Source:- ArtCal “Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with […]
Looking out from Bertha’s in Fells Point, Baltimore By Deborah Brewster of The Financial Times. The article was originally published on July 13, 2007. ART HAS EMERGED as a serious alternative asset class in the past few years, in spite of the disdain of art lovers and the scepticism of many dealers and collectors. Randall […]
Source:- The Indian News Pune, March 16 (IANS) An online auction of Indian contemporary art, first in 2008, reported a sale of over $7.15 million (Rs.286 million) against a target of $5.1 million. The event, which closed on the weekend, set a world auction record for 21 most sought-after artists, painters, sculptors and installation artists. […]
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri An exhibition of Bollywood film posters opened recently in an art gallery in New York City. “We believe this is the first time such an exhibition is being held by a commercial art gallery,” said Roseanne Bergeron, a spokesperson for Tamarind Art. The exhibition, which encompasses over 30 mass-produced posters from the […]
Source:- Times of India It’s time to say cheese to the world of rolls and positives as galleries and collectors give photographs pride of place, says Indrani Rajkhowa Banerjee. How many times have you consoled yourself while returning from yet another art do, empty- handed? But do you actually need to break your heart when […]
It is now the hottest art market in the world, with paintings changing hands for giddying sums. But could this sudden injection of cash stifle an art scene that is still in its infancy? Jonathan Watts meets the artists in the grip of a goldrush Panoramic: Inside Zhang Xiaogang’s studio Thursday March 13, 2008 The […]
A handout photo, provided to the media on Tuesday, March 22, 2008, shows a painting by Jackson Pollock entitled ”The Magic Flame”. Source: Cawdell Douglas via Bloomberg News Scott Reyburn March 11 (Bloomberg) — A Jackson Pollock painting priced at around $8 million became the most expensive work sold so far at Tefaf, the world’s […]
Source:- Reshmi Dasgupta NEW DELHI: This Saturday, a show of Indian art opens in Wolverhampton, UK of all places that may just prove to be a watershed event. Manchester businessman Frank Cohen (along with advertising maven Charles Saatchi, the most high profile foreign collectors of Indian art) is striking his colours with Passage to India, […]
Ashoke Nag KOLKATA: Leading auctioneer Osian’s is coming with its next Indian Modern & Contemporary Art auction soon. The sale features a range of 126 lots by 87 artists. The collection includes works by modernist masters like Abanindranath Tagore and Gaganendranath Tagore, Jagdish Swaminathan, Tyeb Mehta, Ram Kumar, Bikash Bhattacharjee, KH Ara and Ganesh Pyne. […]
Alison Roberts Lunchtime in Soho, and the Photographers’ Gallery is packed. Earnest students with bulky camera bags stand in front of John Davies’s paradoxically beautiful English landscapes – monolithic tower blocks, industrial wastelands, urban nightmares – and appraise each image solemnly. The bookshop and the café are full of wannabe collectors and amateur snappers. Yet […]
