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Marketing gimmick or creativity?

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Share:DNA – India Experts debate over an emerging trend where artistes are going overboard to grab attention Is it necessary to get gimmicky to make a point or convey a message? Does one need to go over the top or get ‘quite contrary’ to create an impact or stand out in the crowd?Recently, there was […]

Numbers Up at Christie’s in First Half of Year

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Share:By Bloomberg News Christie’s International said auction and private sales increased by 10% worldwide in the first half of 2008, driven by new buyers from the Middle East, Russia, and Asia. Christie’s sold $3.6 billion of art and collectibles over the six months, compared with $3.2 billion in the same period a year earlier, according […]

Indian art finds a market

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Share:Business Standard Among the treasures that were moved secretly from Europe to the United States and helped finance Jewish entry into America‘s financial world, were paintings by the great masters. Held mostly in private collections, their sale � never in the public realm � consists of one of the Western world’s untold stories. Stories of […]

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Share:Banalata Bipani tracks the journey of Indian photography which has come a long way from being relatively inconspicuous to commanding big bucks in the international auctions. First it was Indian paintings and now it is Indian photography and vintage photographs of India that’s making waves in the international art market. Photographs account for as much […]

Fair Ground

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Share:Gargi Gupta The ShContemporary is a sign of a mature Chinese art market. Come September, and eight galleries from various Indian cities will be travelling to the Middle Kingdom. Their desintation, the ShContemporary 2008, or the Asia Pacific Contemporary Art Fair as it’s formally called, held in Shanghai from September 10-13. This is only the […]

Christie’s rides art boom in India, China

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Share: The Economic Times LONDON : Auction house Christie’s says it has recorded a 63% growth entirely due to the emergence of Indian and Chinese buyers of both their own art and western art. Christie’s total worldwide sales in the first half of this year amounted to £1.8 billion, a rise of 10% on the […]

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