Share:M.F. Husain’s The battle of Ganga and Yamuna Subhra Mazumdar As regards the choice of works from India, the attempt has been “to present juxtapositions of what’s happening on the art scene in India” A two-day public viewing of 24 art works, scheduled for the Christie’s South Asian Modern+Contemporary Art sale in New York on […]
Share:Georgina Maddox Richie Rich overhears that his millionaire dad was ‘wiped-out’ and so the poor little rich boy organises a charity auction to help. The Riches are appalled when they come home to see their prized Rembrandts and Picassos selling for as little as US $5 to the grotty neighbours. The business of a charity […]
Share:Jug Suraiya The canny Indian market player is now increasingly investing in art. Indian artists like M F Husain and Akbar Padamsee have, of course, long been commanding record prices at international art auctions and have established themselves as tried-and-tested blue-chip portfolio additions for high net worth individuals (HNIs). But now the smaller investor can […]
Share:Lauren Comiteau The Taliban’s destruction of the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan in March 2001 was the most dramatic expression of their mission to obliterate all “idolatrous” images from Afghanistan’s pre-Islamic past. Along with the Buddhas, the Taliban destroyed 2,500 other cultural gems from Kabul’s National Museum of Afghanistan. But thanks to the heroic efforts of […]
Share:Claude Monet, (Paris, 1840 – 1926, Giverny), Poppies near Vétheuil, Oil on canvas. 71.5 x 90.5 cm. Painted around 1880. Source:- Artdaily.org ZURICH.- Swiss police announced they have found two of the four works stolen last week from the E. G. Bührle Collection. The works recovered are a Monet and a Van Gogh, estimated at […]
Share:Madhusree Chatterjee New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Age may have etched itself in fine lines on the face of 86-year-old Syed Haider Raza, dubbed the living legend of Indian art, but the fire in him still smoulders. “Indian art is considered very seriously the world over and it is progressing in a very important way; […]
Share:Layla Haroon 19 February 2008 Director of Art Dubai, John Martin, speaks about the significance of bringing top class contemporary art to a dynamic city like DubaiAS ART Dubai takes precedence in Dubai as the leading contemporary art fair in the Middle East, John Martin, Director of Art Dubai speaks to City Times about its […]
Share: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 […]
Share: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 […]
Share: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 […]
