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Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Untitled (Figures in Sepia). Photo: Sotheby's.
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Fakes in the time of Tagore frenzy: finger of fraud at art college show SOUMITRA DAS Page url: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110302/jsp/calcutta/story_13655903.jsp By Tagore or not by Tagore, that is no longer the question. The thriving cottage industry in churning out fake paintings has invaded the Government College of Art & Craft, where

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Article from The Telegraph: Calcutta Page url: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110219/jsp/opinion/story_13601073.jsp Marcel Duchamp made a radical change in our perception of what we regard as art after he displayed his infamous Fountain at an exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists in New York in 1917. The Dadaists were up in arms, for

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The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) is the only nationwide, non-governmental, non-profit Indian organisation working for the spread of awareness and conservation of the nation’s culture and heritage — natural, living, tangible and intangible. It was founded it in 1984 with the initiative taken by Smt

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