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  • Hiroshima teens relay 'Little Boy' horror with art : 'What the atomic bomb did...'

    The 'Little Boy' atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed around 140,000 people, including many who died from radiation.

  • 'Thumbelina': This 1-year-old is the star of a Tokyo exhibition. Her paintings sell for Rs 19,200

    'Thumbelina': This 1-year-old is the star of a Tokyo exhibition. Her paintings sell for Rs 19,200

    The toddler's vivid style is 'babyish but mysteriously dexterous', gallery director -- and matchmaker of her parents -- Dan Isomura said.

  • Orange peels to bottle caps: Thousands of artists create their own 'Girl with Pearl Earring'

    Orange peels to bottle caps: Thousands of artists create their own 'Girl with Pearl Earring'

    The winners were displayed in a replica frame in the exact spot where 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' usually hangs, between two portraits by Dutch Baroque painter Gerard ter Borch.

  • Discovery of a 51,000-year-old cave painting, the world's oldest, in Indonesia

    Discovery of a 51,000-year-old cave painting, the world's oldest, in Indonesia

    Archaeologists did the discovery of the world's oldest painting, the painting is the representation of ancient storytelling art. The painting location is in Indonesia, on the Island of Sulawesi there is a cave where this painting is done on the cave's ceiling made of limestone.

  • Indigo Paints' chief says barriers to entry very high, sees no change in landscape over 1-2 years

    Indigo Paints' chief says barriers to entry very high, sees no change in landscape over 1-2 years

    Hemant Jalan said the brand choice is influenced by the painter or the painting contractor and that the end consumer holds a veto power.

  • Climate protesters throw mashed potatoes at Claude Monet's painting 'Les Meules'

    Climate protesters throw mashed potatoes at Claude Monet's painting 'Les Meules'

    Climate protesters threw mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting in a German museum to protest fossil fuel extraction but caused no visible damage to the painting.

  • Watch: Ukrainian artist turns anti-tank obstacles into 'cheerful' pieces of art

    Watch: Ukrainian artist turns anti-tank obstacles into 'cheerful' pieces of art

    "I paint anti-tank hedgehogs because I want our Ukrainian culture to sound loud, modern, relevant and necessarily cheerful," Varvara Logvin said. "Especially at a time when the world is paying close attention to Ukraine."

  • 'Like a dream': Japanese grandpa draws in following as art YouTuber

    'Like a dream': Japanese grandpa draws in following as art YouTuber

    The 74-year-old films everything himself for his channel "Watercolor by Shibasaki" using tripods, lighting and a smartphone or DSLR camera. He is also active on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter, and says being directly connected to the world is "like a dream".

  • Rembrandt's huge 'Night Watch' gets bigger thanks to AI

    Rembrandt's huge 'Night Watch' gets bigger thanks to AI

    The museum always knew the original, uncut, painting was bigger, in part thanks to a far smaller copy painted at the same time that is attributed to Gerrit Lundens. Researchers and restorers who have painstakingly pored over the work for nearly two years using a battery of high tech scanners, X-rays and digital photography combined the vast amount of data they generated with the Lundens copy to recreate and print the missing strips.

  • MF Husain’s unseen works to be auctioned online by Artiana in December

    MF Husain’s unseen works to be auctioned online by Artiana in December

    In a bid to make the deals lucrative for the buyers, Artiana’s finance arm is offering an installment scheme which allows buyers to pay for an artwork in installments ranging from 3 months to 24 months

  • Artists, Curators and Scholars Debate the "The Value of Art", at a Seminar Hosted by Jindal Global University

    Artists, Curators and Scholars Debate the "The Value of Art", at a Seminar Hosted by Jindal Global University

    On November 17, 2015, the Jindal School of Liberal Arts in collaboration with the Winter School on Art/Law at O.P. Jindal Global University organized ...

  • Home Repair and Maintenance is Now Just a Click Away

    Home Repair and Maintenance is Now Just a Click Away

    In an endeavour to find solution to the growing demand for skilled technicians ...

  • Picasso, Warhol works expected to sell for $35 million each

    Picasso, Warhol works expected to sell for $35 million each

    A 1932 portrait by Pablo Picasso of his young lover and a pioneering 3-D Andy Warhol painting of the Statue of Liberty are expected to sell for at least USD 35 million each, but could fetch much more when they are auctioned next month.

  • Interactive canvas livens The Starry Night painting by Van Gogh

    Interactive canvas livens The Starry Night painting by Van Gogh

    Although a far fetched thought, stirring the starry sky with your finger tips or hands could be an exhilarating ...

  • Q2 not colourless, but not colourful either: Asian Paints

    Q2 not colourless, but not colourful either: Asian Paints

    Asian Paints has clocked sales growth of 24% year-on-year in the first half of FY12. Speaking to CNBC-TV18, PM Murty, managing director and chief executive officer, Asian Paints says that domestic market is driving topline growth at this point.

  • Penis graffiti dropped from Russian competition

    Penis graffiti dropped from Russian competition

    A painting of a large penis on a bridge in Russia's second city St Petersburg has been dropped from the shortlist for an art prize, the organisers said.

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