As a style, Art Deco can appear as an odd hodgepodge, borrowing everything from ancient Mayan to Japanese culture. But the first generation of homegrown Indian architects who visited Europe in the ...

As the style traveled across the world, colonial Mumbai was one of the cities where Art Deco found expression in office buildings, apartments, cinema halls, petrol stations, and even film sets.

Hosted by Art Deco Mumbai, writer-podcaster Kamayani Sharma’s talk today on Mythologies, Murals and Modernism: Stefan Norblin’s IndoDeco will explore this often-ignored aspect of the Art Deco ...

A towering cinema with a roofline like an ocean liner stands out in India's financial capital Mumbai, part of a remarkable Art Deco architectural heritage that campaigners say needs protection.