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Art world sees demand for sculptures firming up

Public monuments, private collections pique collector interest

India Art Fair is expanding to become a year-round brand: Jaya Asokan

India Art Fair returns after a year's gap in February 2022

Coffee With BS: Anjolie Ela Menon makes a case for gender equality in art

The huge prices in Indian art today are for the 'eight great big daddies of art, so maybe one should wait one's turn in the queue', Menon tells Pavan Lall

Prinseps' modern art auction sees 90% sale, fetching Rs 5 cr: Statement

Prinseps' recent Modern Art Sale witnessed an exceptional 90 per cent sale, fetching a total of Rs 5 crore, statement from the auction house said

K'taka CM launches assistance for artists as part of Covid 2nd wave package

Outdoor film shooting is among the relaxations announced by the government.

Artist in seclusion: My studio is like a temple for me, says Paresh Maity

These are dark times but a beautiful new light will shine on the universe, Maity tells Pavan Lall

Tuning into pain: How Begum Akhtar channeled her struggles into art

Book review of Akhtari: The Life and Music of Begum Akhtar

Artist Jitish Kallat's search for an interesting space called the ordinary

In this extraordinary time, Kallat tells Pavan Lall about the interesting space called ordinary that he's fiercely in search of

Gaitonde, Tyeb Mehta, other modern masters return with AstaGuru's auction

Since the onset of the pandemic, the Indian art auction market has stood its ground through the course of the past one year

Renowned Padma Bhushan awarded painter Laxman Pai dies in Goa

Renowned painter and Padma Bhushan awardee Laxman Pai died at his residence in Goa on Sunday evening, sources close to him said.

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

'Hunar Haat' opens for artisans in Delhi amid coronavirus concerns

'Hunar Haat', the Centre's flagship initiative to help the artisans to showcase their products, opened in Delhi amid Covid concerns

Indian creativity in miniature

Book review of Court & Courtship: Indian Miniatures in the TAPI Collection

Kerala govt to offer financial aid to artists struggling due to Covid-19

Kerala govt has announced a financial assistance of Rs 1000 to artists and performers facing crisis during the pandemic as there was no programme or work for them due to the restrictions imposed

Delhi govt to provide stalls at discounted rates to artists, artisans

It has also been decided to give huge concessions to vendors who have food stalls at Delhi Haat and other places, Sisodia said

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

Branding the arts on a digital stage for a post-pandemic future

Performance venues, museums, and artists don the digital greasepaint, look for new identities, patrons and business models for a post-pandemic future

The difficult life of a Gond painter

Patangarh is a village of artists which owes its artistic legacy to the great Gond artist Jangarh Singh Shyam

The forgotten Bombay School

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

Art enthusiasts are displaying and selling overlooked, affordable art works

Mumbai-based Carpe Arte, started by art consultant Natasha Jeyasingh in 2017, is assisting virtually unknown contemporary artists with sales.