Beijing, Feb 25 (IANS) China’s State Council is enhancing measures to safeguard the country’s cultural heritage, a media report said on Thursday. “Protection is the priority,” a statement issued after an executive meeting on Wednesday…
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Condemned within the four walls of a prison, they have been seeking redemption through painting and now art works by West Bengal prisoners are available for the world to admire courtesy…
Beijing, Feb 23 (IANS) The head of an ancient Buddhist sculpture stolen in 1996 from Youju Temple in China’s Hebei province is set to return to the country, the media reported on Tuesday. The sculpture,…
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) Aimed at creating awareness on residential buildings outside of the heritage list and the diverse character they represent, a citizens’ initiative to stop the demolition of old buildings and draw attention…
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) As one steps into the tastefully-lit twin art gallery at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), where veteran artist Satish Gujral’s works are on…
Buenos Aires, Feb 19 (IANS) An Argentine electronic technician and jeweller combines electronics, art and environmental protection together by transforming discarded technological hardware into wearable art, the media reported on Friday. Hernan Bressan company Electron…
Beijing, Feb 18 (IANS) Hundreds of students in east China’s Shandong province were setting up easels to prepare for a drawing test, while one student struggled to take off his shoes and socks with his…
This asterid flower is one of the only fossils of this family ever discovered. Photo: George Poinar, Jr. New York, Feb 17 (IANS) Researchers have discovered the first ever fossil specimens of an “asterid” –…
Perth, Feb 16 (IANS) A West Australian mining firm has found a record breaking 404-carat diamond believed worth over $14 million. According to reports on Tuesday, the Lucapa Diamond Company, based in Perth but operating…
A portrait of Sidi Haider Khan, who was the ruler of the princely tate of Sachin in what is now Gujarat. He belonged to the Sidi dyansty of African rulers and ruled from 1930 to…
Canberra, Feb 9 (IANS) The National Gallery of Victoria in Australia announced on Tuesday its acquisition of one of the most coveted and historic fashion collections of the world that includes designs by icons Christian…
Panaji, Feb 8 (IANS) A Goan artist has innovatively captured the rapidly changing landscape in rural Goa through the eyes of a humble domesticated animal: a goat. Mohan Naik, a renowned artist, whose exhibition ‘Through…
London, Feb 4 (IANS) Do you know how the famous Italian sculptor and painter Michelangelo managed to produce some of the greatest work of his life even suffering from degenerative arthritis? Although prolonged hammering and…
London, Jan 31 (IANS) It has been described as Britain’s Pompeii, a Bronze Age settlement from around 3,000 years ago, frozen in time. Archaeologists are preparing to remove roof timbers from homes once occupied by…
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) “My Buddha reflect the times we live in”, says eminent sculptor K.S. Radhakrishnan whose sculptural Installation “Shunya Buddha” is showing at the ongoing India Art Fair 2016….
By Preetha Nair New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Taseer Gallery from Lahore may be evoking lot of curiosity at the ongoing India Art Fair, but visa issues still remain a bone of contention as…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Gauri Khan, entrepreneur and wife of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, debuted at the trade show Maison&Objet in Paris with a presentation of her collection of furniture titled “Turned wood…
Jaipur, Jan 23 (IANS) It was one of the earliest and most defining images of the troubles of Afghanistan ever seen, with the portrait of a teenaged girl with the haunting but mesmerising green eyes…
Valley of the Whales (Egypt), Jan 14 (AP) Egypt today unveiled what it said is the Middle East’s first museum dedicated to fossils that showcase an early form of whales, now extinct and known as…
Beijing, Jan 10 (IANS) More than 14,000 relics have been retrieved from an ancient cargo ship after it was salvaged from a depth of 30 metres below the surface of the South China Sea in…