K G Subramanyan: An artist who loved to surprise

K G Subramanyan's artwork had a unique visual language, says Kishore Singh. Our Bengali brethren can be remarkably insular with regard to matters of art and culture so when, in a survey of Bengali......

BOO Mamata minister who got security personnel to tie his laces

  The Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal invited a lot of flak on Monday when a minister was caught on camera making his security personnel tie his shoe laces. Rachpal Singh, the......

San Diego museum showcases Nandalal Bose

The San Diego Museum of Art held an exhibition of paintings of Nandalal Bose, the great Indian painter whose major work spanned the first half of the 20th century. The paintings convey aspects of......

'India has to catch a train that left 25 years ago'

'In contrast to the generally buoyant tone of the Economic Survey in January, he sounds uncharacteristically pessimistic, saying that forces in the world economy -- slowing global trade,......

Art: A thriving business in fakes

How organised is the fake business in India? A lot of collectors will be asking themselves this in the wake of the Raza scandal that experts are already calling the Satyam of the art world. On......