Khoj for a space of its own
21 Jun 2012 7:55 AM ISTWhen news trickled in last month that the two buildings that house Khoj Studios in Khirkee Extension were being taken apart for renovation, many of us...
Art on wheels
20 Jun 2012 9:38 AM ISTThe duo known as Manil-Rohit are literally painting the city red. They drive around the city in a Scorpio splashed with bold colours, carrying the...
Topless painter stirs Thailand
19 Jun 2012 8:44 AM ISTA popular talent hunt show in Thailand that showed a woman contestant painting on a canvas with her bare breasts has sparked controversy, with the...
Indian master painters fail to find buyers
14 Jun 2012 8:08 AM ISTThree key paintings by Indian masters Sayed Haider Raza, Maqbool Fida Husain and Francis Newton Souza were among 50-odd works that failed to find...
Sabavala’s 'Vespers' gets Rs 2.16 cr
8 Jun 2012 6:36 AM ISTA stunning image by one of India's foremost modern artists Jehangir Sabavala sold for a record 2,53,650 pounds to lead a strong selection of works by...
The art of profit
8 Jun 2012 6:04 AM ISTUntil recently, few in the art world had even heard of China's auction houses. Today, they are among the world's biggest by revenue, posing a serious...
Bring on the 'bindu'
7 Jun 2012 3:15 PM ISTWhen I had met SH Raza last summer, just after his much-hyped return from Paris after nearly six decades, the grand old man of Indian art was...
Gandhi's monkeys in Doha
30 May 2012 7:17 AM ISTIndian artist Subodh Gupta's creation Gandhi's Three Monkeys which represents 'see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil' have been installed at a...
Taking you to Bengal
28 May 2012 4:20 AM ISTIt's capital, Kolkata, is dubbed the cultural capital of the country. But there is so much more to the state of Bengal, for which you have to go...
A 'social' man and the canvas
26 May 2012 7:51 AM ISTManu Parekh's journey embodies the itinerant sailor's trail along the vast expanse of land and sea. Standing in the throes of acute artistic crisis,...
Young at art
25 May 2012 9:07 AM ISTFrom palace like art galleries where the works of renowned artists are critically evaluated over wine and cheese, art has now seeped into the realm of...
Daring to be different
24 May 2012 5:30 PM ISTWhen Meena Verma opened Arts of the Earth, a gallery dedicated solely to folk and tribal art about a year ago, she would not have probably foreseen...
