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Vandana Kalra writes: Sale of ‘The Story Teller’ and the defiance of Amrita Sher-Gil

September 20, 2023 10:13 am

The record sale of her 1937 work is a testament to the artist's vision of an alternate modernism and her own individuality

Amrita Sher-Gil's painting breaks record for the most expensive Indian artwork ever sold

September 19, 2023 12:14 pm

The Hungarian-Indian painter Sher-Gil is one of the greatest avant-garde painters of the early 20th century.

Amrita Sher-Gil sets record for highest price achieved by an Indian artist

September 17, 2023 9:54 am

Amrita Sher-Gil "sought inspiration in Pahari paintings" to paint The Story Teller.

NGMA celebrates 110th birth anniversary of Amrita Sher-Gil with Ritu Beri collection

April 01, 2023 2:57 pm

To honour "one of the greatest avant-garde women artists”, Beri unveiled a new collection, inspired by Sher-Gil's style of artworks

Year-long series of events to celebrate life, works of Indo-Hungarian painter Amrita Sher-Gil

February 01, 2023 2:42 pm

The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) and Liszt Institute of Hungarian Cultural Centre made the announcement on Tuesday while launching the 'Amrita110 Project'.

Amrita Sher-Gil at 110: Celebrating an easel that spanned continents

February 01, 2023 9:47 am

The India International Centre (IIC) will host an exhibition of documents and pictures that chronicle the renovation of Sher-Gil’s holiday villa in Zebegény, Hungary from February 8-12.

India@75, Looking at 100: The missing frame in the art world

January 25, 2023 5:52 pm

Indian art scene remains skewed in favour of male, upper class, upper caste artists. A solution to the diversification and enrichment of our art needs to be worked into our curatorial systems.

Amrita Sher-Gil work fetches Rs 37.8 cr, second-highest after Gaitonde's

July 14, 2021 7:22 am

V S Gaitonde's Untitled (1961), sold for Rs 39.98 crore in March this year at Saffronart, remains the most expensive by an Indian artist.

Exhibition explores 'the gaze' of Indian artists

February 16, 2021 5:20 pm

While a number of artworks explore the nude body -- including the male nude -- the gaze is not avaricious but is intended to be part of a narrative that takes humanitarianism into account

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Rare artworks by FN Souza, Amrita Sher-Gil to be auctioned online

January 15, 2021 6:51 pm

Anjolie Ela Menon's Ardhanareeswara (2015), K K Hebbar's Romance of the Rockets (1986), Zarina Hashmi's Wall (1970), Ganesh Pyne's The Fisherman (1977), and Paresh Maity's Vision - IV (2016) will be among other artworks at the auction

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Amrita Sher-Gil: Six works that still speak to us

January 30, 2026 3:40 pm

On 30 January 1913, one of the most famous Indian artists was born in Budapest, Hungary. Creating her own genre of artwork, these are six of her most well known works that stand the test of time.

Art Mumbai exhibition 2023, Tales of Transcendence art fair, Progressive Art Gallery Mumbai

Art Mumbai: Exhibition features rare works of five Indian modern masters

November 17, 2023 1:03 pm

Showcasing the rare and lesser-known aspects in the work of five celebrated artists Amrita Sher-Gil, Akbar Padamsee, Ganesh Pyne, Prabhakar Barwe, Jagdish Swaminathan, a significant group exhibition titled ‘Tales of Transcendence’, is running from November 16 to 19, 2023, at Mumbai’s first major art fair 'Art Mumbai'.