She will have solo exhibitions at the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Milan in May and at the Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne in June, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montreal in October and the Sprengel Museum, Hannover in November. ...full story

"Nobody knew if it was for real," says Richard Feigan, a veteran New York art dealer. "There's no transparency." Now, only six months into the deal, Mercury’s owners Leonid Friedland and Leonid Strunin are said to be suffering buyer’s remorse as the ...full story

Astor, who died at the grand age of 105 in 2007, was famed for giving away some $290 million to New York institutions, including the Public Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Renowned for her old-school manners, wit and elegance, ...full story

There is a photograph of Lobsang standing in his red robes in front of the Shanghai skyline; he lived for five years in Shanghai and Beijing painting thangkas for a businessman. A safe in the rear room contains some of Lobsang’s more expensive thangkas ...full story

This week we have a query about the artist James Whistler from Ashutosh Das. This Mumbai-based graphic designer wants to know: was Whistler an important artist? The prompt answer will be: “Yes, Whistler was a leading believer in the ‘art for art’s ...full story

"The exhibition was very well received in Mumbai. We had around 800 visitors during the three-day exhibition. We had students from art, graphic schools/colleges who had come to view European modern and contemporary art in Mumbai for the first time", ...full story

Kumar said they were also going to display the statues in the train while travelling to New Delhi to make people aware of the state’s art form. The department has further decided to design statues of Lord Mahavira. These will be showcased at Parasnath, ...full story

The artist will be painting live every day from 3 pm to 6 pm. March 30 - April 5 at Abanindranath Tagore Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: Images of India — an exhibition of artworks by Russian artist Elena ...full story

Guarding the doors to the judges' offices is the three-headed "Dogs of War," its body a battered suitcase that once belonged to artist William Kentridge's lawyer father. Renowned anti-apartheid lawyer Bram Fischer gave the suitcase to Sydney Kentridge ...full story

NEW DELHI: The students of class XII may have a tough time taking their painting exam on March 31. It's not that the paper is going to be difficult. But with no textbook available for the paper, the students have been unable to prepare for the exam. ...full story