The Karnataka High Court will on Monday hear a PIL filed on the exhibition of nude paintings in Chitrakala Parishath art gallery in Bangalore. The petitioner has said that there is no screening committee to screen paintings of artists before they are showcased at art galleries. ...
09:12 AM, Feb 11, 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
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
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
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
An Art academy in Bangalore was forced to remove three paintings from their exhibit following protests that they are offensive. ...
06:10 PM, Feb 05, 2013
The annual India Art Fair is back with a bang. One of the biggest contemporary and modern art fairs in the world, it opened to public on February 1 and ends on February 3. A 103 exhibitors from 23 countries, this burst of art has something for everyone. ...
10:13 AM, Feb 02, 2013
New Delhi: The first edition of the United Art Fair kicked off in Delhi on Thursday. The festival had everything from cars made with fibre glass to cows made of milk packets. It's not every day that one gets to walk along the Rabindranath Tagore street before turning into the Jehangir Sabavala street, but the first edition of the United Art Fair promised that and over 2,000 works of art...
12:36 PM, Sep 29, 2012
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
