In this episode of The Week That Wasn't, Cyrus Broacha takes on the people who find a reason to protest against almost everything. ...
02:07 PM, Feb 10, 2013
We saw it in case of Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam', Salman Rushdie's visit to Kolkata and most recently, in the case of Kashmir's first all girls rock band and art exhibitions in Delhi and Bangalore; creative freedom seems to be at the receiving end of protests by fringe groups. Here's the latest on these controversies and what the artists have to say. ...
05:50 PM, Feb 07, 2013
A Bangalore art academy was forced to remove three paintings following protests on Monday, before that organisers of an art exhibition in Delhi also faced a similar scenario - in this case, the VHP demanded to shut down the exhibition. ...
11:59 PM, Feb 06, 2013
The VHP's women wing on Wednesday continued to disrupt an exhibition at Delhi Art Gallery saying it portrayed women in a bad way. ...
11:05 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Is art under siege in India? Art curator Ina Puri joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
06:42 PM, Feb 06, 2013
A Bangalore art academy was forced to remove three paintings following protests on Monday, before that organisers of an art exhibition in Delhi also faced a similar scenario - in this case, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad demanded to shut down the exhibition. ...
06:35 PM, Feb 06, 2013
An art exhibition at the prestigious Delhi Art Gallery has run into trouble with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. The VHP's women wing, Durga Vahini, protested outside the gallery against the exhibition that showcases a retrospective on modern nude art on Wednesday. ...
02:38 PM, Feb 06, 2013
Tonight at 10:30, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts whether artistic freedom is in jeopardy in India. You can send your viewpoint and questions on the issue here or tweet them to us
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12:08 PM, Feb 06, 2013
The war of words between the Delhi Art Gallery owner and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad seems to have worsened. Despite facing threats, the organiser of the nude art works says he won't take down the paintings. ...
07:53 AM, Feb 06, 2013
The VHP's women wing has demanded a ban on the show saying that it showed women in poor light. ...
11:57 PM, Feb 05, 2013
It was trouble in paradise for art lovers as art exhibitions in Bangalore and Delhi were targeted by right wing activists. Artist Anirudh Sainath's paintings at the Chitrakala Parishath were taken off after the art academy received threat calls to remove the three paintings which depicted Hindu gods and goddesses in the nude. ...
09:22 PM, Feb 05, 2013
A girl band in Jammu and Kashmir is forced to quit; an exhibition of nudes in Delhi compelled to shut temporarily; an art academy in Bangalore coerced into removing three nude paintings - these incidents just follow the FIR against a sociologist who spoke on corruption and Dalits at a literature festival and the prevention of an eminent author from entering a metropolitan city to attend another literary event. ...
08:48 PM, Feb 05, 2013
An art exhibition at the Delhi Art Gallery, showcasing a retrospective on modern nude art, ran into trouble on Monday night when VHP activists forced it to shut down temporarily. The exhibition was resumed after the organisers sought police protection. ...
06:31 PM, Feb 05, 2013
An art exhibition in the capital showcasing a retrospective on modern nude art ran into trouble today with right wing activists forcing it to shut down temporarily and organisers reopening it with police protection. "The Naked and the Nude" exhibition hosted at the Delhi Art Gallery's exhibition space in south Delhi witnessed a protest by the women's wing of VHP demanding a ban on the show which they said contained...
10:10 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Famously known as Satyajit Ray's photographer, lensman Nemai Ghosh, has worked in close association with him for over 25 years capturing the master filmmaker in his myriad moods. ...
03:34 PM, Jan 07, 2013
First time in about three years, works of MF Husain will be displayed on a public platform. ...
08:52 AM, Jan 19, 2011
