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What is the America250 passport that the State Department is preparing to issue?The State Department is releasing limited-edition U.S. passports to commemorate America's 250th anniversary. These special passports, featu...
Agra's delicate marble inlay industry suffers as exports to West Asia halted amid prevailing crisisAgra's famed marble inlay craft, Pachikari, is grinding to a halt. The ongoing conflict in West Asia has stopped orders from the region, th...
₹1,064,800,000: 18-karat solid gold functional toilet 'America' sold at a whopping sum at Sotheby's auction. Who bought it?A solid gold, flushable toilet sculpture titled "America" by Maurizio Cattelan sold for $12.1 million at a Sotheby's auction. The 18-karat ...
A peek inside Rome's most exclusive tourist siteOnly a small number of visitors ever see Rome’s Colonna Palace, a vast private estate filled with centuries-old art and still home to the C...
Wadhawan brothers siphoned Rs 11,500 crore from DHFL using 87 shell firms, says EDKapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan, promoters of DHFL, are accused of siphoning off over ₹11,500 crore through shell entities, using fraudulent loa...
10 best-selling Scrapbooks in India - Transform ordinary moments into extraordinary keepsakesExplore the best-selling scrapbooks and preserve your memories for a lifetime. In the digital age, where moments are often fleeting and sto...
New York's Met Museum to return 16 stolen ancient artefacts to Cambodia & ThailandThis most recent repatriation of artwork comes as many museums in the U.S. and Europe reckon with collections that contain objects looted f...
EU bans champagne, luxury car, apparel exports to RussiaThe 29-page list of now-prohibited luxury items was published in the European Union's Official Journal, which announces legal decisions by ...
Cryptocurrency could buy you a 101-carat diamond at Sotheby’sInternational auction house Sotheby’s will accept payment in Bitcoin or Ether at the sale of a 101.38-carat diamond this Friday, marking an...
Nirav Modi has got potential buyers for luxury accessories at the auctionThe 112 lots put together are expected to fetch Rs 40-50 crore in the two-part auction being conducted by Saffronart — an online one on two...
After the storm: Odisha village picks up pieces after Cyclone FaniRaghurajpur, home of Odisha's famous Pattachitra art, is a village ruined, priceless pieces of art washed away by the cyclone that stormed ...
No place for gems or artefacts: Siddharth Kasliwal's den is reserved for family, friends & yogaThe Gem Palace owner says his den will never have posters and canvas paintings.
China angered by theft of Terracotta Warriors thumbMichael Rohana, 24, has been arrested over the theft during an after hours "ugly sweater party" just before Christmas at the Franklin Insti...
How friend Sheetal Mafatlal's betrayal made Areef Patel cynicalAs lawmakers initiate criminal proceedings against Sheetal Mafatlal for allegedly making false claims, her one-time Areef Patel says, "I fi...
Art lovers empty their pockets at the Kochi Biennale Foundation’s fundraiser auctionThe Kochi Biennale Foundation's fundraiser auction held in Mumbai on Tuesday saw art lovers engage in a fierce fight to take home their pre...
Erstwhile royals targeting new buyers for promoting luxury products like pashmina shawls, hand-painted sarisWhile most of the retailing so far has been conducted through museum shops running within old forts and palaces, attempts are being made to...
Tweeting from Mumbai Airport's Terminal 2Now a steady stream of tweets coming out of T2 reveal the crafty ways people employ to sneak in the most precious of metals — gold.
- Bajaj Allianz GI launches new home insurance product
The Pune-based firm is a joint venture between Germany's Allianz Group and Bajaj Finserv, in which the latter holds 74 per cent stake.
Air India banks on artwork to bolster corporate imageAs Air India ropes in more corporate clients with the fall of Kingfisher Airlines, artwork is also envisaged as part of marketing strategy.
- Changing panorama of art collectors
The complexion of buyers in the global art market has undergone a change. Around 15-20 years back, Americans were the biggest buyers and co...