Share:2008 Biennale of Sydney Art Gallery of NSW; Museum of Contemporary Art; Artspace Contemporary Art Centre; Cockatoo Island; Pier 2/3 Walsh Bay; Royal Botanic Gardens; Sydney Opera House. Until September 7. REVOLUTION is not a word used much these days, except perhaps to sell homewares and shampoo.Jill McKay in No Future (2008) by Christoph BuchelIts […]
Share:The Economic Times The price curve of Indian art is shooting north in the global market because of ‘increased consciousness’ about it, say experts. This has been brought about by greater visibility of art and artists from the country and easy access to relevant information about Indian art from the internet, they say. “Indian art […]
Share:By Madhusree Chatterjee The price curve of Indian art is shooting north in the global market because of “increased consciousness” about it, say experts. This has been brought about by greater visibility of art and artists from the country and easy access to relevant information about Indian art from the internet, they say.“Indian art is […]
Share: By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop (The New York Times) 29 June 2008 SINGAPORE — Daniel Komala had just returned from Art Basel, the world’s largest fair of modern and contemporary art, and he was not too enthused by what he saw. "Some interesting pieces, but surprisingly a lot of bad art and a […]
Share:Elizabeth BlairLike most everything else, the price of waterlilies is going up. A painting from Claude Monet’s waterlily series auctioned off Tuesday night in London smashed the previous record for a work by the impressionist, fetching $80.5 million.The eye-popping sale illustrates that while most ordinary people are cutting out non-essential spending, wealthy art collectors aren’t. […]
Share:Analysis Rachel Campbell Johnston If you’ve got a bruiser of a Francis Bacon on your drawing-room wall then you have probably grown used to its visual punch. You may not want an Impressionist next. However lovely a painting by Alfred Sisley may be, with its pointillist dots scattered daintily across the canvas, it will look […]
Share:Art Market Monitor Four Artists Get Evening Sale BillingSotheby’s makes a concerted effort to break out Contemporary Indian and Pakistani artists in their evening Contemporary art sales. With eight works estimated at a combined value of $4 million, Sotheby’s hopes the sale will continue a trend that promises to refresh and renew the Contemporary art […]
Share:Madhusree Chatterjee The humble camera is now the artist’s brush in India. Once dismissed as a mundane device to freeze dull official frames like weddings, births, gatherings and graduation ceremonies, the camera is now seen as an alternative genre of collector’s art.Photographers say the genre is booming because of its affordability and easy availability. A […]
Share:Christie’s and Sotheby’s expect contemporary works to fetch millions of pounds AMIT ROYSubodh Gupta’s untitled canvas and (above) Raqib Shaw’s Chrysanthemum & Bee, to be auctioned at Sotheby’sLondon, June 25: India in transition appears to be the theme of works by contemporary Indian artists, especially Subodh Gupta from Bihar, which are due to be sold […]
Share:Ashok NagKOLKATA: Bengal School art is going places. The first-ever exhibition of Bengal School master Nandalal Bose is about to be unveiled in the US. A show comprising nearly 100 of the finest paintings by the artist will be opened at Philadelphia Museum of Art and remain on display from end-June to the beginning of […]
