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......
Never underestimate the power of pretty women. A painting by Pablo Picasso has set a new world record for the most expensive artwork to be sold at an auction after reaching $179 million......
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. The......
'As a child I was very glad to be around him, to breathe his happiness.''I was aware that he would focus 100 per cent on whatever he was doing, whether it was playing with me, or going to the......
Ebullient and eccentric at the same time, barefoot painter Maqbool Fida Husain took Indian art to the global stage with his cubist-inspired modern art but was riled in controversy with his......
SOTHEBY'S QUIET ON BUYER: The artwork was bought by an anonymous buyer, who placed bids through Warren Weitman Jr, Sotheby's chairman of North America and South America.The painting depicts a young......
Indian 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. Saffronart, the home......
As confidence for Indian modern art returns, prices will rise in the same proportion as they did in the last decade. What are we to make of the sale of just two artworks at auctions this year......
FROM THE GREENTREE FOUNDATION: The painting was one of 34 pieces on sale from the Greentree Foundation from the collection of Mr and Mrs John Hay Whitney.The painting was bought for $30,000 in 1950......
A WORLD RECORD: Pablo Picasso's 1905 masterpiece Garcon a la Pipe became the world's most expensive painting ever when it sold for $104.168 million (Rs 468 crore) at an artwork auction at Sotheby's......