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What Husain Painting's Record Sale Will Fund

What Husain Painting's Record Sale Will Fund

Rediff.com21 Mar 2025

Proceeds from the sale will support the training of future generations of doctors at the Oslo University Hospital. The fascinating story behind the Husain painting which set a new record for modern Indian art.

PHOTOS: Picasso, Monet art stolen in one of biggest heists

PHOTOS: Picasso, Monet art stolen in one of biggest heists

Rediff.com18 Oct 2012

Seven paintings worth hundreds of millions were stolen from a museum in the Dutch city of Rotterdam in the wee hours of Tuesday in what reports say is one of the biggest art heists in history.

Interested in collecting art? Read this...

Interested in collecting art? Read this...

Rediff.com16 Jan 2012

Collectors can now buy works by some of the best-known Western modern artists and at prices less than what they've paid for some works by the Indian modern masters.

Al Pacino in Deepa Mehta's Masterpiece?

Al Pacino in Deepa Mehta's Masterpiece?

Rediff.com15 Feb 2011

The veteran actor is set to play the lead role in Masterpiece, a film about legendary French painter Henri Matisse.

'Manida has left us a lot to celebrate with'

'Manida has left us a lot to celebrate with'

Rediff.com11 Jul 2016

A meeting to pay homage to K G Subramanyam, one of India's most interesting painters and thinkers.

Travel: A Parisian rendezvous

Travel: A Parisian rendezvous

Rediff.com6 Mar 2015

Paris is a place brimming with history, irony and a bit of discontent.

5 things lucky people do

5 things lucky people do

Rediff.com5 Dec 2014

Bestselling author Ashwin Sanghi says that it is indeed possible to 'attract' good luck!

Origami in high heels

Origami in high heels

Rediff.com20 Apr 2016

Designer Runa Ray, whose edgy line inspired by an ancient discipline made it to the February New York Fashion Week, discussed the showing with Tista Sengupta/Rediff.com

In largest-ever US city bankruptcy, cuts coming for Detroit creditors

In largest-ever US city bankruptcy, cuts coming for Detroit creditors

Rediff.com4 Dec 2013

The ruling by US Judge Steven Rhodes, who cited the city's dismal finances and $18 billion owed to a multitude of creditors in support of his decision, marks a watershed in the history of Detroit.