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Ravi Varma painting on eBay India for Rs 8 mn

Renowned painter Raja Ravi Varma's original masterpiece has been listed on the eBay India website and art lovers can grab it for Rs 8.3 million. Titled Winnowing, this striking painting is a......

Kerala HC stays award to M F Husain

The Kerala High Court Wednesday restrained the state government from conferring the 'Raja Ravi Varma' award to noted painter M F Husain. A division bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dathu and......

Kerala govt draws flak over award for Husain

Flaying the Left Democratic Front government for selecting well-known painter M F Husain for the prestigious Raja Ravi Varma award, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal on Thursday demanded......

Gaitonde to Raza: The 10 costliest Indian paintings

The 'Artery Top 500 Works' list features the most expensive Indian works of art that have been sold since modern Indian artwork was first included in a mainstream international auction in the mid......

The maharaja who gave his people museums

The collector king Sayajirao Gaekwad III, who lived a century ago, put together a fantastic world of Indian and European art for his subjects. IMAGE: Baroda's Sayajirao Gaekwad III ruled......

'Once Nano is here, we'll all have a lot to learn'

K K Swamy is between jobs. After spending a little over a decade running Toyota Kirloskar Motorsas its deputy managing director, he made a quiet exit a month ago to move to Volkswagen India as its......

Husain takes a back seat at art auctions

MF Husain may be synonymous with contemporary Indian art, surprisingly, his works are not the ones that fetch the highest bids at art auctions.According to the Osian 51-Art Index, Tyeb Mehta's......

Indian art prices at Christie's jump

Tyeb Mehta's Rickshaw Puller ($120,000-$150,000), M F Husain's The Arrival of Fifth ($80,000-$100,000), Raja Ravi Varma's Maliyali Beauty ($50,000-$70,000) and Ram Kumar's Varanasi series......

Nirav Modi's paintings auctioned for Rs 59.37 crore

An untitled work by the abstract artist V S Gaitonde fetched a winning bid of Rs 25.24 crore, making it the most expensive bid for an artwork from the country ever. IMAGE: The above painting by......

Would you bid for Nirav Modi's art?

Sixty-eight paintings that once belonged to fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi will go under the hammer next week. Nirav Modi with his collection of art in Mumbai before he fled the country.......

First Look: Santosh Sivan in Makaramanju

Noted director Lenin Rajendran's upcoming Malayalam film Makaramanju has been in the news ever since the project was announced. It tells the story of legendary painter Raja Ravi Varma at a......

First Look: Ketan Mehta's Rang Rasiya

To celebrate the 160th birth anniversary of famed artist Raja Ravi Varma, director Ketan Mehta had a get together with the cast and crew of his latest film, Rang Rasiya. The film stars Randeep......

Rang Rasiya to release on time

In spite of the Kerala court’s order staying the release of Ketan Mehta’s long-awaited biopic Rang Rasiya on noted artist Raja Ravi Varma, the film is being released on time......

PIX: Nandana Sen, Randeep Hooda at Rang Rasiya screening

Ketan Mehta's long-delayed Rang Rasiya saw a special screening in Mumbai for members of the film fraternity recently.Here's a look at the arrivals: The film's leading actress......

The return of Madhuri Dixit

After a long gap, Madhuri Dixit has decided to act again. She has picked noted Malayalam director Shaji N Karun's film Suryamukhi, on the painter Raja Ravi Varma.It has been a long gap for Shaji N......

IPL Auction: Shami, Iyer for Rs 2 cr

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates taking a wicket for the Punjab Kings during IPL 2021. Photograph: BCCI The top Indian players, including Mohammed Shami, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin and......