News
Nude Drawings of Hindu Gods Seized From Indian Gallery
The Delhi High Court approved the seizure of two works by the renowned late artist M.F. Husain after a visitor complained that they “outraged religious feelings.”
M. F. Husain
Art
An Important Modern Artwork Gains New Relevance for India
As India prepares for general elections this year, M.F. Husain's "Lightning" reminds us of the country's tremendous political history.
Art
Indian Artists Portray Bodies Pure and Profane
The well-known Delhi Art Gallery’s capacious new space in New York’s prestigious Fuller Building brings Indian modernists to a Western audience.
Art
Art Dubai Modern: Historical Fragments
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — It might be hard to imagine that only a few decades ago the conventional history of modern art was overwhelmingly Eurocentric, but when I was in college in the 1990s the realms of art history still felt geographically suffocating.
Opinion
Complex Cultural Politics of Indian, now Qatari, Painter M. F. Husain
Indian painter Maqbool Fida Husain has accept Qatari citizenship but the issues around his story are complex. Often depicted as a straight-forward case of censorship, reporters often gloss over the fact that the painter, often called the “Picasso of India,” has chosen to live in a nation that censor