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Platonic Art

Biswa Yonzon — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:48:54 +0530

ACCORDING to Plato art is a useless activity not to be taken seriously. He says art is twice removed from reality and an artist knows nothing worth

Judging a book with no cover

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 22:54:31 +0530

Bindu Wiles was on a subway train in New York when she spotted a woman reading a book whose cover had an arresting black silhouette of a girl’s head set

Indian art market to rise tenfold by ‘18

Ritwik Mukherjee — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:53:50 +0530

In 2005 he founded theartstrust. com a popular online trading platform for art and astaguru

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Art with or without malice

Suresh Neotia — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:35:54 +0530

In India on issues of faith there is no logic.Possibly even if someone even inadvertently ruffles the faith strong reaction manifests and a section

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Appreciating art, its metaphors and beyond

Jhupu Adhikari — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:48:39 +0530

I have very recently had the privilege of seeing a very interesting exhibition of paintings and sculptures by a group of artists from Manipur.

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Opium-addled Mughal on last day of his life

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:49:55 +0530

In October 1618 one of the attendants of the Mughal emperor Jahangir fell gravely ill. The man an opium addict named Inayat Khan became so emaciated

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Mehta’s Mahishasura fetches Rs 4.56 crore

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:48:41 +0530

An exceptional painting by Tyeb Mehta depicting demon Mahishasura sold for a whopping Rs 4. 56 crore at an auction here that saw remarkable enthusiasm among the buyers

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Appreciating art and its metaphors

Jhupu Adhikari — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:43:56 +0530

This week’s column includes news about art exhibitions and invitations that I have received over the past two weeks. I am not quite sure if it is a figment

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Do not think of them as mausoleums

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:41:03 +0530

A great department store, easily reached, open at all hours, is more like a good museum of art than any of the museums we have yet established, John Cotton Dana,

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Call it layoff lit: In upcoming books, tales of the downturn get personal

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:33:22 +0530

The recent George Clooney film, ‘‘Up in the Air,’’ hit a nervewith its portrayal of an unmoored corporate executioner who makes his living by firing people.
Now several writers

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