Alexandra Peers February 2008 Issue With the international art market in flux, dealers and auction houses are heading for Dubai in search of new buyers and artists. Farhad Moshiri installing a show of gold-leafed toy guns. Photograph courtesy of: Daneyal Mahmood Gallery It is a truth of the art market that the richest nations always […]
China and India are our main focusesfor growth in the next few years Tara Kilachand Asia focus: Christie’s Lisa King intends to focus on India and China for growth in the next few years. (Photo: Zack Canepari/ Mint) Mumbai: As international managing director of Christie’s, Lisa King has overseen some of the auction house’s most […]
February 27th, 2008 – 5:11 pm Mumbai, Feb 27 (IANS) Veteran artist F.N. Souza’s 1955 oil on board titled “Head of a Man” will be the costliest work to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s March 19 auction of Contemporary Indian Art. It is expected to rake in $280,000-380,000. The preview of the works going […]
Ashoke Nag KOLKATA: M F Husain has entered the million-dollar club for the first time. In the maiden sale by Kolkata’s first art auction house Emami Chisel Art (ECA), the octogenarian master has struck a Rs 4 crore-plus figure. Husain’s canvas Safdar Hashmi has been picked up by a Mumbai-based buyer for Rs 4.4 crore. […]
Source:- Khaleej Times Online BANGALORE – India’s economic boom has fuelled demand for condos, cars and company stocks but some of the new wealth created in Asia’s third-biggest economy is finding its way into art. Entrepreneurs and young professionals, the biggest beneficiaries of India’s financial prosperity, are buying works of art both to signal they […]
Source:- artdaily.org Claude Monet, Le Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil. © Christie’s Images Ltd. 2008. NEW YORK.- Christie’s International is delighted to announce the sale of Claude Monet’s Le Pont du chemin de fer à Argenteuil, one of the greatest Impressionist pictures left in private hands. Painted in 1873, Le Pont du chemin […]
Source:- yahoo.com All that talk of the Indian art market on the downslide seems to be just that – talk. For, at the beginning of the Spring-summer auction season, almost every player, including the new ones, are anticipating a good season. So what if Sotheby’s failed to sell a Van Gogh in their most recent […]
Abhay Rao Sebi issues a notice to all art funds asking them to register with them, the stock market fluctuations cause a nation-wide panic and safe investments are the new mantra of the day. This being the backdrop of the present economic scenario, art as an investment emerges into the limelight. Art funds, a relatively […]
Ashoke Nag KOLKATA: Auctions are fast turning into the major avenue for collectors and investors to acquire artworks. Earlier, the prime source for picking up paintings and sculptures was the gallery circuit. Now, with the spate of auctions gradually building up, a large spread of art pieces is being offered to collectors. Apart from overseas […]
Source:- mangalorean.com Works of masters of modern Indian art like M.F. Husain, F.N. Souza, S.H. Raza, J. Swaminathan and Tyeb Mehta are dominating global auctions of Asian art this season – whether it is Christie’s, Sotheby’s or Bonhams. M.F. Husain’s “The Battle of Ganga and Yamuna”, estimated to rake in between $600,000 to $800,000 (Rs.32 […]
