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Indian art work fetches record price at Christie's

A work of art by Indian artist Francis Newton Souza has fetched a world auction record price of 1,273,250 pounds at the Christie's in London. "Amongst the masterpieces offered, Francis Newton......

Banksy painting 'shreds itself' after being sold for $1.4 million

For an artist that’s known for his stunts, this could be Banksy’s most perfect art world prank. On Friday night, on sale at Sotheby’s, London famed auction house, was a framed......

Indian art fetches hefty prices at Christie's

Indian artists never had it so good -- an auction of modern and contemporary Indian art in London, including those by masters like M F Husain, Francis Newton Souza and Tyeb Mehta -- has......

New York: Husain's paintings auctioned amid row

Leading art auction house Christie's on Thursday sold artist MF Husain's paintings, including one for a hammer price of $ 1.4 million. Outside the Christie's building in New York, up to 30......

Google doodle on modernist painter M F Husain

On his 100th birth anniversary M F Husain, one of the best known painters in modern and contemporary India, has been honoured with a Google Doodle. The late painter, who died at the age of 95 on......

Sotheby's India auction sees tepid response as slowdown hits art world

The sale lot of 61 pieces of art, which was spread across a variety of categories such as modern and contemporary South Asian art, prints, and photographs, realised an estimated sale price of Rs......

Indian art continue to rake in the moolah

On Wednesday night, in Dubai, a Rameshwar Broota painting scored big time when it was auctioned for $912,000, but only a day earlier, in London, F N Souza had rocked with his second-highest-ever......

How the slowdown will help Indian art

Was it just two years ago that prices for Jogen Chowdhury's drawings had soared from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 25 lakh? That Atul Dodiya, whose earlier reluctance to keep pace with market demand and a show......

Scorching prices chase new art

An hour before Saffronart's real-time online auction closed, the telephones lines of art collectors all over Delhi and Mumbai (at least) were closed to callers.Baroda-based artist Anandajit Ray's......

When will the art bubble burst?

For those who think Shibu Natesan's new paintings are getting out of reach, take comfort from the fact that Damien Hirst, the enfant terrible of British art, just sold the contents of his defunct......

'I get really ridiculous scripts'

'I don't care about how people are used to seeing me -- that is their problem. They make little compartments in their heads and they want to fit everybody into that, but I don't really abide by......

Do not underestimate India after Test loss, warns Hussey

India are a completely different outfit in limited-overs Virat Kohli talks to India's Director of Cricket, Ravi Shastri. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images Former Australia batsman Michael......

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