Share:NDTV Correspondent Subodh Gupta has managed to capture global imaginations through his ability to transform unconventional objects such as utensils and cow dung from everyday Indian life into works of art and metaphors of urban realities.Gupta is among a generation of young Indian artists whose commentary talks of a country on the move. Fuelled by […]
Share:KOLKATA: Sotheby’s day sale of contemporary art in London has seen some Indian artists achieve tidy prices. Raqib Shaw’s Chrysanthemum & Bee,which was estimated at £80,000-120 ,000, has been picked up for £103,250 and Anish Kapoor’s After Marsyas, with an estimate of £70,000- £90,000, has sold for £109,250. At the same time, a Subodh Gupta […]
Share:Press Trust of IndiaWednesday, July 2, 2008 (London)An untitled sculpture by an Indian sculptor was sold for 1,945,250 pounds after being hotly contested by three bidders on telephone at Sotheby’s in London.The stunning piece crafted by Anish Kapoor soared above its pre-sale estimate of 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 pounds at the auction last night. This price […]
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 […]
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 […]
Share:Stocks-hit investors cosy up to art4 Jul, 2008, 0146 hrs IST,Shailesh Menon, ET Bureau MUMBAI: Investors may not be willing to touch equities with a barge pole, but they still appear to be open to art as an alternative asset class. Contrary to popular belief, the ongoing bearish phase in the stock market has not […]
Share:KOLKATA: Anish Kapoor has stolen the show among Indian artists at the Sotheby’s Evening sale of Contemporary Art in London. In the feverish bidding that took place, an untitled sculpture from 2003 by Kapoor sold for £1.945 million (about $4 million) after being hotly contested by three bidders. This price represents a new auction record […]
Share:AS Sotheby’s and Christie’s gear up for their famously extravagant summer contemporary art sales, the mood is mixed.Last October’s evening sales at Christie’s saw earnings of £34.87m for the auction house and the art world was paddling about in a Frieze-Week sea of champagne; last June the credit crunch was a distant rumour and the […]
Share: Subodh Gupta and Bharti Kher’s careers reflect a vivid new turn in Indian contemporary art. LAKSHMI INDRASIMHAN profiles the red hot couple THERE’S A hyena in Bharti Kher’s bath. There’s what looks like a chimp’s skull on her bookshelf and magnified pictures of a fly Photos: Shailendra Pandeypinned to the wall. Three assistants are […]
Share:The Economic Times 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 […]
