by the State Hermitage Museum.

The images were projected and photographed on a blob of gaseous quantum matter known as Bose-Einstein condensate.

With bucket and spade in hand, Sabiha Ayari from Sejnane in northern Tunisia is among the women keeping alive an ancient tradition of creating pottery with all-natural materials.

The poetry museum will have selected poems from across the world in digital form. This will bring researchers to this Rajasthan town, the PWA president said.

Actor Kavita Kaushik recalls her student days at DU’s IP College, and her latest play.

The visual artist and theorist talks about the purpose of the biennale, her endeavour to keep it regionally rooted and the challenges of putting together a three-month long show.

Hollywood is set to release a new Will Smith-starrer Aladdin movie. But the Arabian Nights story, about a boy and his magic lamp, has a long history of film and TV adaptations in India

Paris wished the Eiffel Tower a happy birthday Wednesday with an elaborate nighttime laser show retracing the monument’s 130-year history.

Kids had previously been a very rare sight at the annual celebrity-filled festival, which thrives on glitz and glamour but has done little to meet the practical needs of movers and shakers with babies or toddlers in tow.

The manuscript is written in proto-Romance -- ancestral to today’s Romance languages including Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, Catalan and Galician.

Catch the Ji gang woo the Delhi audience with their kathak moves as part of the annual dance performance titled Arpana in the Capital.

Desi players like Wynk Music and JioSaavn are competing now with Spotify, Amazon and YouTube. One weapon they’re increasingly turning to: Podcasts.

A piece of stone drilled from Stonehenge, a mysterious circle of ancient stones in southern England, has been returned to the site 60 years after being removed during archaeological excavations.

An exhibition in Mumbai is showcasing, for the first time, snapshots that tell the unique story of these Indian explorers.

A soothing arbour of neem and pipal, chitvan and amaltas. A noon game of tennis. Racing around a medieval fort with a bloody history. Cooling off at a shooting range.

Childhood summers with Tintin, cricket, a new ice lolly

From personal pictures and dresses to film props and awards, an exhibition offering an intimate look at the life of late actress Audrey Hepburn has opened in Brussels, marking the 90th anniversary of the Hollywood star’s birth in the Belgian city.

Daniela Molinari dreamed of offering a drink to the famous Mona Lisa and asking her all about the great Leonardo Da Vinci. On Tuesday night she enjoyed a very special night at the museum, at the famous Louvre in Paris.

A lock of what some historians think is Leonardo Da Vinci’s hair went on display Thursday at a museum in his Tuscan birthplace as they seek to prove it contains his DNA 500 years after the genius died.

Artist Mohan Naik highlights the quaint village life of Pearl of the Orient through his paintings.

Marx and Mrs draws on private letters and essays to examine the most epochal moments in the lives of Marx and his wife.

International Jazz Day 2019: It is a culmination of Jazz appreciation month which raises awareness about the extraordinary history and heritage of Jazz throughout the month of April.

International Dance Day 2019:With each and every province having its own unique regional dance form, the performing art has always been a significant part of Indian culture.

The archaeologists found approximately 30 mummified bodies in the primary chamber -- the bodies of men, women and children -- and an estimated further four in a side chamber.

The programme will see six generations of the renowned kathak exponent of the Jaipur gharana, Pandit Rajendra Gangani, come together on stage in his presence and deliver a 50-minute performance celebrating their legacy that spans over a century.

The late founder of the former Czechoslovakia is the latest figure to get the wax treatment from Roman Bajzik, a 48-year-old opera teacher, Slovakia’s very own Monsieur Tussaud.

Hrishikesh Centre for Contemporary Dance in collaboration with Goethe-Institut and Aabracadabra Entertainment present the 10th Prayatna Film & Dance Festival in Pune

From a medieval fortress protecting Paris to one of the world’s biggest and most-visited museums, the Louvre in Paris has been reinvented many times over the centuries.

A steady supply of locally-brewed beer kept empires afloat in the past when people came together during festivities in order to recreate and reaffirm their affiliation with their leaders, an interesting study has found.

Ian McEwan’s new novel, Machines Like Me, features a lifelike android with access to all human knowledge who writes haiku poetry.

As Game of Thrones is coming to an end, the show will live on through its merchandise including make-up, beer, toy collectibles and high fashion collaborations.

For devotees of Karl Lagerfeld, the ultimate fashion statement this year could be Fendi’s turquoise suede hybrid shirt-jacket. Or it may be a $5.7 million luxury penthouse in an industrial city in central Taiwan.

Today there are more options of what to read and there’s no one genre that a person may decide to stick to. The one who has enjoyed all the works by JRR Tolkien is sure to pick up the Harry Potter series and the Game Of Thrones series in the fantasy genre.

Many fans and enthusiasts across the world celebrate Shakespeare Day on April 23 every year to honour the literary genius, Shakespeare.

Shakespeare is said to have contributed almost 3000 words to the Oxford English dictionary. Here are the 10 powerful words that we regularly use and owe to William Shakespeare.

Happy Easter 2019 Wishes and Greetings: Send these heartfelt messages to your loved ones this Easter weekend.

It’s delicate, intricate work. Few know how to do it. Find out how Swati Chandgadkar and her team restore coloured glass over 100 years old, across Mumbai, Goa, Chennai and Singapore.

The city of Paris, its streets and landmarks, have held a special role as the artistic center of the industry since its earliest days, so to restore what has been lost is to preserve its own history.

Happy Easter 2019: The story behind Easter lies in the New Testament of the Bible which narrates how Jesus was arrested by the Roman authorities because he claimed to be the Son of God, and later crucified. His resurrection three days later marks the occasion of Easter.

With its mountains and desert, beach resorts and Berber villages, Morocco is a feast for travellers of all kinds, including those who want to explore the kingdom’s deep Jewish roots.

Good Friday 2019 Quotes: Holy Friday or Black Friday is commemorated with prayers of Thanksgiving and hymns. The day is remembered as Jesus Christ’s crucifixion that led to resurrection Sunday, three days later.

Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ on Calvary. According to the Gregorian calendar, Good Friday falls on the 19 April this year.

UNESCO World Heritage Day 2019: In the year 1982, the International Council on Monuments and Sites declared 18 April as World Heritage Day to raise awareness about monuments and other sites which form a part of our history and culture.

UNESCO World Heritage Day 2019: As we gear up for World Heritage Day 2019 on April 18, here’s a look at how artists from around the world along with St+art India Foundation are changing the way we experience art on the streets of India, one wall at a time.

Modern Afghan cuisine is best described as the great granddaddy of that dreadful Indian invention: the multi-cuisine restaurant, where out of about 300 horrendous dishes, you find the occasional gems.

Some were lost to humanity forever in the blaze that ravaged the Paris cathedral Monday. Others were spared, at least in part, or saved before the flames consumed the roof and spire.

The process of restoring the gutted landmark will face substantial challenges — starting immediately, with the urgent need to protect the inside of the 850-year-old cathedral from the elements, after its timber-beamed roof was consumed by flames .

Aretha Franklin’s honour was announced as one of the 2019 Pulitzer Prizes for Arts, Drama and Music, with the singer being acknowledged “for her incredible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades.”