Bangkok art expert dies in US jail [Hits: 13]
Roxanna Brown was a director of the Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum at Bangkok University...
Art | Chicago | United States
Updated On: 5/16/2008
Tags: Bangkok Museum, Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum, Bangkok University, Roxanna Brown, University of Washington, Asian Art, Vietnam War, Ancient Ceramics Trade, Los Angeles, US Attorney Joseph Johns, Southern California Museums, Ban Chiang Archaeological
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Another art record tumbles as painting by Francis Bacon fetches £44m [Hits: 10]
A nightmarish painting by Francis Bacon has become the most expensive work of contemporary art sold at auction...
Art | New York | United States
Updated On: 5/16/2008
Tags: Nightmarish Painting, Most Expensive Work of Contemporary Art, Lucian Freud, Finest Bacon in Private Hands, Triptych 1976, Mark Rothko, White Center, Christies Contemporary Arts, London Art, Alex Branczik, Portrait by Freud
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Sangeet Sammelan in the memory of Sri Satguru Partap Singh [Hits: 12]
A galaxy of renowned artists will be participating in Sri Satguru Partap Singh Sangeet Sammelan being organized by Namdhari Sangat Chandigarh on Saturday...
Music | Chandigarh | India
Updated On: 5/15/2008
Tags: Galaxy of Renowned Artists, Sri Satguru Partap Singh Sangeet Sammelan, Bhargava Auditorium, Gurbachan Singh Namdhari, P.G.I., Chandigarh, Sharan Pal Singh Namdhari, Sangeet Vidayalaya, Indian Classical Music, Sanjeev Abhyankar, Padam Bhushan Pandit Debu Chaudhary, Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty, Sukhwinder Singh Namdhari, Sant Singh Namdhari, Sri Bhaini Sahib
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Music eases blood pressure, say researchers [Hits: 12]
Just breathe slowly, turn on some quiet, slow rhythmic music and watch your blood pressure tumble drastically...
Music | Houston | United States
Updated On: 5/15/2008
Tags: Slow Rhythmic Music, American Society of Hypertension, Mild Hypertension, Raga Music, Classical Celtic, Ambulatory Blood Pressure, Professor Pietro a Modesti, Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, Non-Pharmacological Treatment, Indian Music
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The Indian art mart [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 13, Hits: 27]
The India Art Summit will bring together international art connoisseurs and traders in August...
Art | New Delhi | India
Vidya Prabhu Updated On: 5/13/2008
Tags: Yash Birla, Sangita Jindal, Fine Art Fund Group, Phillip Hoffman, Chief executive of the UK-based The Fine Art Fund Group, Anjolie Ela Menon, SH Raza, Krishen Khanna, International art fair, India Art Summit
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Eirik Omlie column — Classic Indian music from dusk-'til-dawn [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 20, Hits: 35]
Fans of Indian classical music have a rare opportunity to look forward to as Chhandayan, a nonprofit organization with the purpose of preserving and promoting Indian music in the United States...
Music | New York | USA
Updated On: 5/10/2008
Tags: Synod Hall, Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, Chhandayan, Nonprofit organization, Promoting Indian music in United States, Chhandayan Web site, Pandit Jasraj (vocal), Joya Biswas (sitar), Pandit Ronu Majumdar (bansuri), Pandit Debashis Bhattacharya (Indian slide guitar), Rajyashree Ghosh (vocal), K.V.Mahabala (sitar)
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Amrish Kumar taking Ritu Kumar’s legacy forward [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 24, Hits: 37]
Amrish Kumar has helped corporatize one of Indian fashion industries biggest brands - Ritu Kumar...
Music | Mumbai | India
Updated On: 5/10/2008
Tags: Indian artists, Ritu Kumar, Amrish Kumar, Indian fashion industries, Mummy-Daddy records, International designer wear brand
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Chennai emerging as hub of modern art [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 30, Hits: 45]
Teeming with a young breed of high salaried professionals, once conservative Chennai is fast emerging as a hub of modern art...
Art | Chennai | India
Updated On: 5/10/2008
Tags: Attracting young artists, Lalit Kala Akademi, Modern and post-modern art, Hub of modern art, M F Hussain, High Networth Individuals, Sobha Singh, Sharan Apparao of Apparao Art Galleries
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London sees a new spring of Indian art [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 31, Hits: 43]
Indian art has created a wave at the Sotheby’s auction in London. The auction has scaled a total sale value of £4.290 million...
Art | Kolkata | India
Updated On: 5/10/2008
Tags: Sothebys auction in London, F N Souza oil on canvas, Rabindranath Tagores Death Scene, Atul Dodiya Each Father, Subodh Gupta Untitled oil on canvas, S H Razas La Source
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Tagore tag at Sotheby's breathes life into Bengal art [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 30, Hits: 51]
The dramatic prices notched up by the paintings of Rabindranath Tagore and Jamini Roy at the recent Sotheby’s auction in London have underscored one important point - Bengal School works with provenance will be picked up by art collectors the world over...
Art | Kolkata | India
Updated On: 5/10/2008
Tags: Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore, Paintings of Jamini Roy, Jamini Roy, National Treasures, Overseas Indian Art collectors, Rabindranath Tagore, Bengal School work, Archer collection
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