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Rs 118 cr: MF Husain painting is India's most expensive

Legendary painter MF Husain's Untitled (Gram Yatra), billed as one of his most important and sizable works from the 1950s, went for USD 13.8 million (over Rs 118 crore) at an auction, setting a new......

What Husain Painting's Record Sale Will Fund

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......

When M F Husain celebrated his birthday in exile

Maqbool Fida Husain, India's grand old man of art, passed away in London on Thursday morning. Husain spent the last years of his colourful life in exile, forced......

Have you met MF Husain? Tell us

Maqbool Fida Husain, one of India's best-known and most controversial artists,died in Royal Brompton Hospital in London early Thursday morning. He was 95.The self-taught artist, often termed as......

M F Husain's 94th birthday, in exile

Internationally acclaimed artist Maqbool Fida Husain, living in self-exile for the past 13 years due to threats from Hindu fundamentalists for his works, turned 94 on Thursday. Husain, who......

Brand Husain creates legacy value

In the end, he died in exile, which is the pity, because if there is anything Maqbool Fida Husain really wanted, it was to come back home to India. London, where he succumbed to a coronary......

Secrets M F Husain shared with the DLF chief

Legendary artist Maqbool Fida Husain, who passed away recently, was an employee at the real estate firm DLF at a starting salary of Rs 800 in the 1960s. DLF chairman KP Singh, who has dedicated......

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......

The Swarup Filmfare awards!

The Swarup Group of Industries has been selected as the sponsor for the golden jubilee Filmfare Awards this year. The group is owned by Guru Swarup Srivastava, who shot into the limelight with his......

When I first set eyes on Madhuri...

Madhuri Dixit may have said goodbye to Bollywood, but the industry refuses to forget her. On her birthday, Indra Kumar (who directed her in Dil, Beta and Raja), and Akbar Khan (her first co-star in......

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