Source: University of Kentucky News LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 5, 2008) − This weekend the University of Kentucky Art Museum will open “Miniature Worlds: Art from India” bringing a major exhibition of Indian art never seen in Kentucky before to the Bluegrass. The exhibition, showcasing a rich display of watercolors, drawings and sculpture spanning seven centuries […]
AMIT ROY London, Feb. 6: The ownership of two paintings, worth a total of £300,000, by Francis Newton Souza — the distinguished Indian artist who died in Mumbai, aged 77, in 2002 — is being disputed in an unusual case which started yesterday in the high court in London. Aziz Kurtha, a Dubai-based businessman, and […]
By: Sonja Hidas February 5 So you are thinking about buying a piece of art? But you have no idea how to do it. Yes, you could go to a giant home store and buy a print, maybe one that is laminated to a canvas, and pay a couple of hundred bucks. I do understand […]
By Nigel Reynolds, Arts Correspondent A portrait by Pablo Picasso of Dora Maar, his wartime mistress, sold at Sotheby’s on Tuesday night for £7.4 million – just short of its top estimate. In pictures: Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art saleIt helped dispel fears that the global financial downturn would hit the February art sales in […]
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS New Delhi : The works of Nandalal Bose, one of the early pioneers of the illustrious Bengal School, will leave the Asian shores for the first time on a journey to the US later this month, nearly 42 years after his death. The collection, "Rhythms of India: Art of Nandalal Bose […]
Posted February 6, 2008 Source : FYC Gallery.wordpress Yesterday saw the first auction dedicated completely to ‘Urban Art’ at Bonhams in London. Some of the highlights:Posted February 6, 2008Source : FYC Gallery.wordpress Yesterday saw the first auction dedicated completely to ‘Urban Art’ at Bonhams in London. Some of the highlights: Banksy – Kate Moss screenprint […]
Source: The Economic Times MUMBAI: When financial markets are choppy, where do you turn? Art. That’s the story leading banks and securities houses on Dalal Street are trying to sell to the rich. Private banking groups such as ICICI, Kotak, Deutsche and HSBC, as well as stock brokerages such as ASK, Edelweiss and DSP Merrill […]
Source: Economic Times MUMBAI: When financial markets are choppy, where do you turn? Art. That’s the story leading banks and securities houses on Dalal Street are trying to sell to the rich. Private banking groups such as ICICI, Kotak, Deutsche and HSBC, as well as stock brokerages such as ASK, Edelweiss and DSP Merrill Lynch, […]
Source: Express India A hoary figure, the loins covered in a red cloth, the mouth a charcoal-black O, lies helplessly against a bleak backdrop of grey and darkness. A red line is drawn like a slash across his forehead, as a pair of yellow limbs scampers away. The acrylic on canvas is MF Husain’s Safdar […]
