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Top Pakistani artist to hold exhibition in Delhi

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Share:By Indo-Asian News Service For Indians unfamiliar with the fraternity of artists in Pakistan, master modernist Jamil Naqsh can be best described as Pakistan’s M.F. Husain – a man who lives by his art and on his own terms. India-born Naqsh, Pakistan’s leading modern artist, who leads a reclusive life in London, will host his […]

Christie’s rides art boom in India, China

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Share: The Economic Times LONDON : Auction house Christie’s says it has recorded a 63% growth entirely due to the emergence of Indian and Chinese buyers of both their own art and western art. Christie’s total worldwide sales in the first half of this year amounted to £1.8 billion, a rise of 10% on the […]

‘Contradictions and Complexities’

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Share: DIFFERING ASPECTS: Mithu Sen’s “Perhaps You” is part of a group exhibition at d.e.n. contemporary featuring works by female artists from India. By Holly Myers, Special to The Times July 18, 2008 “Contradictions and Complexities: Contemporary Art From India,” on view at both d.e.n. contemporary and Western Project, takes a straightforward approach to an […]

INDIAN SUMMER AT SOTHEBY’S LONDON THIS JULY

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Share:Source: antiques-collectibles-auction-news.com SOTHEBY’S SALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART TO FEATURE EXCITING WORKS BY LEADING INDIAN CONTEMPORARY ARTISTSINDIAN ARTISTS such as Subodh Gupta (b. 1964), Bharti Kher (b. 1969), Anish Kapoor (b. 1954), Raqib Shaw (b. 1974) and T.V. Santhosh (b. 1968) are an ever-growing force in Sotheby’s international sales of Contemporary Art – in addition to […]

Investors Turn to Art; Sales Make Record $1.1 Billion

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Share:By Scott ReyburnLondon auction houses sold a record 558.8 million pounds ($1.1 billion) of art including fees over two weeks, with buyers coming into the market seeking to make money as other investments stalled.The total, calculated by Bloomberg from auction house results, is the highest for Impressionist and contemporary sales in London, beating the 521.1 […]

High art prices may disguise malaise

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Share:MIKE COLLETT-WHITE LONDON — There are enough “recession-proof,” super-rich buyers to push soaring prices for the best works of art still higher, experts predict, but the picture is less rosy at the lower end of the market.And in a world where perception is everything, values for even the world’s most sought-after artists could come back […]

Indian art: unique yet mainstream

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Share:By Sharon Mizota A PART YET APART: Sheba Chhachhi’s photographs, including “Jater Ma,” document a little-examined Indian population: women ascetics. The emergence of Indian art is further evidence of the country’s influence. An L.A. exhibition takes a look.IN INDIAN artist Mithu Sen’s 2007 picture “Perhaps You,” a dark-skinned woman smiles coyly beneath a blond, ’60s-style […]

Rich pickings

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Share:By Charles Batchelor The very rich will go on accumulating wealth faster than previously forecast, in spite of the turmoil in financial markets and the US economic downturn, according to a new survey.A growing demand for “passion investments” – art collections and luxury goods – in Asia-Pacific, eastern Europe and the Middle East is expected […]

Exposure makes Indian art prices gallop in global mart

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Share:By Madhusree Chatterjee The price curve of Indian art is shooting north in the global market because of “increased consciousness” about it, say experts. This has been brought about by greater visibility of art and artists from the country and easy access to relevant information about Indian art from the internet, they say.“Indian art is […]

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