In the carefully constructed boundaries of visual art, the recent times have witnessed a burgeoning gradual rise of technology — be it installations, audio or video. And, with cinema forming a large part of popular culture, there is an exploration of diverse themes with the moving pictures as medium.

Tarun Tahiliani’s impeccable silhouettes are a seamless blend of contemporary styles and deeply rooted aesthetic sensibilities, with an almost romantic East-meets-West twist.

The line was in important feature in the Madras Art Movement. It started quite unassumingly, from the Madras School of Art, where the artists were doing something rather different artistically, than the rest of the country.

Art has always relied on scientific inspiration. From Rembrandt’s flawless use of light in ‘Night Watch’ to Da Vinci’s subtle cryptography in his paintings, scientific exploration through art has only changed with the times.

Two Indians have “shot down” the Angry Birds with their magazine app, Magzter.

What do two kids in their sixth and eighth standards do in their free time? A bit difficult to say if one is president and the other the CEO of a company they founded.

Art and mythology are inseparable. But, in recent times, Indian mythology has been exposed to reinterpretation. From pop art-inspired shades of the epics to cheerfully endearing cartoons of the Gods, the genre has acquired a funky makeover.

Music director Shekhar Ravjiani has been a frequent visitor to Chennai for the past eight years, mainly to collaborate with close friend Gopi Sundar, who has programmed most of his songs, including Aj