The Government College of Art in Calcutta was ‘established by a benevolent government for the purpose of revealing to the Indians the superiority of European art’, in the second half of the 19th ...
Husain’s artworks are in the spotlight again. A court in Delhi has directed the police to seize two of his ‘offensive’ paintings exhibited at the DAG following a complaint by an advocate. Known as the ...
When we speak, a few days into the new year, Sasmita is preparing for a 10-day silent retreat in the mountains. After a nonstop run of international exhibitions, “for the first time, I feel burnt out.
The paintings that Ms Sachdeva shared online depicted Hindu gods Ganesha and Hanuman ... were not obscene and nudity was common in Indian iconography and history. The court had then dismissed ...