Snatching Big Names, Aesthetics Aside | LONDON - The surprising success of the contemporary art sales at Sotheby's on June 25 and at Christie's on Tuesday has again confirmed that the art market operates as if the buyers had never heard o... (photo: WN / James)The New York Times
Leading Indian artist passes away | One of India's leading artists, Tyeb Mehta, has died in a hospital in the western city of Mumbai. | The 84-year-old painter had been ailing for some time. He had been admitted to the hospital on Wed... (photo: PIB of India)BBC News ArtIndiaMediaPhotosSociety
A Subdued Trading Day in Asia and Europe | Asian shares closed mixed and European shares were essentially flat Friday after unemployment reports released the day before reinforced the idea that a recovery was st... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin)The New York Times AsiaEuropeInvestmentMarketsPhotos
Snatching Big Names, Aesthetics Aside | LONDON - The surprising success of the contemporary art sales at Sotheby's on June 25 and at Christie's on Tuesday has again confirmed that the art market operates as i... (photo: WN / James)The New York Times ArtsCultureLondonMarketPhotos
Pyongyang plans fourth of July fireworks | By Donald Kirk | WASHINGTON - American officialdom from the White House to the Pentagon is primed for July 4 fireworks this weekend in the form of the test-firing by No... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)Asia Times DefenceN KoreaPhotosPolicyUS
US Marines to 'drink lots of tea' By Ali Gharib | WASHINGTON - After months of planning and putting pieces in order, aspects of the new United States strategy in Afghanistan are beginning to be concretely... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)Asia Times AfghanistanDefensePhotosTalibanUS
A tryst with India's communal past | By Siddharth Srivastava | NEW DELHI - The demolition of the Babri Masjid (mosque) by Hindu fanatics on December 6, 1992, at Ayodhya in the northern province of Uttar Pr... (photo: AP / Mahesh Kumar A.)Asia Times GovernmentIndiaPhotosPoliticsReligion
