|
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.
|
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.
|
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.
|
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.
|
Mumbai snapshots, Gandhi, Picasso - all on Dodiya's shutters 06 March 2010, 06-0 Hrs New Delhi, March 6 Leading contemporary artist Atul Dodiya uses the shutters of shops in Mumbai as the backdrop of his art works that combine snapshots of the city's changing urban landscape, references to history of classical painting, icons like Mahatma Gandhi, Hindu gods and even filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak to create complex surreal compositions.
|
School students win nationwide wildlife painting contest 05 March 2010, 05-1 Hrs New Delhi, March 5 Two students from Tamil Nadu and Assam have won a nationwide school-level wildlife painting competition held as part of the Animal Action Week (AAW) organised in 16 countries, the organisers said here Friday.
|
Husain should return to his 'culturally exuberant' India (Comment) 01 March 2010, 01-1 Hrs A quarter century ago sitting amid designer chaos of paintings and sketches in various stages of completion in his Cuffe Parade apartment in then more-tolerant Bombay, painter Maqbool Fida Husain had a telling response to a question about being Indian.
|
Apex court moved to end Husain's self-exile 26 February 2010, 26-1 Hrs New Delhi, Feb 26 Jammu and Kashmir Panthers' Party chief Bhim Singh has moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to the central government to dismiss various criminal cases filed against noted painter M.F. Husain for allegedly making obscene paintings of Hindu gods and goddesses.
|
Panther's Party moves apex court to bring back Husain 26 February 2010, 26-1 Hrs New Delhi, Feb 26 A Jammu and Kashmir politician has moved the Supreme Court seeking direction to the central government to scrap various criminal cases filed against noted painter M.F. Husain for allegedly making obscene paintings of Hindu gods and goddesses.
|
Laser surgery technique helps restore art work 25 February 2010, 25-1 Hrs Washington, Feb 25 A laser technique best known for removing unwanted tattoos from the skin is finding a second life in preserving sculptures, paintings and other works of art.
|