Water colour struggles to breathe in age of new media art (Feature) (With Image)
July 29th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) The dark silhouettes of fishing boats anchored on the edge of the water in a misty haze of brown, ochre, black and inky blue draw ... Read more...
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Fifth India Art Fair from Jan 31
July 18th, 2012 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The fifth edition of the India Art Fair, showcasing 1,000 established and emerging artists from across the world, will be held Jan 31 to Feb ... Read more...
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South Asia becoming global art hub: Dhaka promoter (With Images)
April 24th, 2012 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) The Dhaka Art Summit with 249 artists is being seen as a new beginning of cultural bonds between Bangladesh, India and the rest of the ... Read more...
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South Asian art to find new platform at first Dhaka summit
March 22nd, 2012 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) South Asian art will find yet another new platform to showcase contemporary trends at the inaugural edition of the Dhaka Art Summit in Bangladesh April ... Read more...
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Performance art may be slogan of future
February 25th, 2012 - 2:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) India is now using performance art as a revivalist and critiquing device, a tool of social intervention. It was introduced in the country's art space ... Read more...
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Indian footprint growing in Art Dubai
February 5th, 2012 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Art Dubai, one of the biggest art showcases in the Gulf, is seeking to position itself as a crucial international platform for Middle Eastern and ... Read more...
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It’s a different Arab spring in art and culture
January 31st, 2012 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Away from the dust and din of revolutions, the Arab world is celebrating a different spring in the arts and culture space by broadening its ... Read more...
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Spotlight on M.F. Husain, price consciousness (Art Fair Review)
January 30th, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) A surge of interest in icon M.F. Husain's art, curiosity about new media work, price consciousness and the realisation that European modern classics can be ... Read more...
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Damien Hirst logs on to India with affordable prints (With Image)
January 28th, 2012 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) British contemporary artist Damien Hirst, a cult name in new art, has jumped the price barrier to reach out to the masses with prints of ... Read more...
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Critical art writing has to be accessible: Experts
January 27th, 2012 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Does art writing need to change to suit the fickle intellectual attention span of the audience in an age of multi-cultural and multi-dimensional media?"New art ... Read more...
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Where Indian art meets global creativity (With Image)
January 26th, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Boundaries crumbled when India met Iran, Germany, Britain, US and Africa under one roof at the India Art Fair which opened to the public here ... Read more...
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1,000 artists, 20 countries - India Art Fair cometh
January 18th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Billed as one of the biggest carnivals of art this year, the fourth India Art Fair here Jan 25-29 will feature more than 1,000 artists ... Read more...
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I will learn a lot from Indian women: Yoko Ono
January 12th, 2012 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Multi-media artist and peace activist Yoko Ono, widow of late Beatles icon John Lennon, reconnected with India nearly four decades after she visited the country ... Read more...
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Melange of colours at India Art Festival
November 19th, 2011 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS) Works of 600 artists, 40 art galleries and scores of admirers -- it's a medley of colours and culture at the India Art Festival 2011 being ... Read more...
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Affordable Art Fair comes to India
October 28th, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) The growing Indian art market has opened its door to the prestigious Affordable Art Fair -- a global showcase-cum-sale of affordable art by young contemporary ... Read more...
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Art collectors’ tribe growing in India (Feature)
September 25th, 2011 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 25 (IANS) Emerging art collector Prerna Kohli is not as intimidated by art galleries as she was 10 years ago."I want to own works by Paresh Maity ... Read more...
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India gets its first online art fair
September 14th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Art fairs in India are entering digital space. The country's first online art fair, India Art Collective, will be held Nov 19-26, a private ... Read more...
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Artist Damien Hirst to attend India Art Fair
September 5th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The fourth edition of India Art Fair, formerly known as the India Art Summit, Jan 25-29 will play host to top international contemporary artists like ... Read more...
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At long last, Husain comes to Delhi (Feature, With Image)
August 6th, 2011 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Nearly two months after he died in exile, unable to exhibit his works in India, M.F. Husain is splashing colour on the capital's art canvas ... Read more...
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India’s first biennale in Kochi will provide artists a platform (With Image)
April 30th, 2011 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Around 65 artists from 45 countries will participate in the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in Kerala in 2012 that is set to position Kochi as an "art-heritage ... Read more...
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India gets its second international art fair
April 27th, 2011 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) After the success of the India Art Summit in Delhi, the scene of action in contemporary art is shifting south with the announcement of the ... Read more...
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Budget frees art from customs’ shackles, frat upbeat
February 28th, 2011 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) India's art fraternity Monday gave a huge thumbs up to the budget for 2011-12, saying it would free imported art and antiquities from the shackles of ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi among thousands who visited art summit
January 24th, 2011 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The India Art Summit which attracted over a lakh visitors over three days in the capital was also visited by United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia ... Read more...
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Art Summit: India’s ‘educated art market’ impresses foreign galleries
January 23rd, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Foreign galleries participating in the India Art Summit for the first time are "impressed" by the "educated art market" and the large turnout. Many ... Read more...
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Husain’s works draw big crowds at art summit
January 22nd, 2011 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) His is a name to reckon with when it comes to Indian art. And when M.F. Husain's works were removed and then put back at the India ... Read more...
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Art summit draws hundreds to its galleries
January 22nd, 2011 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Drawing hundreds of people from different walks of life, the third India Art Summit in Delhi has proved a huge hit. Into it second day Saturday, the ... Read more...
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India Art Summit brings together art lovers in capital
January 21st, 2011 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) With 84 galleries from India and abroad displaying art works from some of the well known names in the domain, and seminars to give one a better ... Read more...
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Husain’s paintings to be back at art summit (Lead)
January 21st, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Art lovers may get to savour M.F. Husain's paintings at the India Art Summit here after all. Organisers had removed them from the event following threats, but ... Read more...
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Husain’s paintings removed from India Art Summit
January 21st, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Art lovers who hoped to catch M.F. Husain's paintings at the India Art Summit here have disappointment in store, with the organisers Friday saying they had received ... Read more...
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Chicago Art Institute revives its India link
January 21st, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The world famous Art Institute of Chicago, where celebrated Indian philosopher Swami Vivekananda delivered a historic address in 1896, is reviving its links with India ... Read more...
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Tata Nano gets pop art cover
January 20th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Street hawkers, road signs and the everyday people adorned the people's car Tata Nano in a pop art imagery wrapper at the ongoing third edition of the ... Read more...
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India Art Summit spotlight on market, infrastructure
January 17th, 2011 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The market and infrastructure for art are expected to be highlighted at the India Art Summit 2011 beginning this week. The event promises a large ... Read more...
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Capital’s colourscape - spotlight on people’s art
January 12th, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Art in public spaces involving mass participation has caught the capital's imagination. The cast is diverse with personalities like Subodh Gupta, Anjolie Ela Menon and ... Read more...
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India Art Summit 2011 to draw best of global art
January 4th, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The capital will become a giant canvas for the international art fraternity to paint its hues, views and transact business Jan 21-23 when the country ... Read more...
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Art travels responsible road in India, markets look up (2010 in Retrospect) (With Image)
December 21st, 2010 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Responsible art, caution in investment, a spurt in collaborations between Indian and foreign artists, art in public spaces and the return of the legendary ... Read more...
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