Delhi Art Gallery

The body has always been revered as a form of art: Ina Puri

Is art under siege in India? Art curator Ina Puri joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...  

VHP women wing protests outside Delhi Art Gallery

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. ...  

Delhi Art Gallery refuses to remove nude exhibits despite protests

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. ...  

Right wing groups pose threat to art exhibitions in Delhi, Bangalore

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. ...  

No end to cultural terror, artistes continue to suffer as govt remains silent

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. ...  

VHP's women wing forces Delhi Art Gallery to shut temporarily

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. ...  

Delhi: Art exhibition of nudes to go on despite threats of disruption

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...  

Nemai Ghosh: There were no takers for my work

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. ...