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Picasso's Guernica undergoes medical check

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:10:03 GMT

A giant robotic machine is taking tens of thousands of microscopic shots of one of the world's most iconic paintings, Pablo Picasso's Guernica, as it marks its 75th anniversary.
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Top photo award for Arab Spring portrait

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:09:02 GMT

A portrait of a veiled woman cradling a wounded relative in her arms, taken in Yemen by Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda for The New York Times, won the top World Press Photo prize on Friday.

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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:59:55 GMT

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Artiste in soup for confining pigeons

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:48:19 GMT

Live and “hand-raised” pigeons confined in a room filled with copper wires and transistor radios emitting white noise from unused frequencies. It’s Sound Sculpture, an art installation on display at Lalit Kala Akademi.

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Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:48:36 GMT

Commemorating the golden jubilee of the Indian Economic Service, the ministry of finance has gone beyond the humdrum seminars, debates and conferences and become more savvy in its celebration. They have commissioned an artistic calendar portraying world-renowned economists through sketches.

Pick of the week

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:44:45 GMT

Head for an evening of classical fusion with the Spinifex Orchestra from Netherlands and Suma Sudhindra's veena ensemble. Sudhindra is the foremost exponent of the veena in her generation of musicians, with her range of work extending from scholarly to performances of immaculate skill and creative counters. The Amsterdam-based nine-man Spinifex Orchestra showcases a variety of sounds including heavy metal, charming solos, rock and R&B.

Ooh-la-la ideas online

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:38:46 GMT

Delhi has traditionally been seen as more classic in its taste, compared to say Mumbai, which is seen as funkier, but now small entrepreneurs are shaking things up. Using the online medium, they are giving a twist to traditional handicrafts available at places like Dilli Haat. Samar Khurshid writes. Our pick

Swiss photographer shares pictures at Monasteries

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:33:50 GMT

Not many know the traditions and practices of a Buddhist monastery, but Nicholas Vreeland’s pictures may help change that. The Swiss photographer, also a monk, has lived in and captured scenes from various monasteries, and has even been the official photographer of the Dalai Lama.

Pochampally's Ikat revived for modern woman

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:10:07 GMT

In an attempt to revive the dying art of Ikat from the Pochampally district of Andhra Pradesh, designer Rahul Mishra has given the age-old tradition a contemporary twist to appeal to the modern woman.

Gurcharan Singh displays new works

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:07:03 GMT

After a gap of three years, Gurcharan Singh is back with a show titled Twilight Tales. The senior artist is displaying a range of 40-45 canvases and paper works, all done in his signature contemporary and colourful style.

Pingala, the pretty woman in the Purana

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:15:58 GMT

How strange to read of moral pronouncements pro and con women porn stars in the 21st century. Some debates never seem to end, do they and it’s curious that the ‘sturm und drang’ is always about the seller, not the buyers.

I haven't seen Husain's work: Yoko Ono

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:52:54 GMT

Celebrity artist Yoko Ono, who is in Delhi for her exhibition, Our Beautiful Daughters, has not seen any of MF’s works. It was only after the gallery’s representatives promised to take her around city galleries to show some of his works that she seemed happy.

Yoko Ono Lennon comes to the Capital

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:44:50 GMT

20 public installations, parallel exhibitions and a live performance — Yoko Ono Lennon’s Delhi visit promises to be action-packed. A key figure during the Fluxus movement in the 1960s, there has been a revival in the interest in Ono’s works in the past decade.

'Colosseum' palace up for sale in Rome

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:43:50 GMT

A Renaissance palace grafted onto the top of an ancient Roman theatre is up for sale in Rome for 26 million pounds.

Picasso, Mondrian paintings stolen from gallery

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:52:28 GMT

Two paintings, one by art master Pablo Picasso and another by famous Dutch painter Piet Mondrian, were stolen from Greece's National Gallery on Monday, police sources said.

Art Exhibition: Another look at Husain

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:18:20 GMT

This may be your chance to own an artwork by Indian art maestro MF Husain, who passed away in June last year. An exhibition of 32 limited-edition serigraphs (a print made using a stencil process) by the veteran artist has been curated by Dhoomilal Contemporary Art Gallery at The Westin in Gurgaon.

Cultural kick-off to new year

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:53:06 GMT

Cultural evetns to look forward to in 2012.

An exhibition shows colours for healing

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:30:59 GMT

Gallery Art & Soul, Worli is hosting Color Energies, a show by Jenny Bhatt, till January 12.

An art recall and a look at the future

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:09:45 GMT

What was big this year, and what 2012 may offer.

NCPA returns to theatre production

Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:16:22 GMT

City cultural hub makes comeback with Sai Paranjpye’s new Marathi play Aalbel, to work on three more stage acts in 2012.

Theatre veteran Satyadev Dubey dies

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:01:32 GMT

Well-known playwright and director Satyadev Dubey passed away here Sunday after several months of illness, family sources said. He was 75.

Theatre guru Satyadev Dubey passes away

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:41:48 GMT

Renowned director, actor and screenplay writer Satyadev Dubey passed away on Sunday morning after suffering from a prolonged illness. He was 75.

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Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:24:47 GMT

When we speak of Europe's influence on India, art can't be far behind.

Naughty items fly off shelves in erotica sale

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:26:01 GMT

From saucy statues to art-house nude photography and sexy walking sticks, close to 900 naughty knick-knacks were snapped up for over half a million euros at a major auction of erotica in Paris on Monday.

New art with an old touch

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:50:11 GMT

The Calcutta Painters — a group of 28 artists which has been trying to break free of the traditional language of the Bengal school of art — has made a comeback to the Capital after 47 years with a group exposition of contemporary Bengal art.