Krishna Shekhawat
@kshekhawat.bsky.social
Ex-Curator at Mehrangarh Fort | Visual Culture and Art History PhD @berkeley | Nature, South Asia, Art https://www.instagram.com/kshekhawat__/
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Krishna Shekhawat
@kshekhawat.bsky.social
· Jun 11
What makes #V&AMuseum #mughal exhibition most famous object #ShahJahan #jade #wine Cup unique? Cross-cultural icon Chinese ram head, Indian lotus, European acanthus! But here’s an exact copy sold #Sotheby’s ! #Qing emperors loved collecting Mughal jades
#arthistory #bluesky #museum #earlymodern
#arthistory #bluesky #museum #earlymodern
🎸 WILD STORY: Former #RollingStones guitarist says the #MetropolitanMuseum has his stolen guitar! The guitar has flaming pattern like fingerprint! 🔥
#MickTaylor #StolenArt #GuitarCollection #MusicHistory #ArtNews #NYC #Guitar @visualarts.newsmast.community.ap.brid.gy @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
#MickTaylor #StolenArt #GuitarCollection #MusicHistory #ArtNews #NYC #Guitar @visualarts.newsmast.community.ap.brid.gy @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
Former Rolling Stones Member Says the Met Museum Has His Stolen Guitar
Mick Taylor, a former member of the Rolling Stones, said the Metropolitan Museum of Art had his stolen guitar.
www.artnews.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
🎸 WILD STORY: Former #RollingStones guitarist says the #MetropolitanMuseum has his stolen guitar! The guitar has flaming pattern like fingerprint! 🔥
#MickTaylor #StolenArt #GuitarCollection #MusicHistory #ArtNews #NYC #Guitar @visualarts.newsmast.community.ap.brid.gy @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
#MickTaylor #StolenArt #GuitarCollection #MusicHistory #ArtNews #NYC #Guitar @visualarts.newsmast.community.ap.brid.gy @theartnewspaper.bsky.social
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From sandalwood to Chanel no 5, scent=memory. INHALE this essay: #BritishLibrary revives forgotten smells @academic-chatter.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org @theartnewspaper.bsky.social @artforum.com @newyorker.com #diaspora #scent #museum @dailyreadwr.bsky.social
@artandwordscircle.bsky.social
@artandwordscircle.bsky.social
Remembrance of Scents Past
At museums, curators are incorporating smells that can transport visitors to a different time.
www.newyorker.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
From sandalwood to Chanel no 5, scent=memory. INHALE this essay: #BritishLibrary revives forgotten smells @academic-chatter.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org @theartnewspaper.bsky.social @artforum.com @newyorker.com #diaspora #scent #museum @dailyreadwr.bsky.social
@artandwordscircle.bsky.social
@artandwordscircle.bsky.social
From sandalwood to Chanel no 5, scent=memory. INHALE this essay: #BritishLibrary revives forgotten smells @academic-chatter.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org @theartnewspaper.bsky.social @artforum.com @newyorker.com #diaspora #scent #museum @dailyreadwr.bsky.social
@artandwordscircle.bsky.social
@artandwordscircle.bsky.social
Remembrance of Scents Past
At museums, curators are incorporating smells that can transport visitors to a different time.
www.newyorker.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
From sandalwood to Chanel no 5, scent=memory. INHALE this essay: #BritishLibrary revives forgotten smells @academic-chatter.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org @theartnewspaper.bsky.social @artforum.com @newyorker.com #diaspora #scent #museum @dailyreadwr.bsky.social
@artandwordscircle.bsky.social
@artandwordscircle.bsky.social
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A Russian artist in India? Among famous British & Japanese artists producing art about their India travels, Vasily Vereshchagin was lesser known. He painted mostly the Himalayan Mt Range, Kashmir. Here is “Prince of Wales at Jaipur” #booksky #phdchat #art #wildlife #museum #india #royal #academicsky
June 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A Russian artist in India? Among famous British & Japanese artists producing art about their India travels, Vasily Vereshchagin was lesser known. He painted mostly the Himalayan Mt Range, Kashmir. Here is “Prince of Wales at Jaipur” #booksky #phdchat #art #wildlife #museum #india #royal #academicsky
🦎🔥 Alaska is on fire in the headlines. Meet Gunakadeit who fed Indigenous:Tlingit sea‑monster spirit of 215 million years old marine reptile Thalattosaur fossil discovered in SE Alaska @trendingworld.bsky.social #indigisky #phdchat #IndigenousScience #nature #CulturalHeritage #Paleontology #nature
July 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
🦎🔥 Alaska is on fire in the headlines. Meet Gunakadeit who fed Indigenous:Tlingit sea‑monster spirit of 215 million years old marine reptile Thalattosaur fossil discovered in SE Alaska @trendingworld.bsky.social #indigisky #phdchat #IndigenousScience #nature #CulturalHeritage #Paleontology #nature
Art + 3DTech: Augmented Reality Experience of India’s famous wall paintings from Shekhawati. Expert research👇 www.granthaalayahpublication.org/Arts-Journal...
#3DArt #artTech #phdchat #AR #art #indianart #academicsky #fresco #museum #digitalart #OC #AIart #AI #shekhawati #virtualheritage #XR #royal
#3DArt #artTech #phdchat #AR #art #indianart #academicsky #fresco #museum #digitalart #OC #AIart #AI #shekhawati #virtualheritage #XR #royal
July 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Art + 3DTech: Augmented Reality Experience of India’s famous wall paintings from Shekhawati. Expert research👇 www.granthaalayahpublication.org/Arts-Journal...
#3DArt #artTech #phdchat #AR #art #indianart #academicsky #fresco #museum #digitalart #OC #AIart #AI #shekhawati #virtualheritage #XR #royal
#3DArt #artTech #phdchat #AR #art #indianart #academicsky #fresco #museum #digitalart #OC #AIart #AI #shekhawati #virtualheritage #XR #royal
Procession of 🐘 Elephants & 🐴 Horses in India of Bygone Era 👑#elephant #academicsky #museum #V&AMuseum #metropolitanmuseum #india #travel #painting #elephant
A Russian artist in India? Among famous British & Japanese artists producing art about their India travels, Vasily Vereshchagin was lesser known. He painted mostly the Himalayan Mt Range, Kashmir. Here is “Prince of Wales at Jaipur” #booksky #phdchat #art #wildlife #museum #india #royal #academicsky
July 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Procession of 🐘 Elephants & 🐴 Horses in India of Bygone Era 👑#elephant #academicsky #museum #V&AMuseum #metropolitanmuseum #india #travel #painting #elephant
A Russian artist in India? Among famous British & Japanese artists producing art about their India travels, Vasily Vereshchagin was lesser known. He painted mostly the Himalayan Mt Range, Kashmir. Here is “Prince of Wales at Jaipur” #booksky #phdchat #art #wildlife #museum #india #royal #academicsky
June 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
A Russian artist in India? Among famous British & Japanese artists producing art about their India travels, Vasily Vereshchagin was lesser known. He painted mostly the Himalayan Mt Range, Kashmir. Here is “Prince of Wales at Jaipur” #booksky #phdchat #art #wildlife #museum #india #royal #academicsky
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Is this a misplaced credit line (Prada instead of the humble #SouthAsia uncle who’s worn them) or blatant cultural appropriation? Why does #fashion whitewash #indigenous? Same with #India dupatta turning #Scandinavia scarf for women’s dress #indigisky #envhum #footwear #prada #racism #news #trending
June 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Is this a misplaced credit line (Prada instead of the humble #SouthAsia uncle who’s worn them) or blatant cultural appropriation? Why does #fashion whitewash #indigenous? Same with #India dupatta turning #Scandinavia scarf for women’s dress #indigisky #envhum #footwear #prada #racism #news #trending
Is this a misplaced credit line (Prada instead of the humble #SouthAsia uncle who’s worn them) or blatant cultural appropriation? Why does #fashion whitewash #indigenous? Same with #India dupatta turning #Scandinavia scarf for women’s dress #indigisky #envhum #footwear #prada #racism #news #trending
June 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Is this a misplaced credit line (Prada instead of the humble #SouthAsia uncle who’s worn them) or blatant cultural appropriation? Why does #fashion whitewash #indigenous? Same with #India dupatta turning #Scandinavia scarf for women’s dress #indigisky #envhum #footwear #prada #racism #news #trending
newly minted #UnitedStatesofAmerica #darkmatter coin & #verarubin #observatory recognizes Rubin’s research as woman in #stem who studied #darkenergy #blackholes #cosmos #universe
#stem
#greensky #academicsky #phdchat #astronomy #astrophysics #envhist #envhum
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/s...
#stem
#greensky #academicsky #phdchat #astronomy #astrophysics #envhist #envhum
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/s...
June 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
We’ve loved #India #miniaturepaintings but what natural pigments were used? Cow’s urine for yellow, real #gold for golden color. Read for the 1st pigment analysis of Indian #art 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s40...
#artsky #greensky #envhist #envhum #phdchat #arthistory #museum #culture #academicsky
www.nature.com/articles/s40...
#artsky #greensky #envhist #envhum #phdchat #arthistory #museum #culture #academicsky
Characterization of Indian pigments: investigating the color palette of a traditional Jaipuri workshop - npj Heritage Science
npj Heritage Science - Characterization of Indian pigments: investigating the color palette of a traditional Jaipuri workshop
www.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
We’ve loved #India #miniaturepaintings but what natural pigments were used? Cow’s urine for yellow, real #gold for golden color. Read for the 1st pigment analysis of Indian #art 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s40...
#artsky #greensky #envhist #envhum #phdchat #arthistory #museum #culture #academicsky
www.nature.com/articles/s40...
#artsky #greensky #envhist #envhum #phdchat #arthistory #museum #culture #academicsky
newly minted #UnitedStatesofAmerica #darkmatter coin & #verarubin #observatory recognizes Rubin’s research as woman in #stem who studied #darkenergy #blackholes #cosmos #universe
#stem
#greensky #academicsky #phdchat #astronomy #astrophysics #envhist #envhum
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/s...
#stem
#greensky #academicsky #phdchat #astronomy #astrophysics #envhist #envhum
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/s...
June 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
newly minted #UnitedStatesofAmerica #darkmatter coin & #verarubin #observatory recognizes Rubin’s research as woman in #stem who studied #darkenergy #blackholes #cosmos #universe
#stem
#greensky #academicsky #phdchat #astronomy #astrophysics #envhist #envhum
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/s...
#stem
#greensky #academicsky #phdchat #astronomy #astrophysics #envhist #envhum
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/s...
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Is all news bad news? After a harsh 2025, #LA has good news! 10 #California #Condor chicks hatched! From 10 in the whole world in 1980s, today they’re a strong 1000! Jan Hamber is a magician of #wildlife conservation #natgeo #envhist #wildlifephotography #envhum #climatechange #skystorians
June 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Is all news bad news? After a harsh 2025, #LA has good news! 10 #California #Condor chicks hatched! From 10 in the whole world in 1980s, today they’re a strong 1000! Jan Hamber is a magician of #wildlife conservation #natgeo #envhist #wildlifephotography #envhum #climatechange #skystorians
Gombrich’s world-famous ‘story of art’ does not have #womenartists or #peopleofcolor what is the next famous art history book that can be more #inclusive? #booksky #books #academicsky #arthistory #painting #art #studysky #phdchat #education #study #student
The Story of Art has sold 8mn copies — and is still a warning to us all
Ernst Gombrich’s book was an unlikely bestseller — 75 years on it speaks powerfully about the dangerous politicisation of culture
www-ft-com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu
June 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Gombrich’s world-famous ‘story of art’ does not have #womenartists or #peopleofcolor what is the next famous art history book that can be more #inclusive? #booksky #books #academicsky #arthistory #painting #art #studysky #phdchat #education #study #student
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I remember when they were almost gone
and the celebration when the population began to rise again
R political thinking I was friendly told me about this bird that was going extinct hundred of years ago and how it was saved when people started grown for food
Why condors
Food chain
he had dumb look
and the celebration when the population began to rise again
R political thinking I was friendly told me about this bird that was going extinct hundred of years ago and how it was saved when people started grown for food
Why condors
Food chain
he had dumb look
June 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I remember when they were almost gone
and the celebration when the population began to rise again
R political thinking I was friendly told me about this bird that was going extinct hundred of years ago and how it was saved when people started grown for food
Why condors
Food chain
he had dumb look
and the celebration when the population began to rise again
R political thinking I was friendly told me about this bird that was going extinct hundred of years ago and how it was saved when people started grown for food
Why condors
Food chain
he had dumb look
Is all news bad news? After a harsh 2025, #LA has good news! 10 #California #Condor chicks hatched! From 10 in the whole world in 1980s, today they’re a strong 1000! Jan Hamber is a magician of #wildlife conservation #natgeo #envhist #wildlifephotography #envhum #climatechange #skystorians
June 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Is all news bad news? After a harsh 2025, #LA has good news! 10 #California #Condor chicks hatched! From 10 in the whole world in 1980s, today they’re a strong 1000! Jan Hamber is a magician of #wildlife conservation #natgeo #envhist #wildlifephotography #envhum #climatechange #skystorians
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Anyone visited The Great #Mughals Exhibition at #V&AMuseum ?
Unparalleled! FYI #Jade is not even carved! It’s ground upon using abrasives 🤯
#indigisky #art #nature #india #china #empire #earlymodern
Unparalleled! FYI #Jade is not even carved! It’s ground upon using abrasives 🤯
#indigisky #art #nature #india #china #empire #earlymodern
What makes #V&AMuseum #mughal exhibition most famous object #ShahJahan #jade #wine Cup unique? Cross-cultural icon Chinese ram head, Indian lotus, European acanthus! But here’s an exact copy sold #Sotheby’s ! #Qing emperors loved collecting Mughal jades
#arthistory #bluesky #museum #earlymodern
#arthistory #bluesky #museum #earlymodern
June 11, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Anyone visited The Great #Mughals Exhibition at #V&AMuseum ?
Unparalleled! FYI #Jade is not even carved! It’s ground upon using abrasives 🤯
#indigisky #art #nature #india #china #empire #earlymodern
Unparalleled! FYI #Jade is not even carved! It’s ground upon using abrasives 🤯
#indigisky #art #nature #india #china #empire #earlymodern
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#Bird swallows #human? Maybe but certainly not a god! #RajputPainting from 1690 at #MetropolitanMuseum showing crane called demon Bakasura, having swallowed Lord Krishna, disgorging him out
#artwhatshot #academicsly #mughal #painting #nature #earlymodern #death #religion #surrealism #rajput #cow
#artwhatshot #academicsly #mughal #painting #nature #earlymodern #death #religion #surrealism #rajput #cow
June 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
#Bird swallows #human? Maybe but certainly not a god! #RajputPainting from 1690 at #MetropolitanMuseum showing crane called demon Bakasura, having swallowed Lord Krishna, disgorging him out
#artwhatshot #academicsly #mughal #painting #nature #earlymodern #death #religion #surrealism #rajput #cow
#artwhatshot #academicsly #mughal #painting #nature #earlymodern #death #religion #surrealism #rajput #cow
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The #ideology of #hunt!
Why do beautiful animals need to be hung as trophies on our walls?
#academicsky #environment #peacock #painting #animal #wildlife #photography
Why do beautiful animals need to be hung as trophies on our walls?
#academicsky #environment #peacock #painting #animal #wildlife #photography
June 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The #ideology of #hunt!
Why do beautiful animals need to be hung as trophies on our walls?
#academicsky #environment #peacock #painting #animal #wildlife #photography
Why do beautiful animals need to be hung as trophies on our walls?
#academicsky #environment #peacock #painting #animal #wildlife #photography
The #ideology of #hunt!
Why do beautiful animals need to be hung as trophies on our walls?
#academicsky #environment #peacock #painting #animal #wildlife #photography
Why do beautiful animals need to be hung as trophies on our walls?
#academicsky #environment #peacock #painting #animal #wildlife #photography
June 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The #ideology of #hunt!
Why do beautiful animals need to be hung as trophies on our walls?
#academicsky #environment #peacock #painting #animal #wildlife #photography
Why do beautiful animals need to be hung as trophies on our walls?
#academicsky #environment #peacock #painting #animal #wildlife #photography
What’s the love of killing exotics? For #albinism awareness, here is a brutal Jan Weenix #painting @AcademyofFine #Art #Vienna of #albino #peacock lie #dead with #hare #duck & other #birds. To show domination over #nature? #aesthetic meets #power #earlymodern #museum #skystorians #envhum #envhist
June 18, 2025 at 2:56 AM
#Immigration for cities? entering /exiting a city thru 15th century #India city Jodhpur’s Sojati gate was typical. These gates were guarded and closed at sunset. With #globalization the future could be without #borders ? #tarrifs imposed on #trade passing through a city too #artwhatshot #LA #visa
June 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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#Immigration for cities? entering /exiting a city thru 15th century #India city Jodhpur’s Sojati gate was typical. These gates were guarded and closed at sunset. With #globalization the future could be without #borders ? #tarrifs imposed on #trade passing through a city too #artwhatshot #LA #visa
June 11, 2025 at 5:28 AM
#Immigration for cities? entering /exiting a city thru 15th century #India city Jodhpur’s Sojati gate was typical. These gates were guarded and closed at sunset. With #globalization the future could be without #borders ? #tarrifs imposed on #trade passing through a city too #artwhatshot #LA #visa