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Art or fraud?

A thrilling profile in The Guardian of a scientist-detective who specialises in uncovering art forgeries—with some tips on how to carry out the perfect art crime yourself, if you dare

Beyoncé & Jay-Z at the Louvre

How did two of the biggest stars in the world manage to pull off a secret shoot at one of the busiest museums in the world? Some of the logistics are explained in this video. Plus, we enjoyed this guide by The Guardian to some of the artwork featured in ‘Apesh*t’ by the Carters—click here to read

Mehrangarh travels

An exhibition of about 300 objects, including Rajput paintings, weaponry, jewellery and a Mughal tent, from the Mehrangarh Fort Museum in Jodhpur will be touring in America and Canada in a show called ‘Peacock in the Desert’

Crimes of curation

A study of the parallels between the new Bihar Museum and the older one that supplied its core collection

Watch: Books with fore-edge painting

These secret images are created using a painting technique that’s more or less obsolete today. Read more here

Indian art and caste

Acclaimed Carnatic musician TM Krishna dissects the unfair structures that constrain Indian art in his new book

Everyone’s welcome at Kochi

A heartening interview with the first woman curator of the Kochi Biennale, Anita Dube, who’s planning a more inclusive program for 2018-19

Whose art is it anyway

Some thoughts on the movement to decolonise art—and a look at an Indian exhibition that gets it right

Paint fight

How an Indian-origin community in Hungary is battling prejudice through art

Art or agenda?

As the world welcomes a Museum of Candy, it’s time to ask some uncomfortable questions

War and peace

Iraqi women are learning to save Mesopotamian monuments attacked by ISIS, including the world’s oldest bridge