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A die-hard biker, a pastor and an artist amongst other things – Joshua Koodathinal John’s works unearth a mess of colors, raw and riotous.
Outside the fold, an exhibition of installations and mixed media works by Shukla Sawant, juxtaposes celebration with lament. Addressing two very different issues, the display is uniquely innovative, thought-provoking and at times catches you quite by surprise.- Music mogul Dallas Austin has revealed that Michael Jackson had many other talents than creating legendary music. The 'King of Pop' was a "great" painter and sketcher as well.
Art is the proper task of life. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche sure knew what he was talking about when he uttered those famous words.
Creative intricacies of Indian artists displayed at an exhibition in London has been catching attention of many art lovers in the UK.
Sotheby's and Christie's are offering exceptional works by Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Max Ernst, Piet Mondrian and David Hockney.
Artistes associated with eight galleries spread across Kolkata have joined hands for a united display of their works depicting anguish against terror.
The recession doesn't seem to have dampened the spirit of the capital's art lovers, who purchased paintings and artefacts worth millions of rupees at an auction conducted by Christie's of London.
Indian art is being enriched with a free flow of ideas and concepts between creative people at exchange forums like art camps, which are gradually breaching the divide between the old and new order of artists.
Hong Kong-based online art gallery is entering the Indian market with Giclee or ink jet-prints of art works. Giclee is one of those improvisations that allow buyers to sample the best in the market without forking out a fortune.
Three exhibitions and a Bollywood musical performance by jazz group 'Indian Ocean' over the weekend marked the beginning of a six-week-long Shared Histories Festival of Arts and Culture organised by the Indian Consulate-General in Johannesburg.
The capital added another first to its list of art initiatives by throwing open the first art bookstore-cum-reading room on Friday.
The exhibits and the sales trend at the just concluded India Art Summit 2008 were proof that installation art and sculptures were acquiring a toehold in the mosaic of mainstream art.
A protest exhibition organized in support of painter M F Husain, whose portrayal of Hindu goddesses has invited the wrath of Hindu activists, ran into rough weather in New Delhi on Sunday as some people vandalised his paintings.- India this week will for the first time see a collection of 15 art works by the world's most expensive artist, Damien Hirst.
The therapy has slashed deaths by 40 per cent among 43,355 HIV patient-participants in Europe and North America, bolstering the call for improved anti-HIV efforts worldwide.
There was a time when art was considered an expression of human creativity and emotions. But art in India is fast becoming a craft powered by resource from the internet and technical skills culled from artists, who post their works online.
Investment in art continues to be robust globally despite the credit crisis in other financial sectors. And India is reaping the benefits of the boom as it tries to emerge as a mature market, says art investment guru Phillip Hoffman.
Auction house Christie's says it has recorded a 63 percent growth entirely due to the emergence of Indian and Chinese buyers of both their own art and western art.
A researcher has carried out a landmark study that may hold the key to the widespread use of art as a therapy for acute mental sickness.- India will join the ranks of global art hubs like Basel in Switzerland and Miami in the US with its first multi-disciplinary global art fair, the India Art Summit, here August 22-24.
Fashion diva Ritu Kumar firmly believes India is becoming the flavour of the world - and proof of this is the best costume award she won at the Miss Universe contest.
- New Delhi-based contemporary artist Subodh Gupta's untitled work of steel vessels soared past SH Raza's Germination to record a high of Rs 57 million ($1.43 million) at Saffronart's summer online auction, which registered a total sale value of Rs 390 million ($9.7 million).
For the unaccustomed Indian eye, modern Italian art is a revelation. GenNext art from the country of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael is highly symbolic.- As the Indian art market booms, young artists find that they can pursue art as a full-time career.
