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 fair […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Deborah Brewster in New York The big June art sales, which start Tuesday in London, are expected by the auction houses to break more records as collectors from commodities-rich regions such as Russia and the Middle East emerge to fuel the decade-long boom in the art market.Sotheby’s and Christie’s, the two main auction houses, […]
Ashok NagIndian artists like Subodh Gupta, Bharti Kher, Anish Kapoor, Raqib Shaw and TV Santosh are slated to fire up Sotheby’s international sale of contemporary art in London soon. The renowned auctioneer is offering eight works by ‘cutting-edge’ Indian artists. The pieces are estimated to cost over £2 million. An untitled 2003 sculpture by Anish […]
PAKISTANI ARTISTS ARE MAKING A SPLASH IN THE INDIAN ART MART, SAYS AARTI DUA Rashid Rana occupies a unique position among Pakistan’s contemporary artists and has been a hit internationallyRashid Rana is a star, whether it’s in Lahore, Mumbai or Hong Kong. The Pakistani artist wowed the crowds who flocked to his Mumbai show in […]
