Journal

21 Aug 2026

What we got wrong repairing the frescoes

For two years we cleaned the paintings with the wrong things and sealed them with cement plaster, which traps damp behind the surface and lifts it off in s...

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09 Aug 2026

How to read a Shekhawati wall

The top band is usually mythology, the middle is the family, and the bottom is whatever was new and astonishing when the painter was working — which is why...

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28 Jul 2026

April, May and the truth about the heat

The house was built to handle it: thick walls, small openings, a courtyard that pulls air through at night. It works until about four in the afternoon, and...

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