Husain apologises for paintings, offers to withdraw auction
MF Husain's biographer and artist Akhilesh Singh reveals to rediff.com's Abhishek Mande fascinating aspects of the legend's personality.
He was admitted to a private nursing home in Hyderabad after he complained of chest pain.
The artist expressed his love for the movies by recreating them on canvas.
He does not remember exactly when he had met Husain for the first time, but does say it was in the 1940s in Mumbai. Rediff.com's Sahim Salim talks to Syed Haider Raza, probably the only other Indian artist who can match MF Husain's work, in terms of price.
Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were among a host of leaders who on Thursday condoled the death of artist M F Husain, describing him as a "legend" whose passing away is a "national loss".
Various film industry veterans pay condolences to the legendary artist.
M F Husain moves SC for transfer of criminal cases to Delhi
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.
To those accustomed to MF Husain's unpredictable appearances and disappearances over the years, his sudden comings and goings, there is a finality in the hand-written scrawl he issued, with his trademark horse appended, on being offered nationality in Qatar. It's unlikely that he'll be coming home now. And why should he? He's 95, not only very famous but fabulously rich and surrounded by many of his children and grandchildren who are comfortably settled in the Emirates.
Emotional chicanery or fiscal prudence? Whatever it turns out to be - artist M F Husain's decision to accept Qatari citizenship will result in the hardening of his prices
"There is no danger to him and we will not allow any threat to him," Chidambaram said noting that there were some cases against the painter in lower courts and lawyers can find a way to put an end to those.
Legendary artist M F Husain, who has been living in self-imposed exile for nearly four years following a spate of cases in India over his controversial paintings of Hindu goddesses, has accepted Qatar's offer to confer nationality on him.
The Bajrang Dal said Qatar giving nationality to painter M F Husain was a "win" for Hindutva forces and those who "insult" Hindu religion have no place in the country.
The exhibition will feature a selection of Husain's paintings from the 50s to 70s.
Fine arts auction house Christie's on Thursday sold artist MF Husain's paintings, including one for a hammer price of $ 1.4 million. Outside the Christie's building in New York, up to 30 supporters of the Indian American Intellectual Forum staged a two-hour protest chanting 'Shame, shame, MF Husain' and 'Boycott Christie's!'. At least 12 of Husain's paintings were auctioned, where the theme was South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art.
Leading international art auction house Christie's has rejected a demand to withdraw from an upcoming auction the works of noted artiste M F Husain who is accused of painting Hindu gods and goddesses in a "derogatory and vulgar" form. In a letter to Christie's, Indian American Intellectual Forum President Narain Kataria had threatened to hold a demonstration unless it stops the scheduled auction of Husain's paintings on March 20.
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.
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Legendary painter M F Husain, who was recently granted Qatari citizenship, has surrendered his Indian passport to the country's mission in Doha, a media report said on Monday.
If Husain feels betrayed by the treatment being meted out to him in the country of his birth, India too has reasons to feel betrayed by its globally celebrated son, writes Mahendra Ved.
Internationally acclaimed artist M F Husain, living in self exile for the past 13 years due to threats from Hindu fundamentalists for his works, turned 94 on Thursday.
Accusing the artist of insulting the Hindus and the nation by allegedly portraying deities and Bharat Mata in the nude, Katiyar demanded the painter be immediately arrested and prosecuted.
The painter criticises many of Bollywood's best and brightest.
The Pilibhit MP, who praised Husain for his charity, alleged that his paintings had been misread deliberately and suggested that they were worthy of being displayed in a museum.
Coruscant Tec, one of India's mobile solutions and content firms, has entered into an exclusive tie-up with Airtel to bring to its users M F Husain paintings on mobile phones.
Leading artists on Thursday welcomed the conferment of Qatar nationality on M F Husain, who has been living in self-imposed exile abroad for nearly four years following a spate of legal cases in the country over his controversial paintings of Hindu goddesses. "That's a great honour for him," painter Anjoli Ila Menon said, describing 95-year-old Husain as a "true Karma Yogi".
Rediff.com had this report when painter M F Husain, living in self exile due to threats from Hindu fundamentalists for his works, turned 94. We reproduce the piece in tribute to the artist who has passed into the ages
The state education and cultural department had announced that Husain will be conferred the award on September 17.
'We have kept him back here as we fear for his life. Only if the atmosphere is conducive, we shall go back to India,' the source asserted.
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