Share:Posted February 6, 2008 Source : FYC Gallery.wordpress Yesterday saw the first auction dedicated completely to ‘Urban Art’ at Bonhams in London. Some of the highlights:Posted February 6, 2008Source : FYC Gallery.wordpress Yesterday saw the first auction dedicated completely to ‘Urban Art’ at Bonhams in London. Some of the highlights: Banksy – Kate Moss screenprint […]
Share:Source: 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 Lynch, […]
Share:Source: Express India A hoary figure, the loins covered in a red cloth, the mouth a charcoal-black O, lies helplessly against a bleak backdrop of grey and darkness. A red line is drawn like a slash across his forehead, as a pair of yellow limbs scampers away. The acrylic on canvas is MF Husain’s Safdar […]
Share:Chinese art is priced higher than Indian Source: TOI Philip Hoffman is the founder of UK-based The Fine Art Fund. Recently, he launched The India Fine Art Fund, a $25 million close-ended fund that will invest in Indian art. He talks to Anubha Sawhney Joshi about art becoming a new asset class in India, and […]
Share:Artprice’s Market Confidence Index is Morose in Europe and Improving in the USA Source: Foxbusiness.com PARIS, February 5, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — With just three months to go before the highly publicised Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale in New York, Artprice has decided to reveal art market sentiment as indicated by analysis of […]
Share:http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20080130&t=2&i=2973440&w=192&r=2008– LONDON (Reuters) – Leading auction houses are confident that financial market turmoil will not derail their largest ever European sales next month, despite early signs that wealthy buyers are losing confidence in the booming sector.Christie’s and Sotheby’s hold major auctions in February of Impressionist/Modern and Post-War/Contemporary work, offering early clues as to whether stock […]
