Share:Monday 14th of April 2008 Francis Newton Souza’s ‘The Red Road’, estimated at 250,000-350,000 pounds (approx. $495,000-$695,000), is one of the key highlights of Sotheby’s Indian sale to be held May 2 here. The sale will present 120 lots of exceptional quality tracing the course of Indian art over the last century. It will encompass […]
Share:By Scott Reyburn Last Updated: April 10, 2008 08:42 EDT April 10 (Bloomberg) — An Indian dagger made for the emperor who built the Taj Mahal sold today in London for 1.7 million pounds ($3.4 million), with fees, at Bonhams. The ceremonial dagger or “khanjar” was acquired by an anonymous buyer on the telephone, who […]
Share:Art Dubai: A report of the happenings in the land of opportunity – Georgina MaddoxBose Krishnamachari, has been smiling a lot recently. Perhaps it has to do with the super success of the Dubai show that he curated at Malini Gulrajani’s gallery, 1X1, titled Af-fair, that had 20 artists displaying the best of their works […]
Share:By ALICE THORSONThe Kansas City Star “I am particularly fond of kitchens,” Gupta says. “When I was a child, I considered it a place of worship, a kind of temple.” Yet his eye-catching display, measuring a whopping 12 1/2 feet high by 35 feet long, would be at home in a high-end restaurant supply store, […]
Share:LONDON, March 25: A Dubai-based Pakistani art collector regained possession of two of his rare paintings by an Indian artist, Francis Newton Souza, costing an estimated $600,000 when a British court after a four-day hearing recently ruled in his favour in a case of theft. Talking to Dawn here Mr Kurta said that he had […]
Share:Georgina Adam and James Knox | 19.3.08 | Going to London in a suitcase: Huma Mulji’s Arabian Delight sold to Charles Saatchi for $8,000British collectors Charles Saatchi and Frank Cohen were among those who bought DUBAI. Arabian Delight, a stuffed camel squashed into a large blue suitcase, on show at the Art Dubai fair, has […]
Share: Source: Washington Post TOKYO (Reuters) – Last November, a set of abstract gunpowder drawings by a Chinese artist fetched $9.5 million at an auction in Hong Kong. The top result for a painting by a Japanese artist at a Tokyo auction that same month: $140,000. Art prices around the world are going through the […]
Share:This Tang dynasty earthenware figure has an unusual number of coloured glazes Colin Gleadell rounds up the latest developments in the art market Jemima Khan, Mario Testino, and a chap called 3D from the band Massive Attack were among the buyers who made a bee-line for East End gallery Stolen Spaces last week for the […]
Share:Gargi Gupta / New Delhi March 18, 2008Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art has signed an agreement to sell an approximately 9.4 per cent stake to Abraaj Capital, Dubai-based private equity firm, for Rs 80 crore. Osian’s valuation, going by this transaction, is Rs 840 crore. Arif Masood Naqvi, vice chairman and group chief executive officer of […]
Share:16 Mar, 2008, 1515 hrs IST, PTI NEW YORK: A group working to advance the cultural heritage of Indians in the US along with a Hindu organisation has threatened to hold a demonstration unless the Christie’s Art Gallery here stops the scheduled auction of several paintings of noted artiste M F Husain on March 20. […]
