Share:The miniature market, long overshadowed by contemporary art, is making a long-awaited comeback In the fluorescent-lit basement of Jehangir Art Gallery, Deepak Natesan, a soft-spoken dealer of bronze figures, stone sculptures and other artefacts, is unwrapping his most precious stock. The Nainsukh of Guler that sold for $2.22 million at a Christie’s auction.The Nainsukh of […]
Share:New Delhi, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) For the first time ever Cuban art is displayed at the Fair of Traditional and Home Products in Pragati Maidan Fair palace in Delhi until Saturday.Ramon Alfian, head of the Cuban stand, says they try to boost exchange and open space for Cuban art in India coordinated by its […]
Share:Christie’s auction house in London hopes to raise more than 57 million pounds at an upcoming auction of Post-War and Contemporary Art auction. As banks go bust and the world’s stock markets reel, Christie’s unveiled the works that are up for grabs. The auctioneer hails the collection as the most valuable and comprehensive autumn sale […]
Share: Artdaily Exquisite white jade carvings dating largely to the Qianlong Period (1736–95), are offered from a private English collection. With estimates ranging from £4,000 to £200,000. Christie’s Images Ltd. 2008 LONDON.- The continuing international appeal of Asian Art was demonstrated in the September New York sales which realised $51.1 million, the second highest total […]
Share: Jean (Hans) Arp, Sans titre, vers 1926. Huile sur bois, 75 x 106 cm. Musée Collection Berardo, Lisbonne. Crédit photographique : DR – © ADAGP, Paris, 2008. PARIS.- José Berardo, born in 1944 on the island of Madeira, is one of the biggest Portuguese entrepreneurs. Barely aged 19, he emigrated to South Africa where […]
Share: Adel Abdessemed – 2008 LONDON.- The sixth edition of the leading international contemporary art fair is sponsored by Deutsche Bank and takes place in London from 16-19 October 2008.151 of the world’s most exciting contemporary art galleries, representing 27 countries, will present new work by over 1,000 artists at Frieze Art Fair. 2008 will […]
Share:By Mike Collett-WhiteREUTERS October 15, 2008 LONDON – The art world descends on London this week for a packed calendar of fairs and sales, and the talk over cocktails and canapes will center on whether financial turmoil is about to end the art market’s gravity-defying boom. Values for contemporary art have set new records over […]
Share:Singaporean artist Mr Yeo Chee Kiong has been awarded the Grand Prize for the inaugural Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) Foundation Signature Art Prize organised by the APB Foundation and Singapore Art Museum (SAM).His winning artwork, A Day Without A Tree, is a mixed media installation that transformed the brick and plaster columns of the National […]
Share:Safia Dickersbach and Jong Hyo Cheong This is an artfacts.net interview with Mr Jong Hyo Cheong, the director of the Galleries Association of Korea which organizes the KIAF art fair in Seoul. AfN: Hello Mr. Cheong. How are you doing? Mr. Cheong: Fine, but tired. AfN: So Mr. Cheong, please introduce yourself a little bit […]
Share:Georgina Maddox An unsold Subodh reflects the effects of a crashing Sensex The market meltdown has not just affected the Sensex at the stock market. The buying of art has become more selective and speculative. Case in point: Subodh Gupta, the hot-new artist on the block whose paintings were being sold at Rs 7 crore, […]
