India
Leading Indian gallery Experimenter expands from Kolkata to Mumbai
It will move into a building currently occupied by Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke in the country's largest city and financial capital
South India's first private art museum to open in December
The Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru hopes to “push the needle” in a country where state funding for culture is being cut
At long last, Indian art from the long 20th century gets the forensic treatment in gargantuan publication
Over more than 700 pages, and with a polyphony of contributors, this book charts more than 100 years of subcontinental art, from the 19th century to the present day
How to get the next generation in India's youngest state to visit museums? Give schools money
The $17.4m scheme in Bihar has resulted in 33,000 young visitors to its main museum in Patna in a year
Book offering first major analysis of Amit Dutta's work puts Indian film-making in the spotlight
Leading experimental film-maker has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and London's Tate Modern
Delhi's heritage buildings at risk of being sold to private buyers by right-wing government
The ruling BJP has been accused by a rival party of "selling off Delhi's history" following new licensing around historic structures in the capital
India's largest art museum to open Islamic gallery
The Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad contains around 2,500 objects related to Islamic faiths and traditions
Millions of dollars in smuggled antiques repatriated during investigation of disgraced art dealer Subhash Kapoor
Among the works returned to India was a $4m bronze statue of the deity Shiva Nataraja that was stolen in the 1960s from a temple and smuggled into New York
Putting 'trust' back into the art market: South Asian group show inaugurates unusual Mayfair gallery
Exhibition Hawala is the first show at Paradise Row Projects, a one-year, not-for-profit commercial space in London
'India is an example of fascism unchecked': Jameel Prize-nominated activist Sofia Karim on her samosa packets of solidarity
The London-based artist's Turbine Bagh project shines light on human rights abuses across South Asia
Jailed diamond dealer and art collector Nirav Modi fights extradition to India on mental health grounds
Modi, who is currently held in Wandsworth Prison in London, is wanted for allegedly defrauding a state bank of £729m
Muslim mob attacks Hindu temple in Pakistan after eight-year-old boy allegedly urinates on library floor
Paramilitary forces deployed after local police fail to protect the religious shrine
Indian museum brings artist M F Husain back from the dead using AI
Visitors to the Museum of Art and Photography in Bangalore can pose questions to a "digital twin" of the late Bombay Progressive Group painter
As India's death toll surges, £2bn renovation of Delhi parliament buildings continues as 'essential service'
Many are questioning how Prime Minister Narendra Modi can justify his "vanity project" as hospitals are overwhelmed with patients
Delhi—which received half a million refugees—will open its first museum dedicated to the partition of India
It will act as an extension to the Partition Museum in Punjab
Hindu nationalists tear down Delhi temple statue of Indian spiritual teacher, claiming he is a Muslim
The demolition has been praised by high-profile Hindutva leaders
Gaitonde breaks Indian art auction record—again—but Amrita Sher-Gil painting falls flat in uneven South Asian sales
A number of Indian artists made their auction debut this season, though several established names missed the mark
Rediscovered portrait by India's most famous female painter Amrita Sher-Gil expected to sell for $2.8m
1932 painting of artist's close friend has been out of the public eye for over 90 years but now comes up for auction at Christie's in New York
The fight against Putin: artists on the frontline
Plus, India reconstructs its history and Navid Nuur on Walter de Maria
How an artist-led newspaper in Delhi is helping to organise the 'world's biggest protest'
The Trolley Times combines activist strategy with hidden voices from the Indian farmers' protest
India's Supreme Court approves Modi's £2bn 'vanity project' to redevelop Delhi parliament complex
The reconstruction of the Central Vista is a significant step in the prime minister's efforts to sever the nation from its colonial past
'New Hindu India': Narendra Modi begins £2bn overhaul of Delhi's colonial parliament buildings
Politicians and cultural leaders have questioned the use of state funds for prime minister's "vanity project" during Covid-19 crisis
Indian museum hopes to reconcile bitter saga of sectarian conflict near disputed holy site
A planned mosque and cultural centre will celebrate the syncretic culture of Hinduism and Islam in the northern city of Ayodhya
Indian museum celebrating Muslim dynasty renamed after Hindu king
The museum, located in Agra, will show art, jewellery and fashion of the Mughal Empire
Street art by ‘India’s Banksy’ defaced by right-wing youth group in Mumbai
Tyler Street Artist had painted the names of pro-government public figures onto a road for a collaborative public shaming project
'Adventurer scholar' Douglas Latchford dies in Bangkok, aged 89
Expert in Khmer and Indian antiquities was a dealer in Cambodian art in the 1970s and last year was accused of smuggling and creating false provenances for antiquities
India asks Ashmolean Museum to return 15th-century bronze idol believed stolen from temple
Independent scholar uncovers questionable provenance for the sculpture that the Oxford institution bought from Sotheby's in 1967
Delhi police shut down protest-inspired work at India Art Fair
The work, which was painted live at the event, featured Urdu calligraphy and images of women in hijabs
Largest collection of contemporary Indian art heads to Moscow
Several Indian private museums are lending works for an exhibition due to open at the State Tretyakov Gallery
Mumbai Gallery Weekend and India Art Fair go on despite continuing protests
Dealers and fair organisers advocate for "freedom of expression" though many worry dissent could prompt retaliation from the government