Venice, 23rd March 2009 (press release) – List of artists from India Sheela Gowda Born in Bhadravati, India, 1957Lives and works in Bangalore, India Anju Dodiya Born in Mumbai, India, 1964Lives and works in Mumbai, India Nikhil Chopra Born in Calcutta, India, 1974Lives and works in Mumbai, India
Source – ET KOLKATA: Christie’s South Asian Modern & Contemporary Art sale in New York has achieved total numbers of $2.412 million. Of the 72 lots offered, 63% have been sold out, embracing 45 pieces. In value terms, the auction achieved 54% sales. The top highlights include a VS Gaitonde Untitled, picked up at $482,500 […]
The financial meltdown and heavy taxes on works of art imported or sold in India has caused many art galleries to shut down in recent times..rightDiv2{float:right;position:relative;width:220px;BORDER:#787962 1px solid;padding:5px}.leftDiv2{float:left;position:relative;width:140px} Business-Standard :: window.google_render_ad(); Also Read News NowPaperSpecials–Sensex up just 59pts… HDFC Bank up 7%–IPL out of India, multiplexes are relieved, happy–Patel Engineering bags Rs 799 cr project–China […]
Puppet mistress: Hayv Kahraman’s ‘Toillete’ (2008) Photo: COURTESY THE ARTIST AND THE THIRD LIN Art from the Middle East proves the strongest sector at the contemporary art fair in the Gulf.By Colin Gleadell It might have been a disaster, but in the end, the cultural energy of the Gulf ensured that Art Dubai, the region’s […]
Source: Ashok Nag KOLKATA: Famed auction house Sotheby’s is coming up with its Indian & Southeast Art sale on March 18 in New York during the Spring Asia Weeksales. The sale consists of 120 lots, including fine examples of Modern and Contemporary paintings and photography, Indian Miniatures, and ancient Himalayan works of art. The sale […]
Source:- girishshahane.blogspot.com The art market is getting ugly. Saffronart’s spring sale, which concluded two days ago, provided proof, if any was needed. Substantial works by M F Husain, S.H. Raza, F.N. Souza, Ram Kumar, Ganesh Pyne, Akbar Padamsee and Prabhakar Barwe among the moderns, and Atul Dodiya, Anju Dodiya, G R Iranna, Shibu Natesan (canvas […]
A Sotheby’s official briefs the media about the Pearl Carpet of Baroda, which is among the items showcased at the Ritz-Carlton Doha Art aficionados and collectors from across the world will take part in Sotheby’s first major international auction series in the Middle East, which takes place on March 18-19 at Ritz-Carlton in Doha.Lord Poltimore, […]
Bid rival planned to return sculptures to China By Andrew Johnson The Chinese businessman who sabotaged the controversial Paris sale of two sculptures claimed by the Beijing government from Yves Saint Laurent’s art collection last week may have had the best of intentions. But in preventing the sale as a “political protest”, Cai Mingchao may […]
By Scott Reyburn March 16 (Bloomberg) — Dealers at the world’s biggest art and antiques fair cut prices of some modern works by as much as 20 percent as collectors sink cash into Old Masters, whose prices have held steady to defy the economic gloom. Paintings by Peter Paul Rubens and Gabriel Metsu were sold […]
Andrea Mohin/The New York Times This year’s offerings at the New York Arts of Pacific Asia Show include Jon Eric Riis’s jacket with a modern skull motif. More Photos > By KAREN ROSENBERG The annual spring extravaganza known as Asia Week is under way, but like so much else it’s been downsized. The New York […]
