Art

Auction sets record for highest-value sale in South Asian art history

Tyeb Mehta's new record matches Amrita Sher-Gil's to become second most expensive work by an Indian artist

Art world sees demand for sculptures firming up

Public monuments, private collections pique collector interest

Body, mind and soul

For most people, art is seen as a genteel pursuit requiring nothing more arduous than holding a brush of paint before a canvas tilted on an easel to facilitate the act of painting

Shock to impress

In recent years, Reddy has chosen to experiment with relief-like sculptures representing the modern family, though it is anyone's guess whether they have the same impact as his female heads

What is art really worth?

If art is a reflection of its society, in times to come Jeff Koons's will most likely depict a civilisation in which inflatable toy-like balloons will mark a subversive, sardonic high point

Folk art: Pocket-friendly local culture on canvas for your drawing room

Deeply rooted in Indian tradition and heritage, folk art is fast catching the fancy of both, the country's millennials and foreign expats

Meet Navtoj Altaf, the artist crafting her experiences into practice

From child sex abuse to the dispossessed in Russia, her work reflects her curious, questioning personality

In China when art meets science, censors bring out their scissors

Heather Dewey-Hagborg's video installation about a fictional biohacker was blocked from an art festival in China

Gilt and pleasure

In the 20th century, the ideological successors and companions of Loos, like the Bauhaus and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, created the international style

Why Saffronart's Dinesh Vazirani is upbeat about getting into art education

Vazirani says the online platform won't make the traditional art exhibitions redundant. According to him, the two formats go hand-in-hand and complement one another

Ways of seeing

What is useful is knowing an artist's journey and what led him to work in a particular way, or shaped his ideas

Incorporating art and artists

India's public sector has been known to offer employment to sportspersons

Step inside the factory in Madrid where superstars make their art

Marina Abramovic is most famous for her feats of endurance. In 2002 she lived in a gallery without food for 12 days

Tiding over tough times

Is this the right time to buy art?

The 'other' artists

In principal, art making was initially centred around the two cities of Kolkata and Mumbai

The happiness of being

An exhibition of Ram Kumar's landscapes reveals his artistic trajectory

Queen of arts

In its ninth edition, India Art Fair gets bigger and more experimental