A poet, novelist, playwright, and composer artist, Tagore was also a prolific painter. Many of his paintings have fetched strong prices at auctions in London last year. Unknown Tagore notebook to go under hammer in New York.and more »full story

Tokyo Art Beat's interns conducted a survey earlier this year of its users, hoping to glean information not just about the people who visit the website or use the apps or Art Map, but also about the Tokyo art world in general. ...full story

Unlike other Middle Eastern fairs like Art Dubai, where from the beginning Western galleries swarmed in to take advantage of Middle East wealth and a longstanding interest in buying Western art, Contemporary Istanbul has only in the past three years ...full story

KUALA LUMPUR: City Hall will be looking for more walls for graffiti artists instead of curbing their expressions. Its Culture, Arts and Sports Department director, Tuan Idzwani Raja Ismail, said City Hall wanted to “educate” them instead of dishing out ...full story

VietNamNet Bridge – Nguyen Thi Kim, a pioneer female artist of Viet Nam, died on Thursday at 93 years old. Born in Ha Noi, Kim was the first female sculptor to make a statue of President Ho Chi Minh in 1946. That work along with four others, ...full story

ING Vysya Bank inaugurated the first-ever Art Branch in Cuffe Parade on Saturday. The branch is a destination where fine arts meet finance and is in line with the Amsterdam-based ING Group`s initiatives to support art. The art branch is a universal ...full story

Dubai: Forty poems by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, alongside 40 paintings by young Emirati artists, all collected in a book, were celebrated at a special ceremony ...full story

By Jhupu Adhikari Dec 04 2011 even as National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) Delhi bids adieu to polish artist Stefan Norblin (1892-1952), NGMA Mumbai is all set to receive him with fun and fare. A Master of Many Arts, featuring the works of Norblin ...full story

Raja Azhar — who owns the Art Case Gallery in Kuala Lumpur — will display three of his metal and glass sculptures. YSB founder Toh Puan Mahani Daim, is looking forward to the event. “It is exciting to see established artists wanting to do this and, ...full story

New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS): The Louvre Museum in Paris, considered one of best and the biggest art repositories in the world, is looking to establish long-term partnerships with Indian art and culture. "The museum has recently entered into an art ...full story