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Husain's work fetches over Rs.2 crore 19 March 2010, 19-1 Hrs New Delhi, March 19 An untitled work by eminent painter M.F. Husain sold for over Rs.2 crore at the Saffronart Spring Online Auction 2010.
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Picasso painting on the block for 40 mn pounds 18 March 2010, 18-1 Hrs London, March 18 A portrait painted by Picasso when he was 22 is to be auctioned with an estimated price of 40 million pounds.
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Husain's hounding 'blow to the idea of India': Indo-Canadian leader 17 March 2010, 17-1 Hrs Ujjal Dosanjh, former Canadian health minister, has called painter M.F. Husain's decision to give up his Indian citizenship 'a blow to the idea of India.'' The Indian government should not allow fundamentalists to dictate and persuade Husain to retake his Indian citizenship, Dosanjh, a leader of the influential Indian Canadian community, said.
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Grand celebrations to mark 200 days ahead of Games 16 March 2010, 16-1 Hrs New Delhi, March 16 Come Sunday and Delhi will see well-known artists like Satish Gujral paint a 200-foot canvas on the theme of Commonwealth Games at the India Gate lawns to mark the 200 days that are left for the Commonwealth Games in October.
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Painter Paresh Maity enters world of movies 15 March 2010, 15-1 Hrs New Delhi, March 15 Leading contemporary artist Paresh Maity has made his screen debut as a filmmaker with an 18-minute landscape docu-feature 'The Mystic Melody: A Day in the Golden Desert'.
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Indian paintings' exhibition opens in southern Kazakh city 12 March 2010, 12-1 Hrs Astana, March 12 'Kalpana', an exhibition comprising the works of 14 renowned Indian artists, has opened at a glittering ceremony in Shymkent, the capital of South Kazakhstan at the newly constructed and prestigious art gallery.
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Painted auto-rickshaws to be auctioned at Fashion Week 12 March 2010, 12-1 Hrs New Delhi, March 12 Auto-rickshaws painted by well-known artists will be auctioned at the upcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) with the proceeds going to NGO Khushii that works for the upliftment of the poor and destitute in rural and urban areas.
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FDCI teams up with Khushii for social cause 12 March 2010, 12-1 Hrs New Delhi, March 12 Auto-rickshaws painted by well-known artists will be auctioned at the upcoming Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW), with the proceeds going to NGO Khushii that works for the upliftment of the poor and destitute in both rural and urban areas.
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India first global venue for rare Russian winter art 11 March 2010, 11-1 Hrs New Delhi, March 11 Thirty-three rare paintings, all classical 19th and 20th century Russian winter landscapes by leading artists, have stepped out of the Russian Museum at St.Petersburg for the first time in the archive's 115-year-old history for a show in the Indian capital.
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Ravi Shankar flays Husain for nude painting 08 March 2010, 08-1 Hrs Spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Monday expressed surprise over the 'hue and cry' over painter M.F. Husain's move to give up Indian citizenship and chided him for painting Indian gods in the nude.
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