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New York artist turns tiny hip-hop street scenes into profitable business

With his nimble fingers and child-like enthusiasm, Danny Cortes re-creates in miniature the hip-hop-infused street scenes of a gritty New York. But what began as a hobby has since brought him fame in the rap community and profitable sales even at Sotheby's prestigious auction house.
Udaipur’s US-born ‘Photowallah’ digs deep into statue-toppling politics for his new body of miniatures

Waswo X. Waswo, who has called India home for almost 19 years now —13 of which he has spent in Rajasthan’s lake city — blends miniature traditions, photography, documentary and painting in his art. In the process, he has helped revive miniature as an art form.

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