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18-year-old American teenager spent $450 on an abandoned storage unit and found paintings worth $36,000; his business has now made over $200,000An enterprising eighteen-year-old American has turned his love for treasure hunting into a thriving business venture. Operating under the n...- Insiders vs outsiders, and a raja under the arch: Bengal goes to polls as debate over identity and development takes center stageWest Bengal will vote today on a single issue: insiders versus outsiders. Mamata Banerjee is seeking to keep BJP out, fearing cultural and ...
- Ketchup to Moon rock: What's the point of a World Expo?Expo 2025 has commenced in Osaka, questioning the relevance of World's Fairs in the digital age. These events, dating back to the 1851 Grea...
- How the humble paperback helped the United States win World War IIDuring World War II, American soldiers were provided with specially designed pocket-sized paperbacks called the Armed Services Editions. Th...
- Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's art collection breaks record, fetches $1 billion at auctionAllen's collection at Christie's NY is the biggest sale in auction history.
- A century of Surrealism on show at London Design MuseumVisitors are welcomed upon arrival by one of the most notorious depictions of the human psyche.
- Israeli museum unearths sketches hidden in painting by 20th-century artist Amedeo ModiglianiModigliani is considered one of the 20th century's great Modernist artists.
- Remembering Satyajit Ray, the writer. ‘Feluda’ series, ‘Indigo’ & other iconic books by the film-maker that should be in your TBR listOn the birth anniversary of Satyajit Ray, here's a look at his written works.
- Tom Cruise returns with 'Top Gun' sequel after 33 yrs, still manages to win hearts as MaverickThe sequel is set decades after the 1986 movie and features Miles Teller as the son of Anthony Edwards's character Goose.
- Rembrandt's fingerprints, Da Vinci's code: Artists & their hidden messagesArtists add details to their paintings or leave messages that are impossible to see at first glance.
- From Picasso to Hitler, when mistresses made it to these artists' masterpiecesA Francis Bacon painting depicting his lover and muse George Dyer recently sold for $49.8 million in New York.
- Commissioned works of art increasingly become a part of modern India“Commissioned art is about the work being bespoke, unlike what people sometimes guess from the word commission,” explained Paresh Maity, a ...
- 24 people who became highly successful after age 40There are plenty of examples of successful people who prove that you don't need to have it all figured out by the time you turn 30.
- Lootera: Movie ReviewLootera is based on a century-old short story ‘The Last Leaf’ by American writer O Henry.
- Om Puri's challenging journey is marked by sheer determination and strong talentOm Puri, a hardworking lab assistant and a low-earning teenager, cultivates his passion for theatre by doing college plays.
- Under Mamata didi's watchful eyes let anybody assume that they can get away with a jokeHaving ousted the Left from Bengal, Mamata Banerjee is rapidly implementing her own brand of radical chic.
- Collectors can make good money with old Bollywood postersA bejewelled Meena Kumari and an earnest Gemini Ganeshan don't make high art. But old Bollywood posters are the new Indian kitsch.
- Ismail Merchant seeing his paintings going under hammer at Christie’sFamed Academy Award winning Hollywood film producer Ismail Merchant (1936-2005), who was legendary for his India connection through his fil...
- Shyam Benegal: A man for all seasonIt is difficult to get Shyam Benegal away from his cinema. With a mandate to explore a side ‘undiscovered’ by others, a passion hidden deep...
- Connoisseurs put a premium on artists’ diaries, scrapbooksSome artists are known to have developed their paintings through jottings and sketches in diaries and scrapbooks.
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