New Delhi: Artist Balbir Krishan, a gay painter from Uttar Pradesh claimed that he was assaulted by unidentified men at the end of his solo exhibition at the Lalit Kala Academy in Delhi on Thursday evening. The assailants said that his art was provocative and went against the religious sentiments of people. They also threatened that just as late painter MF Husain was hounded out of the country for his...
02:34 PM, Jan 06, 2012
New Delhi: Forced to live away from India, M.F. Husain at one time wanted to destroy all his paintings, says his son Owais Husain who is hungering to conquer the wasteland of possibilities left behind by his illustrious father. "I feel suddenly in life there is a wasteland in front of me, but the wasteland is rich, inspiring a hunger in me to devour the wasteland. I am ready, actually...
11:49 AM, Jul 05, 2011
CNN-IBN correspondent Sahar Zaman recalls her meeting with legendary painter MF Husain who died in London on Thursday. ...
12:10 PM, Jun 10, 2011
New Delhi: Friends and admirers of MF Husain were on Thursday at a loss of words at the demise of the painter famously dubbed 'Piccaso of India' and angry at the fact that he had to die in a foreign land. From contemporaries Kishen Khanna and Anjolie Ela Menon to younger artists like Jitish Kallat a sense of shock, disbelief and grief prevailed among the art fraternity which mourned the...
02:20 PM, Jun 09, 2011
London: A Francis Bacon masterpiece painted at the height of the British artist's impassioned affair with a former World War Two fighter pilot is expected to fetch up to 9 million pounds ($15 million) when it is auctioned for the first time in June, auction house Sotheby's said on Friday. Bacon's 1961 oil on canvas "Crouching Nude" is one of his large-scale paintings and is feted for its ominous, brooding...
04:53 PM, May 07, 2011
The paintings start at Rs 50000 and forty four of ninety eight paintings are already sold out. ...
08:58 PM, Apr 07, 2011
Mumbai: Noted painter M.F. Husain has paid his personal tribute to K. Asif's epic film Mughal-E-Azam by recreating the movie's fabulous scenes in a series of exquisite paintings. "I love India. I loved the film and really wanted to show the grandeur and the power the film shows," Hussain said in a 22-minute documentary on K. Asif's timeless classic. Superstar Shah Rukh Khan presented the documentary made by his production...
02:31 PM, Feb 25, 2011
New Delhi: Art lovers may get to savour MF Husain's paintings at the India Art Summit in New Delhi after all. Organisers had removed them from the event following threats, but now the works are likely to be displayed again as police have assured full protection. An official from the Delhi Art Gallery, which will be showcasing Husain's works at the summit, said they are in "the process" of bringing...
06:22 PM, Jan 21, 2011
New Delhi: An Indian auctioneer is set to put Rabindranath Tagore's paintings up for bids at an auction event named, 'Significant Indian Paintings' to be held in the capital later this month. The auction will put 69 paintings by some of the biggest Indian artists including Raja Ravi Varma, Rabindranath Tagore and an original letter from Francis Newton Souza, under the hammer. "We are trying to project unsung heroes of...
11:52 AM, Nov 28, 2010
New Delhi: One of the world's most successful artists and Turner Prize winner, Indian born and London based artist Anish Kapoor is exhibiting in India for the first time. He is also the designer for London's 2012 Arcellor Mittal tower and the United Kingdom's biggest public art space. ...
11:19 AM, Nov 28, 2010
New Delhi: "Significant Indian Paintings' is one of a kind auction to be held in the capital later this month that will put 69 paintings by some of the biggest Indian artists - including Raja Ravi Varma, Rabanindranath Tagore and an original letter from Francis Newton Souza - under the hammer. "The concept of this auction was to show our classical Indian painters doing things they aren't specially known for....
12:56 PM, Nov 27, 2010
Panaji: Ashok Kumar, better known as ‘Dadamoni' and an iconic figure in Indian cinema, used to sketch paintings in the bathroom in the nude, his granddaughter Anuradha Patel said. Kumar, a versatile actor, first made waves with his performance in 1936 with the film Achhut Kanya. "Dadamoni used to paint with water colours in the bathroom… in the nude," said Patel, who along with the rest of the Ganguly (Ashok...
06:20 PM, Nov 23, 2010
The nine-day
Rabindra Utsav from Aug 10 will be organised by a NGO, 'Happenings Kolkata', as part of the Bar ...
12:51 PM, Jul 19, 2010
The Libyan leader's artist and reformer son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi kept Russian relations warm when he showed off his paintings. ...
05:29 PM, Jun 29, 2010
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