Beginners in silk painting should start with simple designs. Complex patterns can be overwhelming and frustrating. Simple designs allow you to learn the feel of the brush on silk, understand how the ...

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Dulari Devi, a Padma Shri awardee and renowned Madhubani artist, gifted Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman a saree depicting intricate Madhubani paintings. Sitharaman wore it while presenting the ...

On the day she is slated to present her eighth consecutive Union Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chose to wear an off-white handloom silk saree, gifted to her by Padma Shri awardee Dulari ...

A Patchwork Life, an exhibit at the Senator John Heinz History Center on display until April 6, features several of Silk's quilts.

Chinese, is a traditional style of painting unique to China. It is deeply rooted in the country’s cultural heritage and ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

While on maternity leave, Crowley attended physical therapy sessions with her mother after rotator cuff surgery. "Hazard" zooms in on details from the clinic, from the patient's perspective.

Until recently, my vague idea of the Silk Road, the trade link from ancient east Asia to the West, was of camels crossing ...

Art critics hailed news of the move, saying that the precious painting has stolen the spotlight for long enough.

Trump had planned to commute the life sentence of the founder of the Silk Road online drug bazaar at the end of his first term, according to former U.S. officials and a political consultant who ...

Here are nine options to explore for this weekend in metro Detroit: The Detroit Institute of Arts’ newest exhibition, Painted with Silk: The Art of Early American Embroidery, examines the 1600s – ...