Persephone August 2026

A Monthly Newsletter on Art & Culture Persephone by Pouls.of.art August 2026

This Month's Theme

Art & Protest

Graffiti covering the walls of Jantar Mantar

Painting Over The People: Erasing the Graffiti at Jantar Mantar

When Jantar Mantar's protest walls were repainted within a day of the education minister's resignation, the graffiti disappeared — but not before it became testimony. On erasure, narrative control, and why photographs outlast paint.

Art History

The times are changing…and so is protest art?

By Ashmita

Posters didn't die when film arrived, and digital media didn't kill either of them when social media showed up. A history of protest art's shifting mediums — and why none of them ever really go obsolete.

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Guy Fawkes mask at a protest in India, 2026

Culture & Symbols

When Protest Finds a Symbol

By Prakriti

A red cloak, a Guy Fawkes mask, a word like "cockroach" turned into a badge of pride — on how protest symbols get made, and the ongoing fight over who gets to decide what they mean.

Curated by Our Team · 2026 Protest

The Archive

Art inspired from the 2026 protest, hand-picked by our team from across social media and credited to the artists who made them. Repainted walls don't get the last word.