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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and a private US collector have agreed to return dozens of antiquities to Turkey, following investigations into their alleged illicit excavation and export. The works, which span multiple ancient Anatolian cultures, were identified by Turkish authorities and US investigators as having […]
Austrian artist Arnulf Rainer, a central figure of postwar European abstraction best known for his radical “overpaintings,” has died at the age of 96. He passed away on a Thursday in Upper Austria, shortly after his 96th birthday, according to reports from Austria’s APA news agency and statements from his family. Early life and training
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AstaGuru’s “Historic Masterpieces” auction of Modern Indian Art has achieved a white-glove result, recording a 100% sell-through rate with all 87 lots sold. Held online from 14–17 December 2025, the sale realised a total of INR 1,63,65,61,028 (approximately USD 18.49 million). The auction set new world records for several modern Indian artists, including Rabindranath Tagore,
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Artist Ali Akbar’s works, exhibited as part of the curated show at the ongoing 6th edition of Kochi Muziris Biennale, are entirely contemporary in nature, posing questions while also advancing the Biennale’s mission and challenging the legacy of colonialism through a visual dialogue. These works directly and indirectly pose a multitude of questions to the
By Iftikar Ahmed At Bikaner House, New Delhi, Sudip Roy’s ongoing exhibition Junjaali, on view until 20 December 2025, unfolds as a quiet yet deeply affecting return. The exhibition is not framed as a retrospective, nor does it attempt to compress decades of practice into a summarising gesture. Instead, it brings together works created over
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Kalamkar Gallery at Bikaner House, New Delhi, is hosting Art in Motion, a group exhibition featuring works by Delhi-based artists Ashoka Sarkar, Rekha Jaggi, and Shashi Kumar Paul. The exhibition opened with a preview on December 18, 2025, and remains on view from December 19 to 22, between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Art in Motion brings
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Method Kala Ghoda, Mumbai, is currently showcasing Where is Jennifer?, a solo exhibition by contemporary artist Aditiya Singh. The show is on view until December 28, 2025, and presents a series of paintings in acrylic, ink, and watercolour that explore themes of presence, absence, identity, and illusion. In this exhibition, Singh examines the absurdity and humour
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Kadari Art Gallery in Hyderabad is currently hosting Muse: The Making Room, a month-long exhibition by the Mumbai-based design studio MuseLAB. The show, on view from December 5 to December 30, 2025, offers an intimate look into the creative process of the studio founded by designers Huzefa Rangwala and Jasem Pirani. The exhibition marks MuseLAB’s solo
As the year draws to a close, the Indian architecture and design fraternity turns its gaze to Mumbai for one of its most anticipated annual gatherings. The Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing (FOAID) Mumbai edition kicks off today, December 19, and runs through December 20, 2025, at the Jio World Convention Centre in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC). For seasoned professionals
Custom Design Stories is a vision built on the idiosyncrasies of curious minds. The team experiments, dares, designs, and remains absorbed in what they do while appreciating the work being done all around them. The studio engages computational and material intelligence, and spatial explorations with colour as operative design variables, as it surfaces from the
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