In China, efforts to preserve the art form have taken on a special urgency. Jianbo Peng, director of the Digital Museum of Shadow run by the China Academy of Art, has dedicated the last 15 years ...

Free Indonesian Wayang Kulit shows 6/23 & 6/24 The upcoming collaborative mashup between Nusantara Arts and The Buffalo AKG Art Museum is going to be singularly spectacular. The show – ...

Chinese shadow puppetry, a comprehensive art form combining carving, paper-cutting, painting, music, and performance, boasts a history spanning over 2,200 years. In 2006, ...

Though the art form is famous in Kerala and Andhra too, we in Tamil Nadu know a unique process of tanning and using colours," he said. The puppets used in Kerala are hard and difficult to colour.

In its heyday, it was the most popular form of entertainment, ... Shichahai Shadow Art Performance Hotel, 24 Songshu St., ShiChaHai, Xicheng Qu, Beijing; 10-8328-7847.

The art form, globally known as Mi- thila or Madhubani art, has of late thrown up an offshoot with a new tag — Harijan painting. Almost every woman and man in scheduled caste families of ...