Editorial“Mondo Kane Kama Sutra (Distressed) #15A,” by General Idea, on display at the Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Esther Schipper booth at the Frieze New York art fair at the Shed in New York, May 5, 2021. (Krista Schlueter/The New York Times)
EditorialTsuji Yojiro, Japanese, Kama - Hot Water Kettle, kettle 16th century, lid possibly later, Kettle is iron, Lid is made of karakane, or Chinese metal, Overall: 9 1/4 ? 10 1/2 ? 10 1/2 inches (23.5 ? 26.7 ? 26.7 cm).
EditorialPanel with Kama and Rati, Rectangular panel with a representation in low relief. In two square fields the deities Kama (left, god of love) and Rati (goddess of sexual pleasure), on their riding animals, a parrot and a goose respectively. The performanc...
EditorialVisvamitra's penance. Ramayana, Bala Kanda. Udaipur, 1712. The god Indra, fearing the power that Visvamitra would gain from his asceticisms, sends Kama the god of Love and the nymph Rambha to seduce him and thereby render his penance useless. Visvamitr...