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Google doodle on modernist painter M F Husain

On his 100th birth anniversary M F Husain, one of the best known painters in modern and contemporary India, has been honoured with a Google Doodle. The late painter, who died at the age of 95 on......

M F Husain laid to rest in Britain

The body of India's most acclaimed painter Maqbool Fida Husain was on Friday laid to rest with full Muslim religious rites at Brookwood cemetery in Britain, honouring his last wishes. Husain was......

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......

Tribute: Fundamental loss to Indian art

Nishad Avari pays tribute to M F Husain, who passed into the ages on Thursday morning.\\nImpressively long and poetic, the name Maqbool Fida Husain conjures up many associations for me, dating from......

'Picasso of India' MF Husain passes away

Maqbool Fida Hussain, who rose from a Bollywood billboard artist to India's most celebrated painter worldwide, died in London on Thursday, away from home on a self-imposed exile. India's very......

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......

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......

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......

Christie's NY auction: Husain, Tyeb Mehta on sale

Christie is expecting to rake in over 50 crores from works by South Asian artists ranging from modern masters to cutting edge contemporary artists like M F Husain, J. Swaminathan, Tyeb Mehta and......

Invest in art, be a millionaire!

At his home studio in a vast, vacant plot of scrubland on the border of Mehrauli, artist Jagannath Panda is juggling with six different ideas on six different canvases. The proposed exhibition of......

The Legends who left us in 2011

We take a look at some of the legends, who passed away in 2011. The year 2011's been a year of many deaths, in every walk of life. Steve Jobs died and so did Osama Bin Laden. Here, then, are the......

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......

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......

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Maqbool Fida Husain

News for Maqbool Fida Husain

Google doodle on modernist painter M F Husain

M F Husain laid to rest in Britain

When M F Husain celebrated his birthday in exile

Tribute: Fundamental loss to Indian art

'Picasso of India' MF Husain passes away

Sotheby's India auction sees tepid response as slowdown hits art world

Secrets M F Husain shared with the DLF chief

Brand Husain creates legacy value

Christie's NY auction: Husain, Tyeb Mehta on sale

Invest in art, be a millionaire!

The Legends who left us in 2011

When I first set eyes on Madhuri...

The Swarup Filmfare awards!

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