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International Museum Day celebrations begin with exhibition on Brazil

By Rajesh Kumar Celebrating the International Museum Day, the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi has lined up a weeklong celebration with various activities and programmes. On 16th May, an exhibition titled ‘Brasilia 60+ and the construction of modern Brazil’ was inaugurated by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri to mark […]

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Robbie Williams is back at Sotheby’s, this time with his own collection!

Boy-band superstar Robbie Williams is progressively moving towards contemporary arts at a pace that is astounding many. Once known for his voice, Williams perhaps wants to be now known for his colour palette and makes no bones about how he wants to pursue the arts in a bold, experimental, and no-holds-barred manner. With the unveiling

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Celebrating the birth month of Two Tagore brothers, painters in their own right

May 7, On This Day   The name Rabindranath Tagore is etched deep in Indian history, not in small part owed to the fact that he is the man who wrote the National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana. But another indelible part of the Nobel Laureate’s contribution — besides that to literature and music — also

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Bill Perkins aces Ernie Barnes’ ‘The Sugar Shack\’ at Christie’s

Bill Perkins, the Houston-based entrepreneur and amateur poker player, fought off intense competition from another bidder at Christie’s evening sale on May 12 to win a masterpiece by the late African American painter Ernie Barnes, The Sugar Shack (1976), for $15.3 million. The work had been estimated at just $150,000 to $200,000, so the final

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It\’s been almost half a century since Picasso\’s death… but his legacy is forever

April 8, On This Day  “Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.”  This profoundly wise and infinitely creative statement comes from none other than an artist, who can easily be defined as one of the most prominent icons of the century gone by. Pablo

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Francis Bacon’s never exhibited first screaming Pope on show at London’s Gagosian gallery

By Deepan Joshi British painter Francis Bacon’s first image of a screaming Pope—never exhibited publicly—is due to go on show next week at Gagosian gallery in London. The papal image, known as Landscape with Pope/Dictator, will be displayed at Davies Street gallery in Mayfair from 15 March to 23 April. The work, made in Monaco

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