An auction of contemporary and modern Indian art in New York city by Sotheby's has fetched $ 6.7 million (more than Rs 36 crores). ...
06:53 AM, Mar 21, 2013
For leading multimedia contemporary artist Paresh Maity, a globalised painter with an eye for diversity of Indian life, "identity is very important for any form of art to flourish". ...
09:11 AM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: The trade space for quality young Indian art is opening up to find new buyers in the mainstream market through direct interface with collectors without transactions by galleries, indicates a trend thrown up by a three-day independent art fair in the capital. The United Art Fair, which showcased 2,700 works by 525 young artists from all over the country, saw the sale of 42 percent of the art...
12:57 PM, Oct 03, 2012
A painting is not a bond. A sculpture is not a share certificate. You like an MF Husain or Tyeb Mehta painting because you can look at it for hours and marvel at the brush strokes that evoke history, politics, religion, philosophy; interpreting the scope of human existence itself within the four corners of an otherwise mute canvas. It is a thing of beauty. And you appreciate it. That is...
09:25 AM, Jan 21, 2012
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
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: 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
New Delhi: Symbolising power and movement through centuries of kingship, the march of civilisation and modern living, horses remain vital to man's artistic imagination in the world of contemporary art. The horse motifs in Indian and Asian art date back to the early Vedic age when migrants from Central and West Asia - from the Caucasian region - came to the subcontinent on horses. In the ensuing millennia, horses galloped...
05:11 PM, Dec 13, 2010
'I wanted my students to understand how folk traditions in India continue to exist today also', says a Prof. ...
11:34 AM, May 08, 2010
Its weapons are outdated and its soldiers rarely get their tools promptly. ...
10:52 PM, Jul 26, 2009
Three Indian artists have been nominated in different categories. ...
01:38 AM, Jan 09, 2009
The first International Indian Art Fair begins this weekend in Delhi. ...
09:31 PM, Aug 20, 2008
Canberra: Indian seamer R Vinay Kumar doesn't want to dwell on too much on what his chances of making it to the playing XI for the first Test against Australia are, and would rather concentrate on sticking to the basics. Vinay and Abhimanyu Mithun will be in contention for third seamer's slot provided Ishant Sharma fails to get fit in time for the opening Test, but for the 27-year-old bowling...
09:57 PM, Mar 31, 2008
London: The English County is all set to have its earliest start ever next season, with the first round of County matches scheduled to begin on April 5. There will be a commemoration match in Abu Dhabi between County champions Lancashire and MCC from March 27. The season will start in all seriousness when Lancashire defend their title against Sussex at Aigburth on April 12. One of the biggest T20...
10:01 PM, Mar 25, 2008
