New Delhi: Actress Kangna Ranaut rues the fact that artists are not valued and stardom often overshadows the real actors. "I must admit that artists are not valued in this country and it's not just actors, it also includes painters, dancers, classical singers. They are not even paid well," Kangna said during the India Today Conclave 2012 here Saturday. "I started my career with theatre and my Guru kept telling...
12:53 PM, Mar 18, 2012
The 4th edition of India Art Fair is not just about brushing up on the Picassos and Husains, it is also about looking beyond the canvas. ...
06:17 PM, Jan 27, 2012
London: China doesn't want Lady Gaga. The government has banned websites from featuring 100 songs by artists including Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys and Katy Perry. The ministry said it aimed to regulate the "order" of the Internet music market, adding, songs that "harm the security of state culture must be cleaned up and regulated under the law", reported Guardian. The notice issued a ban on Gaga's 'The Edge of Glory',...
08:14 PM, Aug 25, 2011
London: Move over Leonardo da Vince. Now, scientists have developed a new robot which they say can draw as good as a professional artist. Developed by a team at the Goldsmiths, University of London, the robot can draw whatever it's trained to. The little device has 'eyes' linked to an artificial mind which imperfectly simulates a small part of the trainer's abilities, the Daily Mail reported. During a demonstration, artist...
10:56 AM, Jun 21, 2011
It was a tearful moment for actress Shabana Azmi, as she walked across the Wagah border into Pakistan and had an emotional reunion with famed Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz's two daughters. Shabana and husband Javed Akhtar went across the border this week along with 10 theatre artists including MS Sathyu, Shama Zaidi, Atul Tiwari, Rajendra Gupta and Lubna Arif on an invitation from the Faiz Foundation for the Faiz...
11:30 AM, Feb 27, 2011
Islamabad: Pakistani artists and students would now need to have a no-objection certificate from the interior ministry, a decision that was "supposedly taken after the embarrassing episode in which singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was detained by Indian authorities", said a leading Pakistani daily. Calling it an "ominous development", the editorial in the Dawn on Friday said Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the National Assembly that students wanting to go...
12:57 PM, Feb 25, 2011
Mumbai: Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is not the first Pakistani artiste to have been embroiled in a controversy with the Indian authorities. The singer who has voiced some of Bollywood's biggest chartbusters finds his name added to the list of controversial artistes from across the border. Here's a look at a few other instances were the Indo-Pak cultural ties have made headlines for all the wrong reasons. In December last...
11:21 PM, Feb 14, 2011
New Delhi: Paintings of MF Husain were taken down at the India Art Summit by the art gallery displaying them on Thursday, after the gallery owner allegedly received threatening messages. Husain has been living in exile abroad for the last five years following alleged threats by saffron groups. Those behind the messages said Husain's works shouldn't be showcased as he had offended Hindu sentiments. Saffron groups had in the past...
06:56 AM, Jan 21, 2011
Curator Kiran Nadar unveiled the world's most expensive Indian painting valued at Rs 16.4 crore. ...
10:26 AM, Jan 20, 2011
Curator Kiran Nadar unveiled the world's most expensive Indian painting valued at Rs 16.4 crore. ...
10:26 AM, Jan 20, 2011
People from different walks of life are trying to go green. ...
10:37 PM, Dec 05, 2009
The 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai has affected the art world intensely. ...
12:57 PM, Nov 23, 2009
Mamata awarded Bengali artists by giving them lifetime free first class tickets. ...
01:02 PM, Sep 11, 2009
These graffiti artists spend their weekends painting walls. ...
05:47 PM, Sep 07, 2009
This is like manna from heaven for art lovers who are hit by recession. ...
04:03 AM, Mar 03, 2009
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