Nudes

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. ...  

Has nudity in art always been a part of Indian culture?

The VHP's women wing has demanded a ban on the show saying that it showed women in poor light. ...

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. ...  

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...