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A Month of Remarkable Movies in New York

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Dita Parlo in ‘Rapt (The Kidnapping).’
Published on Jan 15, 2026 10:55 am IST

Spice of Life | Art from heart in stark contrast to life’s struggles

Vincent van Gogh died at the age of 37 in 1890 by shooting himself in the chest (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
Updated on Nov 18, 2025 06:41 pm IST

‘Chantal Akerman: The Long View’: At MoMA, a Filmmaker in Full

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‘Chantal Akerman: The Long View’: At MoMA, a Filmmaker in Full
Updated on Sept 11, 2025 04:14 pm IST

Finnish designer Yrjö Kukkapuro, whose postmodern chairs graced waiting rooms and museums, dies

Finnish designer Yrjö Kukkapuro, whose postmodern chairs graced waiting rooms and museums, dies
Published on Feb 09, 2025 08:29 pm IST

NYC has scores of small, specialized or quirky museums. Here are some highlights

NYC has scores of small, specialized or quirky museums. Here are some highlights
Published on Dec 11, 2024 10:41 pm IST

Käthe Kollwitz, a pioneering German artist, finally gets her due

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Portrait of Käthe Kollwitz
Published on Apr 23, 2024 08:00 am IST

New York's Museum of Modern Art honours Penelope Cruz for her career in cinema

Penelope Cruz talks with members of the media at the Museum of Modern Art for a Film Benefit in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, December 14, 2021.  
Updated on Dec 16, 2021 06:42 am IST

MoMA joins museums seizing on low rates to refinance bonds

The MoMa joins others, including the Whitney Museum of Modern Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Modern Art, that have seized on low interest rates to refinance debt and help soften the financial toll of the pandemic that shut them down for months last year.
Published on Apr 14, 2021 07:06 pm IST

The Stendig Calendar comes to India

The specifications have remained unchanged for over 50 years: It is 4 ft across and 3 ft high, held together by a black binding strip, every month alternates between white and black backgrounds. You get to the next month by peeling away the top sheet.
Updated on Sept 10, 2020 08:55 pm IST

Ken Griffin buys Basquiat painting for more than $100 million

Citadel founder Ken Griffin paid more than $100 million for a canvas by Jean-Michel Basquiat, the late black artist who focused on issues of race and inequality.
Updated on Jun 06, 2020 07:28 pm IST

New York’s Museum of Modern Art set to reopen, bigger and better

Space was expanded by a third this time and director Glenn Lowry says the layout has been reinvented to reflect the philosophy of the museum’s first director, Alfred Barr.
Updated on Oct 12, 2019 06:54 am IST

Decoded: How to become a rich and famous artist

It’s not what you know, but who you know, but also who the people you know, know, and who those people know, says a new paper on art.
Updated on Nov 22, 2018 12:12 pm IST

In pics: These modern sculptors, their statues are forbidden in Kuwaiti

A picture taken at the Museum of Modern Art in Kuwait City shows a sculpture by Kuwaiti artist Sami Mohammed.
Published on Nov 08, 2018 01:47 pm IST

Picasso’s nude painting fetches $115 million at Rockefeller auction

The auction, including that of the Pablo Picasso painting, took place at Christie’s.
Updated on May 09, 2018 10:31 am IST