Share:Written by Vandana Kalra | New Delhi | June 29, 2014 3:33 am Mumbai’s oldest museum, Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum holds its head high thanks to Tasneem Zakaria Mehta. Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, 60 Till a decade ago, Mumbai’s oldest museum, Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, lay forgotten in the Victorian greens of Byculla, Mumbai, […]
Share:The unfinished works of MF Husain express a longing for the India of his imagination – By Sidin Vadukut A triptych from the Indian Civilization Series displayed at the museum. Photographs: Courtesy Victoria and Albert Museum. Maqbool Fida Husain’s final, unfinished commission is now on display at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London, […]
Share:Chandna Arora,TNN | Jun 15, 2014, 12.00 AM IST Kiran Nadar, founder of India’s only private art museum, says that she wants the common man to go to museums regularly All the things you think of when you hear the words ‘art’ and ‘museum’ together in the same sentence, are absent when you visit […]
Share: An exhibition at NGMA brings to life the idiosyncrasies of Amrita Sher-Gil By : SHIKHA KUMAR On the second floor of National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Kala Ghoda, two paintings hanging close to each other stand out. One depicts a bride’s chamber before her wedding as she gets ready, flanked by her friends. […]
Share: Rare Indian art spanning a period from the eighth century to the twentieth century will be put up for sale at an auction later this month. Titled ‘Significant Indian Art’, the exhibition sale features some of India’s best known artists including prominent Bengal school artists as well as contemporary Indian artists. The art works […]
Share:BANGALORE: India is well known all over the world for its rich arts and cultural history. Today, many Indian precious artifacts are scattered all over the world. But it is unfortunate to know that the concern authority is not doing enough to get it back to the country. Most recently, in the case of Subhash […]
Share:by Shannon Thomason Works of art made by women in rural India and prints from post-war Japan will be featured in two exhibitions presented by the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Art and Art History from June 5-July 17. Each exhibition will be on show in the UAB Abroms-Engel Institute for […]
Share:By Express News Service – KOCHI Published: 30th April 2014 09:47 AM M V Devan’s demise is the fading out of an era of creativity that paved way for the entry of modernism in every sphere of the Malayalee cultural psyche, remember his colleagues and friends. The 86-year-old artist’s life-long trademark was a multi-faceted ingenuity […]
Share: A. SRIVATHSAThe sculpture acquired by the National Gallery of Australia from Subhash Kapoor in 2008.The Indian government has requested the National Gallery of Australia to return the 1,000-year-old Nataraja idol in its possession.The Attorney-General’s Department in Australia, in a statement released on Wednesday, said it received the letter and would take action in accordance […]
Share:Press Trust of India | New Delhi March 10, 2014 Last Updated at 13:00 IST Thangkas, sculptures and ritual objects, from a Japanese collector of Tibetan art are coming up for auction in New York later this month. The sale also includes items associated withIndia. The Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art Sale by […]
