Take On Art

Books & Albums Modern & Contemporary Art

A biannual English-language publication on the arts in South Asia, established in 2009 by gallerist and curator Bhavna Kakar. In addition to publishing the periodical, it issues artist monographs, reportage and digital publishing, and organises educational workshops and public programming.

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Tarikh-i-Khandan-i-Timuriya

An illustrated manuscript that details the history of Timur and his descendants in Iran and India. It was commissioned by…

Amar Chitra Katha

A series of Indian comics begun in 1967 by Anant Pai, based on religious mythology, legends, folktales and biographies of…

Muraqqa

An album containing miniature paintings and calligraphic manuscripts, bound together in the form of a book. The paintings and calligraphy…

Nimatnama-i-Nasiruddin-Shahi

Nimatnama-i-Nasiruddin-Shahi (Book of Delicacies of Nasir-ud-Din Shah) was a cookbook written c.1500 in the Malwa Sultanate. The manuscript was written…

Folio

Could refer to either the leaf or page of a manuscript or a method of arranging sheets of paper by…

The Illustrated Weekly of India

A English-language weekly that was operational between 1880 and 1993 and featured illustrations by Mario Miranda and RK Laxman alongside…

Vrishchik

A monthly arts magazine published from Baroda, Gujarat, from 1969 to 1973. It was founded and edited by the contemporary…

St. Petersburg Muraqqa

An album of Persian and Indian miniature paintings and calligraphy manuscripts from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. It was…