Share:Mallika Advani The first few weeks of the year have seen all eyes on the local auction market. In addition to the regularly scheduled Osian’s sale, we have seen Saffronart venture into previously uncharted territory, and the launch of three new auction platforms. Saffronart continues to be the leader with its bold move into the […]
Share: Source: Artdaily.org Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Triptych 1974-77, signed, titled and dated ‘Triptych May-June 1974 Francis Bacon’, (on the reverse of each canvas), oil, pastel and letraset on canvas, in three parts. Each 78 x 58 ⅛in. (198 x 147.5cm.). Executed in 1974, the central panel was reworked in 1977. © Christie’s Images Ltd. 2008. […]
Share:This is an www.artfacts.net interview with Mrs Dina Amin. Dina Amin is the head of the morning session for contemporary art at Christie’s, London in King Street. AfN: Hello Mrs Amin. Dina Amin: Hello. AfN: In 2006 you were part of the first auctions for contemporary art in the Middle East as part of your […]
Share:Source: University of Kentucky News LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 5, 2008) − This weekend the University of Kentucky Art Museum will open “Miniature Worlds: Art from India” bringing a major exhibition of Indian art never seen in Kentucky before to the Bluegrass. The exhibition, showcasing a rich display of watercolors, drawings and sculpture spanning seven centuries […]
Share:AMIT ROY London, Feb. 6: The ownership of two paintings, worth a total of £300,000, by Francis Newton Souza — the distinguished Indian artist who died in Mumbai, aged 77, in 2002 — is being disputed in an unusual case which started yesterday in the high court in London. Aziz Kurtha, a Dubai-based businessman, and […]
Share:By Nigel Reynolds, Arts Correspondent A portrait by Pablo Picasso of Dora Maar, his wartime mistress, sold at Sotheby’s on Tuesday night for £7.4 million – just short of its top estimate. In pictures: Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art saleIt helped dispel fears that the global financial downturn would hit the February art sales in […]
Share:By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS New Delhi : The works of Nandalal Bose, one of the early pioneers of the illustrious Bengal School, will leave the Asian shores for the first time on a journey to the US later this month, nearly 42 years after his death. The collection, "Rhythms of India: Art of Nandalal Bose […]
Share:Source: The Economic Times MUMBAI: When financial markets are choppy, where do you turn? Art. That’s the story leading banks and securities houses on Dalal Street are trying to sell to the rich. Private banking groups such as ICICI, Kotak, Deutsche and HSBC, as well as stock brokerages such as ASK, Edelweiss and DSP Merrill […]
