Share: CHENNAI: The Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio, US, has said it will return the nearly 1,000-year-old bronze Ganesha idol, which it bought from art thief Subhash Kapoor, to the Indian government. The museum purchased the idol from Kapoor in 2006 for nearly $245,000. Kapoor, now facing trial in Tamil Nadu, likely stole it […]
Share:New Delhi: A Mughal-era manuscript filled with Indian miniatures discovered locked up in a cupboard inside a rural England castle is now up for sale at Sotheby’s upcoming auction in London. Ancient Indian artifacts Also on offer at the auction titled ‘Art of Imperial India’ scheduled for 8th October is a group of albums containing […]
Share:Three paintings made by renowned artist Ram Kumar, valued at around Rs. 4 crore each, have been stolen from his home in east Delhi’s Preet Vihar. The 90-year-old is one of the most important names in modern Indian art and a contemporary of other greats like MF Hussain, SH Raza and Tyeb Mehta. The stolen […]
Share:Monday, September 22, 2014 It’s not often one gets to see contemporary art from India in Hong Kong. However, an unique exhibition Kala Sutra is on view at the Visual Arts Centre in Hong Kong Park. Closing at 8pm today, the exhibition features 45 works by nine of India’s most celebrated masters across generations: Jogen […]
Share:What is the new buzz about the art auctions? asked a non-arty friend of mine last evening when he found me thumbing through a couple of auctions catalogues. What about them, I wondered? Considering the whole premise of an auction is that there should be more than one buyer for any work, who in turn […]
Share:KOCHI: Preparations are in full swing as the city gears up to host the second edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the 108-day mega art event, starting December 12. Jitish Kallat, curator and art director for the biennale, said the second edition would feature around 85 artists from over 28 countries. Some of the key artists have […]
Share:New Delhi: A painting by Tyeb Mehta from a Japanese museum collection, a set of rare Kalighat paintings dating pre-Independence and a large stained glass piece by F N Souza are among artworks set for auction in London soon. Tyeb Mehta’s painting In a new initiative ‘India Week’, global auctioneers Sotheby’s have brought together many […]
Share:New Delhi: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott who is on a state visit to India is returning two looted idols seized from Australian museums during a meeting with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday. Abbott is personally delivering the National Gallery of Australia’s Rs 30 crore ($5 million) Dancing Shiva or […]
Share: The Swiss have learnt to pronounce Paresh Maity’s name almost as well as in his native Bengal. At Art Masters in St Moritz, Switzerland, his Mystic Abode installation of 8,000 temple bells has been placed outside the very snooty and old-world Badrutt’s Hotel and commands attention. Jayasri Burman’s sculpture of a goddess-like Dharitri with […]
