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Second Jacob Lawrence painting, missing for six decades, found in a New York City apartment
• 4 years agoThe owner, who wants to remain anonymous, inherited the panel 28 from family, who — like the figures depicted — were immigrants.
Anwar Chitrakar, a folk artist from Bengal, captures vignettes of locked down lives through traditional art
Aarushi Agrawal • 5 years agoAnwar Chitrakar talks about his latest online lockdown-inspired exhibition 'Tales of our Times', and his personal journey with the folk art tradition.
Rameshwar Broota's unsettling visions of paranoias and vulnerabilities in our moment of reckoning
Ankush Arora • 5 years agoThe tormented men, along with a butchered body, reflect the paranoias and struggles of our times, when the body needs constant attention, care and protection from the deadly coronavirus
Renowned painter, sculptor, muralist Satish Gujral passes away at 94
Trendingdesk • 5 years agoOvertime, Satish Gujral's work focused on several themes prominent among which were the trauma of Partition, the relationship between man, animal and technology and mythology.
Frida Kahlo, femininity and feminism: Why the painter is an icon for so many women
Fp Staff • 8 years agoOf Rembrandt, his artistic style, and ambition, amidst budding Indo-Dutch relations of the 17th century
Aarushi Agrawal • 5 years agoA new exhibition at the CSMVS in Mumbai titled India and the Netherlands in the Age of Rembrandt explores the artistic dialogue and cultural influence between the countries during the 17 century.
Karnataka Rajyotsava 2019: BS Yediyurappa to award state's second-highest civilian honour to 64 people today
Fp Staff • 5 years agoRajyotsava Awards is the second-highest civilian honor of Karnataka and is conferred annually by the state government
In rural Maharashtra, one man is battling casteism and changing mindsets through multiple art forms
Sanket Jain • 7 years agoYashwant Kamble is a house painter, sculptor, barber, tailor, and mason, among other things. He has won more than 50 awards for his social reformation and exemplary artwork, all the while fighting casteism.
David Hockney painting fetches $90.3 million at auction in New York, breaks record for work by a living artist
• 6 years agoA painting by the British artist David Hockney fetched $90.3 million at Christie's on Thursday night, easily breaking the record for a work by a living artist sold at auction.
Raja Ravi Varma's descendant authors new book on the legendary painter's life beyond the easel
Neerjad • 7 years agoRukmini Varma, the great-great-granddaughter of Raja Ravi Varma, has written about what the painter was like outside the world of art in her book Hidden Truth