News
Two paintings by the impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been stolen from a museum in the south of France
The tea shop existed since the times of Rabindranath Tagore, and will now appear in a revitalized avatar at the 2nd Bengal Biennale
The celebrated British artist was one of the most important figures in contemporary art in the 20th and 21st centuries
The exhibition, opening on January 24, 2026, presents chromolithographic prints of Hindu gods and goddesses from pioneering printing presses
The show, titled 'Ai Weiwei', opened at Nature Morte, New Delhi, on January 15
Art Market
Works by Gaitonde, Souza and Dhurandhar appear with the highest estimates, pegged at Rs 12 crore – Rs 18 crore
Over the past few years, Ganesh Pyne has slowly become part of the haloed group of artists that command the Indian art market
At the latest AstaGuru auction held on June 22-23, Raja Ravi Varma’s artwork was the top lot sold at Rs 30.88 crore
A 1507 document describing Portuguese conquests is coming up for auction at Christie’s
Raja Ravi Varma's record-selling work brings Indian aesthetic to the top of the auction lists
Reviews
An exhibition in New Delhi marking the centenary of Mahanayak Uttam Kumar evokes nostalgia of the golden period of cinema in West Bengal
The recently concluded show of Latika Katt’s final works, ‘Abandoned’ at Threshold Gallery, presented powerful works by the late artist known for the gravitas and conviction of her sculptures
Rafique Shah’s ongoing solo brings focus on the wealth of abstractionist language emerging from Madhya Pradesh
Afzal Pathan has remained an unheralded artist, whose brilliance should have dazzled the world in his own lifetime
An ongoing exhibition of indigenous art from Madhya Pradesh brings focus on current trends in this centuries’ old art
Story
Even after his passing as during his lifetime, M. F. Husain remains India’s most well-known artist. It was on June 9, 2011, that Husain passed away at the age of 97 in London, in exile, having been chastised out of India as a result of the controversy arising out of his contentious paintings of Hindu goddesses.
The retrospective assumes significance as the rise of Tyeb Mehta’s artworks in the market heralded the birth of Indian art market itself two decades ago
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Books
Yashodhara Dalmia's new book is a great repository to understand modern Indian art in a simple language
Ashok Vajpeyi provides an insider's account of what it meant to be S. H. Raza, one of India's most important modern masters