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ON RED EARTH

Vandana KalraPosted online: Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 1158 hrs Shanghai art collector Kong Ying trots the globe in search of “good art.” But, two years ago, when he was in India, he was unwilling to pick up any artwork. “The Indian art boom was too recent and risky,” he says from the comfort of […]

Galleries fight, Indian artist’s show cancelled

  Sujeet RajanPosted online: Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 2238 hrs Leading gallery calls off Amitava Das show after another says he has contract with themNEW YORK, FEBRUARY 9:An ugly legal spat between two high-profile Indian art galleries in Manhattan saw the cancelling of the opening of a much-touted solo show by Indian artist Amitava […]

Playing favourites

From The Economist print edition Offering guarantees gives auctioneers a vested interest in their auctions AFPROBERT BROOKS has firm views about his trade. “The minute an auction house moves away from simply being an intermediary between buyers and sellers and takes on the role of financier,” he says, “it starts to change its core character […]

Books and a lot more!

      Ina Puri and Manorama Sharma (TOI Photo)   11 Feb 2008, 0000 hrs IST,TNN Ina Puri celebrated her ambitious project a book on Indian Art through the lens of veteran photographer Nemai Ghosh at a classy evening at the ITC Hotel, The Grand Central on Saturday. And a number of eminent people […]

Boom goes the art

www.smh.com.au New wealth is redrawing the art world map, and the centres of its universe have moved to Russia, China, India and the Middle East On a Wednesday evening in early May a middle-aged man wearing a blue blazer walked into Sotheby’s in Manhattan, collected a bidding paddle and followed an usher to a seat […]

Price rise paints a pretty picture

11 Feb, 2008, 0011 hrs IST,Ashoke Nag, TNN   KOLKATA: While the phenomenal rise in Indian art prices may have slowed down the market to an extent, it is also true that price growth has fuelled demand levels in the past three years or so. When art prices were low some years back, buyers in […]

Art criticism

Georgina Maddox What is the importance of art critics? Do people take it as seriously as they do in the West when a show is panned by a critic, asks Maria Elena, another student from Milan, who is here to study Indian art. To answer her question, the field of Indian art history and criticism […]

Auction mania

Mallika Advani The first few weeks of the year have seen all eyes on the local auction market. In addition to the regularly scheduled Osian’s sale, we have seen Saffronart venture into previously uncharted territory, and the launch of three new auction platforms. Saffronart continues to be the leader with its bold move into the […]

Christie´s London – Interview with Dina Amin

This is an www.artfacts.net interview with Mrs Dina Amin. Dina Amin is the head of the morning session for contemporary art at Christie’s, London in King Street. AfN: Hello Mrs Amin. Dina Amin: Hello. AfN: In 2006 you were part of the first auctions for contemporary art in the Middle East as part of your […]

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