The Bombay High Court has prevented Indian customs from destroying a group of works by two of the country’s best-known ...
Who Gets to Decide What’s ‘OK’ to See? Imagine going to an art museum to see paintings and finding out some of them aren’t allowed to be displayed because someone in charge thinks they’re ...
told police that 11 of the paintings he bought from Rajpal, including a Manjit Bawa and an FN Souza, turned out to be forgeries. In his complaint, he told police that he was introduced to Desai ...
Francis Newton Souza's painting "Lovers" sold for ₹40 crore, but Mumbai Customs seized similar works for obscenity, sparking legal battles.
Souza and Akbar Padamsee ... by B.K. Polimex India Pvt Ltd., a company owned by Mumbai-based businessman and art collector Mustafa Karachiwala. The order was made available on Thursday (October ...