Kishore Singh

The original dynasts

Book review of The House of Scindias: A Saga of Power, Politics and Intrigue

The life and loves of Raza

A biography highlights some of the lesser known facets of the great artist

With demand up, artists are now busier than before Covid-19 pandemic

With collectors spending more time at home, and spends on luxuries curtailed, art became a natural point of attention

The art market isn't merely surviving, it's thriving despite Covid-19

History has proven that art has been a tradeable commodity in times of crisis - and where there are sellers, there are bound to be buyers, even in moments of adversity

Art in a Covid-19 pandemic: Openings delayed, museums embrace technology

The first of a four-part series turns the gaze to some of India's leading art institutions to see how they are keeping the show going

Scandal as history

Zubrzycki's recent history is familiar ground for anyone with a passing interest in princely affairs but is, nevertheless, compelling

Vasudeo S Gaitonde sets a new record in art auction, yet again

Just two weeks after he fetched Rs 32 crore (hammer price) at Pundole's, his Untitled painting drew Rs 35.5 crore at the Saffronart auction on September 17 - setting two records

Kapila Vatsyayana, grand matriarch of cultural research demanded excellence

Her towering presence and extenuating scholarship that will be difficult to match in times to come, writes Kishore Singh

Provenance matters: How proof of ownership weighs in on value of art

Spotlight on provenance ahead of two big auctions

Work of arts

A unique collaboration between legendary photographer Nemai Ghosh and celebrated painter Paresh Maity yields a collectors' item

MF Husain's Voices sets new benchmark for artist; sold at Rs 18.5 cr

The surprise, is not that it took so long to get to this point, but that Voices has established a benchmark at a time of severe financial distress

Art paints a cheerful picture, hits giddy prices amid Covid-19

That the Indian market is faring well is a tribute to its fundamental strength built up over the last decade

Surefire ways to waste a Sunday

Where, my son, lolling in front of the television, says, 'You have had yourself a Sunday break, Dad, won't you cook us something nice for dinner?'

Why is everyone complaining?

You're a captive audience to friends who want you to share the agony of their aches and pains, their spouse's experiments in the kitchen gone wrong, or partners' peccadillos

The cook, war and peace

My wife was the first to volunteer, causing collective anxiety in the family

Much awaited weekend getaway

Three months after it broke down, the solar system was re-plugged, and the caretaker called to say we now have power at the cottage

The forgotten Bombay School

Bombay School was based on realism, or naturalism, as taught by the colonial mindset that patterned it.

The will of a 'dim-witted optimist'

Being married to a pessimist has coloured my perception of the world as a source of infinite joy over which, as Bertie Wooster might have said, a dark cloud has marred the horizon

A place called home: Remembering the life and art of the reclusive Zarina

Kishore Singh on the life and art of Zarina, the reclusive artist who died this week in New York aged 83

Art world wide open

While the confinement is chafing to us Indians as well, the concern in the art world isn't about an absence of footfalls at galleries and museums - as about the loss of business.