Tagore Paintings

Several filmmakers, including Dibakar Banerjee and Anand Patwardhan, have returned their National Awards in solidarity with the FTII students and against growing intolerance in the country. Sharmila Tagore also finds it offensive to label audiences as educated or uneducated, Indian or non-Indian

An online buyer from New York overcame spirited bidding to grab a painting by modern Indian artist Tyeb Mehta for $2.8 million (Rs 17.37 crore) at a Christie's auction in Mumbai, highlighting global interest in the finest works of Indian art.

Imitation is the best form of flattery but not where serious money is involved.  Eighteen paintings, purportedly by India's first Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, and currently on show in Kolkata, have triggered off an ugly controversy with some experts claiming they are fakes. The exhibition is being hosted by the Government Art College wh...

As 12 rare paintings of Rabindranath Tagore went under the hammer on Tuesday, Culture Ministry officials said lack of legal rights over the works seem to have come in the way of India's efforts in trying stop the sale at a London auction house.The much talked about paintings of the Nobel Laureate fetched 1.6 million pounds at Sotheby's exceeding by...

Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's rare works will go under the hammer on Tuesday in London even as suspense mounted whether India will intervene and bid for the paintings.Twelve paintings will be presented for sale at Sotheby's South Asian Art auction by Dartington Hall Trust, a charitable organisation based on Dartington Hall estate, near Totne...

Several filmmakers, including Dibakar Banerjee and Anand Patwardhan, have returned their National Awards in solidarity with the FTII students and against growing intolerance in the country. Sharmila Tagore also finds it offensive to label audiences as educated or uneducated, Indian or non-Indian

An online buyer from New York overcame spirited bidding to grab a painting by modern Indian artist Tyeb Mehta for $2.8 million (Rs 17.37 crore) at a Christie's auction in Mumbai, highlighting global interest in the finest works of Indian art.

Imitation is the best form of flattery but not where serious money is involved.  Eighteen paintings, purportedly by India's first Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, and currently on show in Kolkata, have triggered off an ugly controversy with some experts claiming they are fakes. The exhibition is being hosted by the Government Art College wh...

As 12 rare paintings of Rabindranath Tagore went under the hammer on Tuesday, Culture Ministry officials said lack of legal rights over the works seem to have come in the way of India's efforts in trying stop the sale at a London auction house.The much talked about paintings of the Nobel Laureate fetched 1.6 million pounds at Sotheby's exceeding by...

Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's rare works will go under the hammer on Tuesday in London even as suspense mounted whether India will intervene and bid for the paintings.Twelve paintings will be presented for sale at Sotheby's South Asian Art auction by Dartington Hall Trust, a charitable organisation based on Dartington Hall estate, near Totne...