Royal show
With an aim to give visitors a sense of the opulent life of Indian kings, a four-month long exhibition opened at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Canada.
By HT Correspondent | PTI
UPDATED ON NOV 25, 2010 12:59 AM IST
With an aim to give visitors a sense of the opulent life of Indian kings, a four-month long exhibition opened at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Canada on Monday.
Titled 'Maharaja: The Splendour of India’s Royal Courts', it showcases the luxury and legacy of India’s greatest kings.
More than 200 pieces are on display for the first time in Canada, including paintings, furniture, jewellery and a custom-built 1934 Rolls Royce automobile.
Pyrex and Pink Daisies: Midcentury vintage cookware is back in style
AP, New York
UPDATED ON MAR 03, 2021 06:15 PM IST
Vintage kitchenware is back in style -– pieces from the mid-20th century painted with flowers, bright colors, and specific functions, such as bracketed chip and dip bowls or four-piece refrigerator storage sets.
Tonywatch: Dede Ayite's costumes always 'build up layers'
AP, New York
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 05:56 PM IST
For “A Soldier's Play,” which explores racism within a Black U.S. Army unit, Ayite created special padding in the elbows and knees for actor David Alan Grier, who was frequently pummeled onstage. The soldiers' boots had to look broken in so she handed them out at the beginning of rehearsals.
Personal letters, autographed photos: How Golden Era superstars connected
By Alfea Jamal, Hindustan Times, Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 03, 2021 03:32 PM IST
Back in the 50s and 60s a young starstruck Bollywood fan, Mehrunissa Najma wrote to her favourite celebrities including legends Sunil Dutt, Saira Bano, Sadhana among others in hopes of autographs. The late cinema lover's hobby has now turned into an invaluable collection of India's cinematic history.
'Giraftari': Shri Ram Centre to welcome back theatre lovers
PTI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 12:57 PM IST
In good news for theatre enthusiasts, the Shri Ram Centre (SRC) will finally reopen its doors to the public on Friday with 'Giraftari', a play based on Franz Kafka's popular novel "The Trial", said the organisers in a statement.
Festival gives Sudanese film lovers drive-in cinema
Reuters, Khartoum
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 12:02 PM IST
Sudanese moviegoers are enjoying what organisers are saying is their first drive-in cinema after a festival showcasing the country's resurgent, post-uprising film scene moved outdoors this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Yard sale find turns out to be artifact worth up to $500,000
AP, Hartford, Connecticut
PUBLISHED ON MAR 03, 2021 10:13 AM IST
A small porcelain bowl bought for $35 at a Connecticut yard sale turned out to be a rare, 15th century Chinese artifact worth between $300,000 and $500,000 that is about to go up for auction at Sotheby's.
Hurtful and wrong: Dr Seuss books pulled from publication due to racist imagery
Reuters, New York
UPDATED ON MAR 03, 2021 08:42 AM IST
The six books - "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," "If I Ran the Zoo," "McElligot's Pool," "On Beyond Zebra!" "Scrambled Eggs Super!" and "The Cat's Quizzer" - are among more than 60 classics written by Dr. Seuss, the pen name of the American writer and illustrator Theodor Geisel, who died in 1991.
DU diaries: Offline versus online freshers ka mahayudh
By Aprajita Sharad, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 08:31 PM IST
Freshers’ parties have mostly shifted online for DU students, but some seniors keep hosting unofficial offline freshers party for college students who are in Delhi-NCR.
Famed artist Jatin Das captures migrants' lockdown ordeal in dozens of paintings
Reuters, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 07:01 PM IST
Jatin Das, one of India's best known contemporary artists, was so moved by the plight of migrant workers trekking out of the cities during lockdown, he felt compelled to depict their ordeal.
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Mick Rock collaborates with urban artist Fin DAC, fuses photography and painting
Reuters
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 06:24 PM IST
Legendary photographer Mick Rock to mark 51 years of working in the music industry with a new project, in collaboration with urban artist Fin DAC, to create a series of limited edition prints and canvas artworks.
Schitt’s Creek mansion returns to market with price reduction
Bloomberg
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 03:07 PM IST
And with its frescoed ceilings, crystal chandeliers, marble staircase, and grand domed cupola, that’s exactly the look Van Lapoyan was going for when he built his Toronto mansion.
Landscape painted by Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie sells for USD 11.5M
AP, London
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 09:15 AM IST
A painting of a Moroccan landscape which was made by Britain's World War II leader Winston Churchill and gifted to US President Franklin D Roosevelt was bought by Angelina Jolie in 2011. She recently sold the painting for a whooping amount of USD 11.5 million.
Photos: Digital artist Beeple's work auctioned at Christie's for $6.6 million
Reuters
PUBLISHED ON MAR 01, 2021 07:42 PM IST
A recent Christie's auction offered the first-ever purely digital work of art: Everydays - The First 5000 Days by Mike Winkelmann, also known as, Beeple. Within the space of an hour the bidding amount of $100 has jumped to $1 million. Beeple's digital art is known to carry an NFT (non-fungible token), which is a unique digital token that carries the artist's signature. Beeple's work focuses on 'society's alternating obsession with and fear of technology.
Putting life on the record with the Mitra Tantra Archive
By Natasha Rego
PUBLISHED ON MAR 01, 2021 06:03 PM IST
Filmmaker Ranjan Kamath is recording oral history of luminaries and lay people. Anyone with a story to tell, he says, is worth hearing out
New Orleans Museum of Art announces 3 big gifts in 1 month
AP, New Orleans
PUBLISHED ON MAR 01, 2021 03:39 PM IST
The New Orleans Museum of Art has announced a major gift to its photography department - the third such announcement this month.