MF Husain painting surfaces after 70 years and sells for historic $13.8m - The 1954 mural-sized painting nearly quadrupled ...

For the complex legacy of M.F. Husain, one of 20th-century India’s most important artists, this year has been a tale of two auctions. In March, one of the late painter’s monumental depictions of rural ...

Patna's Sewak Ram painted this watercolour of prayers at a Muharram festival, 1820 Founded in 1600 as a trading enterprise, the English East India Company gradually transformed into a colonial power.

There’s Kartikeya, the god of war, depicted as a British-style dandy astride a peacock, sporting English buckled shoes and a modish, Prince Albert haircut. There’s the blue-skinned Krishna, lovingly ...

A long-forgotten painting by Amrita Sher-Gil, one of India’s most important modern artists, is going under the hammer for the first time. The rediscovered portrait is expected to fetch up to $2.8 ...

Cave paintings are among the earliest expressions of human creativity. These ancient artworks provide insights into early life, beliefs, and environments. Found on rock walls and ceilings, they often ...

Three days after a court in India ordered the seizure of two paintings by late artist MF Husain over a complaint that they were “offensive,” the gallery displaying them strongly opposed the “unfounded ...

Siona Benjamin was raised Jewish in India’s Hindu and Muslim society where she attended Catholic and Zoroastrian schools. A two-time Fulbright scholar, author and book illustrator, she now lives in ...

Founded in 1600 as a trading enterprise, the English East India company gradually transformed into a colonial power. By the late 18th Century, as it tightened its grip on India, company officials ...