By Shamik BagCalcutta Should a leading Indian museum be doing more to tell the world about rare works it holds by the master of surrealism Salvador Dali? Calcutta’s Victoria Memorial Hall (VMH) holds two Dali colour etchings, thought to be the only originals any museum or gallery in India possesses by the Spanish master. But […]
Vishal IngoleAug 29, 2014, 06.47 PM IST The Ajanta Caves, located in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra consist of about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments that date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 or 650 CE. There are several sculptures, paintings and murals in the caves that can be called some of the […]
The paintings are possibly the finest surviving picture galleries from the ancient world. Now, the oldest in two of the caves – hidden for decades – have been painstakingly restored to reveal their true beauty William Dalrymple The Guardian , Friday 15 August 2014 15.00 BST Elegance and compassion … Detail from one of the […]
A review of “Mughal Painting: Power and Piety,” exquisite miniature paintings from the wealthy dynasty that ruled India for hundreds of years. At Seattle Asian Art Museum through Dec. 7. By Nancy Worssam Special to The Seattle Times One of the major figures depicted in “Mughal Painting” is Akbar, shown on horseback in this 17th-century […]
An exhibition of prints of selected paintings by Tagore and his contemporaries begins on Thursday, his death anniversary, in Slovenia. The anniversary of the passing away of Indian Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore will be remembered in Slovenia from August 7, his death anniversary, to Sep 4, with a unique exhibition of prints of selected paintings […]
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK Fri Aug 1, 2014 4:08pm EDT A Christie’s employee looks at Edouard Manet’s 1881 celebrated portrait ”Le Printemps,” at Christie’s in New York August 1, 2014. (Reuters) – Edouard Manet’s 1881 celebrated portrait “Le Printemps,” which has been owned by the same family for a century, will be auctioned for […]
By BHAVNA VIJ AURORA, ET Bureau | 22 Jul, 2014, 04.47AM IST NEW DELHI: The Department of Canadian Heritage has had an item in storage for the past three years that’s decidedly not North American in origin. It’s a life-size, red sandstone statue of a woman with a parrot on her bare shoulder. The voluptuous […]
Painter Shuvaprasanna dreamt of setting up a museum for Bengal art and the result is Arts Acre, Museum of Bengal Modern Art. When social scientist and thinker Prof. Ashish Nandy visited Arts Acre, painter Shuvaprasanna’s long cherished dream of creating a museum of Bengal Modern Art, he marvelled at the creation and remarked, “Shuvaprasanna has […]
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, […]
