Share:The following essay is not about India, it is universal. But then India is part of this universe and, therefore, it applies to the dwarf copycats of India too. I am old-school so I actually STILL delude myself believing primacy always belongs to the artist. I always look for first-causes there. Mega-galleries must emit […]
Share: Local artists protesting vandalism Defaced art work KOCHI — The Kochi-Muziris Biennale made worldwide headlines when it opened on December 12 — as India’s first biennale, the three-month long Kerala-based event signifies the area’s debut of a major international contemporary art platform. But on December 19, it received a different kind […]
Share: Bihar and Kolkata plan major spaces By Gareth Harris | Web only Published online 5 Oct 11 (Museums) http://www.theartnewspaper.com Coming in 2014: the Kolkata Museum of Modern Art BIHAR. India’s sub-standard state museum infrastructure is set to be enhanced by plans for a new museum in Bihar, east India, scheduled to open in 2015. […]
Share: A collection of over 20 paintings by legendary artist M.F. Husain fetched $4.7 million at auctions held at the prestigious Christie’s and Sotheby’s in New York. An auction held on Thursday at Sotheby’s of 11 masterpieces by late Husain fetched a total of $557,500 with one of his paintings Man with Sitar selling for […]
Share: The Hindu – Divya Kumar LAUNCH Of Artrends, a coffee table book takes you back in time to an era of remarkable dynamism in Indian art A rich slice of Indian art history came to light with the launch of the coffee table book Artrends at Cholamandal Artists’ Village recently. The book puts together […]
Share:DNA – Anupa Mehta | Sunday, September 4, 2011 Jehangir Sabavala was a distinguished man. His oeuvre was as elegant and understated as his persona. His demise on Friday morning was sudden but not surprising, as he was ailing. He leaves behind a legacy of fabulous works, many styled with an almost European sophistication of […]
Share:By Reuters Sunday, 4 September 2011 5:02 PM Precious jade, modern masterpieces, museum-quality furniture and rare ceramics and porcelain are among thousands of art objects on offer during Christie’s Asia week sales in September. The four days of auctions, which are estimated to take in in excess of $50m, begin September 13 with the South […]
Share: Nandini Valli Muthiah, Iconic poet and Father, 2008,from the series Fancy Dress, courtesy of the artist 03.09 – 06.11 The Generation in Transition exhibition presents the artworks of a young generation of artists of Indian origin, living and working in India, as well as in America and Europe. It is the first extensive showcase […]
Share:Ranjit Hoskote, TNN | Sep 3, 2011, 07.06AM IST Jehangir Sabavala invoked, in many of his landscapes, a homeland lost to historical vagaries and recoverable only in dream. It was easy for us, as viewers, to be seduced by the beauty of this imagined homeland: To lose ourselves among its windswept strands, crystalline lakes and […]
Share:New Delhi – 30th August 2011 Source – PTI Five artists from India — Atul Bhalla, Prabhavathi Meppayil, Ravi Shah, Sheba Chhachhi and Shreyas Karle — have been nominated by the Singapore Museum for a $45,000 art prize. The artists’ works are part of a total of 130 artworks from 24 countries that are vying […]
