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Oil profits help art market defy gravity

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Share:By Eugenia Levenson Is there a bubble in the art market? Sales of high-end works defy expectations amid an expanding pool of oil-rich buyers.NEW YORK (Fortune) — Luxury these days is a tale of two markets: consumers continue to snap up high-priced Louis Vuitton bags even as they balk at paying full price for Coach […]

Indian sculptor fetches record price for artwork

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Share:Press Trust of IndiaWednesday, July 2, 2008 (London)An untitled sculpture by an Indian sculptor was sold for 1,945,250 pounds after being hotly contested by three bidders on telephone at Sotheby’s in London.The stunning piece crafted by Anish Kapoor soared above its pre-sale estimate of 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 pounds at the auction last night. This price […]

INDIAN SUMMER AT SOTHEBY’S LONDON THIS JULY

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Share:Source: antiques-collectibles-auction-news.com SOTHEBY’S SALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART TO FEATURE EXCITING WORKS BY LEADING INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTISTSINDIAN ARTISTS such as Subodh Gupta (b. 1964), Bharti Kher (b. 1969), Anish Kapoor (b. 1954), Raqib Shaw (b. 1974) and T.V. Santhosh (b. 1968) are an ever-growing force in Sotheby’s international sales of Contemporary Art – in addition to […]

Investors Turn to Art; Sales Make Record $1.1 Billion

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Share:By Scott ReyburnLondon auction houses sold a record 558.8 million pounds ($1.1 billion) of art including fees over two weeks, with buyers coming into the market seeking to make money as other investments stalled.The total, calculated by Bloomberg from auction house results, is the highest for Impressionist and contemporary sales in London, beating the 521.1 […]

High art prices may disguise malaise

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Share:MIKE COLLETT-WHITE LONDON — There are enough “recession-proof,” super-rich buyers to push soaring prices for the best works of art still higher, experts predict, but the picture is less rosy at the lower end of the market.And in a world where perception is everything, values for even the world’s most sought-after artists could come back […]

Indian art: unique yet mainstream

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Share:By Sharon Mizota A PART YET APART: Sheba Chhachhi’s photographs, including “Jater Ma,” document a little-examined Indian population: women ascetics. The emergence of Indian art is further evidence of the country’s influence. An L.A. exhibition takes a look.IN INDIAN artist Mithu Sen’s 2007 picture “Perhaps You,” a dark-skinned woman smiles coyly beneath a blond, ’60s-style […]

Books can reap money by Riddhi Doshi and Shanaya Lalkaka

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Share:International auction houses right from Sotheby’s and Christie’s to Indian auction houses like Osian’s, are scurrying to organise auctions that offer rare books. At the upcoming Osian’s auction many rare Indian works on modern masters such as Raja Ravi Varma, Ravindranath, Amrita Sher-Gil, Ismat Chughtai, George Keyt, MF Husain and FN Souza among others will […]

There’s never been a great woman artist

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Share:So says the critic Brian Sewell, and the art market seems to agree, with men’s work commanding millions more at auction. By Andrew Johnson Sunday, 6 July 2008 Laurie LewisBridget Riley, with her painting Cataract Women artists face prejudice and discrimination, with their works selling for a fraction of the price of their male counterparts, […]

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