Himachal govt fails to remove foreigner from Roerich museum, Kullu
byShimla: Getting tough over taking possession of Roerich Museum at Naggar, Kullu, the Himachal government armed with a termination order of Alena Adamkova, yesterday…
Art & Heritage
Himachal hotel gets national heritage tag
byShimla : Himachal Pradesh’s picturesque Chail Palace hotel, built in 1891 and popularised in the blockbuster film “Three Idiots”, has been granted national heritage…
Catalog of Roerich paintings in Himachal to be verified
byShimla: Rising value of Nicholas Roerich paintings in the international art market, and a controversy over management of the Russian artists estate at Naggar…
Neglected paintings by Sobha Singh to be restored
byShimla: Portraits of late Punjabi poet Amrita Pritam, Guru Teg Bahadur, and Lord Krishna made by celebrated artist Sobha Singh have been withering away…
Indian avant garde art gets market tilt
byNew Delhi : Avant garde art, traditionally known to set aesthetic trends away from the commercial drill, is reinventing itself as cutting edge contemporary…
Roerich Trust official visa valid: Himachal police does U turn
byShimla : Police today admitted that a foreign national associated for over a decade with Russian painter and philosopher Nicholas Roerich’s multi-crore estate near…
You cannot promote art unless you appreciate it : Padma Shri Vijay Sharma
byVijay Sharma, a pahari miniature school painter based in Chamba , Himachal Pradesh was recently awarded the fourth highest civilian honour of India, the…
Writer, artist, environmentalist and Karmapa
byDharamsala : Controversies have not overshadowed the artistic skills of Tibetan religious head and 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje. The 26-year-old monk not only…
Collage, memory & many voices inspire novelist Michael Ondaatje
byJaipur : The art of collage, memories and the multiplicity of voices inspire Sri Lanka-born Canadian novelist Michael Ondaatje, the Man Booker prize winning…
Author backed cocktails to keep spirits soaring in Jaipur
byJaipur : Sample this: Benquiri, Ondaatje Slammer, Pinker Colada, Kunzru Punch, Dalrymple Breezer – a hotel in this city is paying ode to the…