Dipanita Nath New Delhi, February 18 Asia Art Archive (AAA), considered the world’s most extensive public database of art and artists, is gearing up to expand its India chapter this year. What makes the archive more important is that all material — catalogues, photographs, monographs, exhibition details, reviews, critical notes, press-clippings, brochures, leaflets, images of […]
MallikaAdvani It seems ‘regulations’ is the word of the month as far as the art market is concerned. After discussing the possible implications of regulating the local auction market in my last column, I was interested to read about the new moves made by SEBI (The Securities and Exchange Board of India) towards regulating and […]
Source:- dubaicityguide.com Some of the Middle East’s most prominent art-related figures collaborated this week to offer advice on how both private collectors and institutions can build their art collections in the region’s burgeoning cultural landscape. During an exclusive ‘Clever Collecting’ business forum hosted by The Capital Club, the flagship club of Signature Clubs International located […]
Labonita Ghosh After capital gains, it’s Sebi’s turn to try and regulate art. But the boom continues, says Labonita Ghosh That Indian art is booming is well known, as is the fact that the art market has slowed down in recent months. Yet prices, especially of the old masters and the rising stars, continue to […]
17 Feb, 2008, 0451 hrs IST,Nalini S Malaviya, TNN If you look around, you will find that most Indian artists whose works are in great demand have a penchant for figurative art. Whether they paint figuratives because it is in demand or vice versa it is difficult to say. But the fact is that a […]
16 Feb, 2008, 0400 hrs IST,Uma Nair, TNN To catch the spirit of a mood-artist Bhupen Khakar sits in the lap of Mahatma Gandhi. Dwarfed by the monumentally ugly work,it is a telling tale of spontaneity and didactic discourse. An obnoxious bronze statue of Gandhi became the backdrop of a bemused Bhupen Khakar. The irony […]
In a little less than a decade, artists from Kerala have shown an unprecedented ability to court success and their work has, in many ways, become synonymous with the energy of Indian contemporary art. LAKSHMI INDRASIMHAN traces the story of the Kerala artists IN JANUARY 2008 at Bodhi Art Gallery’s newer, ‘edgier’ space in South […]
Richard Brooks, Arts Editor The collector Charles Saatchi is to go into direct competition with the Tate by opening what he believes is the world’s biggest private gallery of contemporary art. With 15 large rooms spread over three floors and covering 50,000 sq ft, the new Saatchi gallery in Chelsea, west London, […]
Source:- indiaenews.com From correspondents in New York, United States, 12:30 PM IST Christie’s South Asian modern and contemporary art sale here March 20 will feature works of leading 20th and 21st century artists from various countries in the region, including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The sale will focus on prime examples of many different movements, […]
Source:- thehindubusinessline None of existing funds are governed by SEBI rules Kolkata, Feb. 13 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has said that “art funds” are characteristically nothing but a “collective investment scheme or CIS” as defined by the relevant provisions of the SEBI Act, 1992, which essentially requires registration with SEBI and needs […]
