New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) A large oil-on-canvas portrait of the 10th and last Sikh Guru - Guru Gobind Singh - will be up for sale at Sotheby's Indian Art auction in ...

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) A rare piece of work by Tyeb Mehta, M.F. Husain's "Bewildered Brown" and a range of miniature Jataka paintings sourced from a private Indian collector will be ...

New Delhi, July 3 (ANI): Vice President Hamid Ansari has deeply condoled the demise of Tyeb Mehta, renowned artist and recipient of Padma Bhushan. In his condolence message, Ansari said that a ...

Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Tyeb Mehta, one of India's most critically acclaimed artists, died of a cardiac arrest here early Thursday, according to family sources. He was 84. The artist is survived ...

Mumbai, July 2 (IANS) Noted Indian painter Tyeb Mehta died Thursday of a cardiac ailment at a hospital here. He was 84. The artist succumbed to a heart attack at the Asian Heart ...

By Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Man is an animal with a thinking head. His ability to rationalise sets him apart from the beast in the forest, though both belong to ...

New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) Indian art will be the highlight of one of Europe's best-known contemporary art fairs - ARCO Madrid 2009, which will be held in February 2009 and showcase ...

New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) In a tribute to legendary sculptor Prodosh Dasgupta, an art gallery in the national capital is presenting a retrospective of his life's work - showcasing 50 sculptures ...

New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Contemporary artists from India are still ruling the auction market across the globe despite the economic meltdown and the US market crash. The miracle man of Indian ...

New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The capital is gearing up to welcome what could perhaps be the country's most eventful art season. The first of three back-to-back mega art events in the ...

New York, Aug 15 (IANS) International auction house Christie's is all set to spice up sales in mid September here with its 140 lots of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art, which ...

By Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) The price curve of Indian art is shooting north in the global market because of "increased consciousness" about it, say experts. This has been brought ...

By Devapriyo Bhattacharjee Mumbai, June 26 (IANS) Online art auctions have grown more than 10 times in the last five years and India has made a major contribution to this growth, says Dinesh ...

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 ...

London, May 8 (IANS) Christie's sale of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art here June 11 will feature 112 works including noted Indian artists like F.N. Souza and Tyeb Mehta. It is ...

(Third Lead) New York, March 21 (IANS) M.F. Husain's "Battle of Ganga and Jamuna: Mahabharata 12 (Lot 57)", a painting from the Hindu epic, fetched $1.6 million, setting a world record at Christie's ...

(Second Lead) New York, March 21 (IANS) M.F. Husain's "Battle of Ganga and Jamuna: Mahabharata 12 (Lot 57)", a painting from the Hindu epic executed in 1971-1972, fetched a whopping $1.6 million, setting ...

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 ...

(Lead) New Delhi/New York, Feb 20 (IANS) Works of masters of modern Indian art like M.F. Husain, F.N. Souza, S.H. Raza, J. Swaminathan and Tyeb Mehta are dominating global auctions of Asian art ...

(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 ...

By Prabhat Sharan Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Works of masters like Raza, Souza and Husain are set to go under the hammer at what is said to be India's first ever online auction, ...

New York, Feb 15 (IANS) Christie's South Asian modern and contemporary art sale here March 20 will feature works of leading 20th and 21st century artists from various countries in the region, ...