An artist gives final touch to a painting on the opening of Street Art Fiesta celebrating 'Swachh Bharat Mission' at Minto Bridge in New Delhi.
In this undated photo, an image of Albert Einstein painted by Suman Dabholkar, a drawing teacher at a Thane school, on river stones. He utilised the coronavirus-induced lockdown to hone his creative skills by getting closer to nature and paint images of some prominent personalities on river stones.
A artist paints a wall during their farmers' ongoing agitation over the new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi.
An artist Aejaz Saiyed gives finishing touch to an art work featuring U.S.President-elect Joe Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi, ahead of Biden's inauguration ceremony, in Ahmedabad. The inauguration of Biden and Harris is scheduled be held Wednesday.
Artist Jagjot Singh Rubal gives final touches to portraits of US President-elect Joe Biden (R) and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (L), on the eve of their oath-taking ceremony, at his home workshop in Amritsar. Artist Rubal intends to send the paintings to the new US President and Vice President as a gift.
An artist with a physical disability gives finishing touches to a painting on the theme of farmers' protest, during their ongoing agitation over the farm reform laws at Singhu border, in New Delhi.
A woman makes a painting during farmers protest against new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi.
A woman walks past paintings featuring events of the year 2020, outside an art school in Mumbai.
Bengal Artist Warrior members make paintings at a workshop in a steamer on the Ganga River, in Kolkata.
In this undated combo photo, a sketch of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (top, left) and a letter (top, right) sent by Ajay Dake (below), a sixth standard student of the Bal Vidya Mandir High School in Parbhani. PM Modi lauded his "exceptional art talent" after receiving the sketch.
An art teacher Sagar Kambli makes a painting of Diego Maradona on a pavement outside his art school in Mumbai. The Argentine soccer great who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title died Wednesday at the age of 60. He was 60.
People stand next to a mural made by graffiti artist Angelo Campos in honor of late Argentina's soccer legend Diego Maradona at a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
A a boy touches a mural of Diego Maradona outside the stadium of Argentinos Juniors soccer club, where he started as a professional footballer, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title died from a heart attack on Wednesday at his home in Buenos Aires. He was 60.
Dutch street artist Judith de Leeuw works on her 250 square meters large street artwork "Outside in", in Rome. The mural, made using an innovative paint mix capable of absorbing air pollution, shows a woman and a man mirroring each other without looking, is dedicated to LGBTQ+ rights.
Art teacher Sagar Kambli paints a portrait of President-elect Joe Biden after winning the USA elections on a pavement outside his art school, which is closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mumbai.
A Gurukul teacher paints a portrait of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bacchan on the eve of his birthday, at Lalbaug in Mumbai.
AIADMK party workers celebrate after the announcement of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami's name as the party's chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, outside AIADMK headquarters, in Chennai.
Participants display their artwork during the Palm Painting contest part of the wildlife week, at Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal.
A worker paints the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of his birth anniversary, in Kolkata.
A cyclist carries a board with Mahatma Gandhi's image on it on the eve of his birth anniversary, in Nadia district.
Worker preparing ahead of the reopening of the Mysore Palace after the authorities eased restrictions, during unlock 4.0, in Mysore.
Fans of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput take selfie with his wax statue made by artist Sushanta Roy (unseen), in Asansol.
An artist makes a painting on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 70th Birthday, in Mumbai.
An artist makes a painting on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 70th Birthday, in Mumbai.
Artist Manas Roy paints 'patachitra' on late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput to pay tribute to him, at a community Durga puja pandal, in Kolkata.
Artists paint a mural on a wall depicting freedom fighters, at Youth Congress office in New Delhi.
An artisan gives finishing touch to an idol of Lord Ganesha, ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, on the outskirts of Chennai.
A portrait of former Prime Minister the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee that was unveiled by President Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of his second death anniversary. The portrait was prepared by renowned artist Vasudeo Kamath for ICCR.
Undated handout photo released by the Royal Communications, showing the unveiling in London of a new portrait of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II by artist Miriam Escofet, left, with Simon McDonald, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Head of the Diplomatic Service, right. The Queen paid a virtual visit to the FCO via video call, to hear about their response to the COVID-19 outbreak and join the unveiling of the new portrait.
Houses painted in saffron colour with religious symbols and Hindu deities, in Prayagraj. Two cases have been registered on complaints by two men that their houses in the city’s Bahadurganj locality were painted saffron by some people close to a state minister.
Gurukul students and teachers create paintings of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and his family members, after they tested positive for COVID-19, at Lalbaug, in Mumbai.
A man walks past a poster depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping with two pointed ears underlined by the words "BAT MAN" on a street in Stockholm. More than a dozen stencil paintings on paper have appeared across the Swedish capital, the work of Swedish artist who goes by the name of "Iron."
US First Lady Melania Trump being presented paintings by students during her visit to a government school in New Delhi.
BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda being presented with a Madhubani painting by the party workers, during a meeting at the party office, in Patna.
Children from an art school make paintings of U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of his India visit, in Mumbai. Trump is scheduled to visit India Feb. 24-25.
An artist paints a wall with pictures of women legends as part of 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' campaign, in Bikaner.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray after inaugurating the Balasaheb Thackeray Art Gallery in Thane.
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and his wife Pratibha Pawar during the inauguration of a painting exhibition on the lives of Konkan women farmers by eminent artist Mamta Chitnis Sen at Jehangir Art Gallery, in Mumbai.
Artists make painting for protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizenship (NRC) in Mumbai.
Art students pose for photographs with paintings of important events of the year 2019, at Lalbaug, in Mumbai
In this undated photo, Director- General National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) Adwaita Gadanayak views a painting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. The exhibition cum e-auctioning of mementos received by PM Modi drew to a close on Friday with the highest bid of Rs 25 lakh for a painting of the PM with Mahatma Gandhi.
In this undated photo, a view of a painting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi. The exhibition cum e-auctioning of mementos received by PM Modi drew to a close on Friday with the highest bid of Rs 25 lakh for a painting of the PM with Mahatma Gandhi.
Children from across India participate in a national level painting competition on the theme of 'Under water', in Chennai.
An artist paints characters performing 'Dandiya dance' on the body of a young woman during the ongoing Navaratri festival, in Agra.
Students of various educational institutions and volunteers paint a picture of Mahatma Gandhi on the walls of an airport as part of World Tourism Day organised by Chennai airport, in Chennai.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is presented a painting by the victims of triple talaq, at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, in Lucknow. BJP State President Swatantra Dev Singh is also seen.
A girl gets a tattoo depicting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump, done on her back in preparation of forthcoming festival Navratri in Ahmadabad.
A giant banner showing Saudi King Salman, right, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, hangs at a shopping mall, marking National Day to commemorate the unification of the country as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
President Ram Nath Kovind is present a painting by Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat at the inaugural session of Water Week 2019, in New Delhi.
Aliverdi Khan awards a turban jewel, or sarpeche, the Mughal badge of office to his nephew, while his grandson Siraj ud-Daula looks on.
A mythical queen of the netherworld would gladly don a crown like that, while its tassellated ends and those nail extÂensions would delight an entire coven of witches. Hideous, staring eyes, and a curvy swathe of purplish blue lines of lightning embroider faces sunk in deathly pallor. All this on a model at the Interenational Bodypainting Festival in Daegu, South Korea. May only the doughty enter the slippery darkness.
An artist paints a mural of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, who passed away yesterday, in Howrah.
Spreading awareness through wall painting, reaching out to male members of the community too, Udaipur.
The giant fresco Fluidity of Swiss street artist Antoine Guignard (lying on the ground) aka LPVDA (les pinceaux verts d'Antoine) is pictured during the AILYOS art nature festival, in Leysin, Switzerland. The 20 meters high fresco by LPVDA realized over three weeks, is solely based on a fine wood sanding technique and depicts the portrait of the 100-year-old Swiss painter Ernest Blatter who lives in the Swiss Alps resort of Leysin.
Visitors look at painting by Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh of the collections of Sergei Shchukin, one of the most prominent collections of European Modernist art, encompassing the most important artistic trends of the late 19th and early 20th centuries at The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, Russia. The exhibition will include masterpieces by Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne, Paul Gaugin, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and other masters.
An artist adds details to a portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of his swearing-in ceremony for the second term as Prime Minister of India, in Amritsar.
A Palestinian young looks to a mural painted by Palestinian artist Ali Al-Jabali on the remains of a building was partially destroyed during the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City.
An artist paints a mural as advertising for the exhibition 'Lo Stupore della Materia' (The Wonder of the Matter) in Milan, Italy. Held at the Gucci Hub in Milan, the exhibition 'Lo Stupore della Materia' celebrates the pioneering work of Leo de Berardinis and Perla Peragallo the famed duo of contemporary theatre whose movie 'A Charlie Parker' introduced the Gucci Spring Summer 2019 show at Théâtre Le Palace. Curated by Gianni Manzella and Enrico Pitozzi, the show is open until April 12.
A visitor takes a photo of an artwork created by Barbados-born American artist Ashley Bickteron at Art Basel in Hong Kong.
A visitor looks at an artwork "Untitled" created by American artist Richard Prince at Art Basel in Hong Kong.
A visitor watches the picture 'The King Of Pop' from US artist Mark Ryden at a preview of the exhibition 'Michael Jackson: On The Wall' at the Bundeskunsthalle museum in Bonn, Germany.
A visitor watches the picture 'Archangel Michael: And no message could have been any clearer' from US artist David LaChapelle at a preview of the exhibition 'Michael Jackson: On The Wall' at the Bundeskunsthalle museum in Bonn.
A visitor takes a smartphone picture of the painting 'Equestrian portrait of King Philipp II (Michael Jackson)' from US artist Kehinde Wiley at a preview of the exhibition 'Michael Jackson: On The Wall' at the Bundeskunsthalle museum in Bonn, Germany. This work is the final commissioned portrait of Michael Jackson. The exhibition around the controversial iconic pop idol is open until July 14.
Visitors talk about the picture 'American Jesus: Hold me, carry me boldly' from US artist David LaChapelle at a preview of the exhibition 'Michael Jackson: On The Wall' at the Bundeskunsthalle museum in Bonn, Germany. The exhibition around the controversial iconic pop idol is open until July 14.
A rock outcropping painted by a local tattoo artist to resemble a frog greets visitors who follow the old Route 66 into Waynesville, Missouri.
In this undated photo people look at some of the art which is going up for auction at Swann Auction Galleries in New York that were once part of a 6,000-piece collection amassed by a Jewish attorney in Germany before pieces were scattered and lost as the Nazis took over. The works collected by Ismar Littmann being offered at Swann are mostly drawings, etchings and lithographs. They were among pieces brought out of Germany before World War II by Littmann's son, who eventually settled in Texas.
Girls leave their hand impressions on a canvas as Kumbh Mela 2019 administration attempts to create a painting with palm impressions of approximately 80000 people for a world record, at a camp in Prayagraj.
Brazil's former soccer star Ronaldinho Gaucho, right, and Emerson Carvalho de Souza, center, look at the paintings by Carvalho de Souza, during the inauguration of an exposition about Ronaldinho at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ronaldinho was twice named FIFA World Player of the Year.
The Caravaggio' Judith and Holfernes, painting is unveiled at the Colnaghi Gallery in London. The Caravaggio' Judith and Holfernes, lost in Amsterdam in 1617 has since been rediscovered in an attic in a Toulouse farmhouse in 2014.
President Ram Nath Kovind being presented with a memento at the 18th anniversary celebrations of Swarna Bharat Trust at Swarna Bharat Trust, in Venkatachalam. Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu is also seen.
Artist Tank works on a giant reproduction of the Mona Lisa on a house wall in Berlin, Germany. Together with the artist group 'Dixons', he created with 170 square meters the largest reproduction of Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece.
A visitor stands besides the looted art painting 'Stillleben mit einem Hasen' (still-live with Hare, c. 1650) by Pietro Francesco Cittadini during the official hanging of the painting in the Old Masters Picture Gallery in Dresden, eastern Germany. After 70 years the painting is back in Dresden. It was in the lost art database and at last privately owned in Georgia. The database registers cultural objects which as a result of persecution under the Nazi dictatorship and the Second World War were relocated, moved or seized.
Madhubani paintings of Bihar at the 33rd Surajkund International Arts and Crafts Mela 2019, in Faridabad.
An artist mixes colors as he paints boats as part of beautification ahead of Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad. Millions of pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation that begins this month on the banks of the rivers Ganges and the Yamuna.
Indian artists from Promocare Group work on a sadhu portrait on the pillar of Rambagh flyover being created as part of the 'Paint My City' project ahead of Kumbh Mela festival in Allahabad.
