Tyeb Mehta’s ‘falling figure’ to lead Christie’s fall sale (With Image)
August 15th, 2012 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) An untitled falling figure by Tyeb Mehta, estimated at $6,00,000-$800,000, which became the mascot for "culture against communalism" movement in Mumbai in 1990s will ... Read more...
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M.F. Husain to be remembered on death anniversary (With Image)
June 2nd, 2012 - 9:56 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Close friends, fans and fellow artists will remember Maqbool Fida Husain, one of India's greatest contemporary artists, on his first death anniversary June 9 with ... Read more...
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Agra businessman to immortalise Husain with museum
June 12th, 2011 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Agra, June 12 (IANS) The Taj city will host a museum of Maqbool Fida Husain's art works and mementoes related to him, thanks to a Mumbai-based business tycoon who hails ... Read more...
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Artistic genius M.F. Husain dies in exile (Roundup)
June 9th, 2011 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
London/New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Maqbool Fida Husain, one of India's most prized and gifted painters who was forced to live in self-exile from his homeland due to threats ... Read more...
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M.F. Husain dies exiled from his homeland (Third Lead)
June 9th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
London/New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Maqbool Fida Husain, who was hailed as the Picasso of India but was forced to live in self-imposed exile from his homeland due to ... Read more...
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Husain, Raza highlights of Sotheby’s Asian art sale
May 18th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Maqbool Fida Husain's "The Sixth Seal" and Syed Haider Raza's oil composition "Rue Des Fosses St Jaques" are the highlights of Sotheby's South Asian modern ... Read more...
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Catch artist Amitesh Verma’s biggest horses at Mumbai show
September 1st, 2008 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Amitesh Verma, one of the most talented line artists in the country today, has changed. And so have his horses. His power stallions on canvas now pack ... Read more...
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At 93, M.F. Husain turns poet
August 5th, 2008 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Maqbool Fida Husain, India's most famous painter, has been writing poems and has built up a collection that should send Indian publishers queuing up ... Read more...
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M.F. Husain set to return to India (Lead)
July 22nd, 2008 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, July 22 (IANS) Maqbool Fida Husain, independent India's only artist in exile, says he will return home as soon as he has finished his current series of paintings. ... Read more...
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M.F. Husain says he is returning to India
July 22nd, 2008 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, July 22 (IANS) Maqbool Fida Husain, India's best-known artist, is returning home from the exile he was forced into by people protesting his nude depiction of Hindu goddesses. ... Read more...
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Modern, contemporary artists to rub shoulders at Saffronart sale
June 17th, 2008 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 17 (IANS) In a rare occurrence, the Saffronart summer auction, to be held online Wednesday and Thursday, will bring together 140 works of 67 modern and contemporary artists. "Essentially, both ... Read more...
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Subodh Gupta joins million-dollar league with Christie’s sale
June 13th, 2008 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
London, June 13 (IANS) Artist Subodh Gupta, known as New Delhi's Damien Hirst, has moved into the record making million dollar bracket alongside Francis Newton Souza and Tyeb Mehta with the sale ... Read more...
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Husain joins million-dollar club
February 25th, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Maqbool Fida Husain's oil painting "Tribute to Hashmi", a homage to slain theatre activist Safdar Hashmi painted in 1989, has set a milestone for the celebrated artist ... Read more...
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New generation of artists must take art seriously: S.H. Raza
February 20th, 2008 - 11:26 am ICT by admin
(Interview)
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Age may have etched itself in fine lines on the face of 86-year-old Syed Haider Raza, dubbed the living legend of Indian art, but ... Read more...
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