Modern Art

Arpita Singh's retrospective journeys through her observations, struggles, and silences in life

Artist Arpita Singh's retrospective exhibition brings together her poignant works that are compositionally varied, yet rich in their meaning and silences, bringing together a host of themes based on her observations, memories, and experiences.

KH Ara's art wasn't celebrated like Raza, Husain's; a new exhibition hopes to remedy that

The son of a bus driver, KH Ara cleaned cars for a living, and painted because art was his life. A new exhibition hopes to illuminate his nearly overlooked artistic legacy.

Jamini Roy: Google doodle pays tribute to master artist on his 130th birth anniversary

A Google doodle commemorated the 130th birth anniversary of the master artist Jamini Roy

Subodh Gupta's Anahad/Unstruck: Photos from the artist's first exhibition in Mumbai in nine years

Anahad/Unstruck, an exhibition of works by Subodh Gupta, is being exhibited at Famous Studio, Mahalaxmi, in Mumbai until January 7

Krishen Khanna looks back on his friendship with MF Husain: 'He had a great sense of humour'

In a conversation with Firstpost, Krishen Khanna (one of the leading, and last surviving modernists) held forth on his deep friendship with the late MF Husain, his love for poetry, and how — sadly — his paintings depicting Partition have not had a cathartic effect.

Legendary painter SH Raza laid to rest at ancestral village

Legendary painter SH Raza was laid to rest at Madhya Pradesh's Binjhiya village on Sunday and was given a guard of honour by the Madhya Pradesh police

Modern art pioneer KG Subramanyan, 92, passes away in Vadodara on 29 June

Renowned painter and freedom fighter KG Subramanyan has died at the age of 92 at his home in Vadodara

Christie's second India auction will be held in Mumbai this December

After a successful Indian debut last year, international auction house Christie's will bring works of modern Indian masters like Jehangir Sabavala and Tyeb Mehta for its second auction here Dec 11, the organisers said Tuesday.<br />

Christies to auction art by Nagpur artist Vasudeo Gaitonde starting at $300,000

Gaitonde's prices don't yet compare to the stratospheric ones fetched for Western art, but experts say he is poised to join the international modern art canon

Picasso, Mondrian paintings stolen in Greece

Among the stolen works was a cubist female bust by Pablo Picasso, which the Spanish painter had donated to Greece in 1949 with a dedication "in homage to the Greek people" for their resistance to Nazi occupiers during World War II.