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Internet changing contours of Indian art

The Economic Times, Sunday July 27th 2008
There was a time when art was considered an expression of human creativity and emotions. But art in India is fast becoming a craft powered by resource from the internet and technical skills culled from artists who post their works online.


The Hindu

 The collector as connoisseur

The Hindu, Sunday, July 27th 2008
Down the centuries, collectors have always played a powerful role in the evolution of art. How prepared are the Indian art collectors to play that role in today’s scenario?


The Economic Times

 Indian art cashes in on new dimensions

The Economic Times, Thursday, July 24th 2008
Indian installation and video art has started going places. With action around this genre hotting up at the buyer’s level, including investors and collectors at auctions, these pieces are turning into powerful tools to put across...
MF Husain says he is returning to India

Hindustan Times, Tuesday, July 22nd 2008
Maqbool Fida Husain, India's best-known artist, is returning home from the exile he was forced into by people protesting his offensive depiction of Hindu goddesses. “India is my home. As soon as my current work is done, I'll return,”
Invest in art funds to cushion against losses

The Economic Times, Sunday, July 20th 2008
Tough times call for tough measures. With volatility holding centre stage at Dalal Street, financial planners believe it’s pertinent for investors to diversify their portfolio to ride through the rough weather. ..
Invest in art funds to cushion against losses

The Economic Times, Sunday, July 20th 2008
Tough times call for tough measures. With volatility holding centre stage at Dalal Street, financial planners believe it’s pertinent for investors to diversify their portfolio to ride through the rough weather. ..
Christie's rides art boom in India, China

The Economic Times, Saturday, July 19th 2008
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
Osian’s acquires Raja Ravi Varma Painting for app. Rs 6cr

Moneycontrol India, Tuesday, July 15th 2008
The painting was recently acquired by Neville Tuli, Chairman, Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art for almost Rs. 6 crores from the Bonhams Auction. This makes it the most expensive Ravi Varma painting ever.
Art’s first summit

 Hindustan Times, Saturday, July 12th 2008
Imagine three days dedicated to art, with artists from all over the country debating with experts and critics and investors about the future of Indian art.
Falling down the hole of art history

Business Standars, Friday, July 11th 2008
A few days ago, I dozed through a rather desultory conversation, on Lok Sabha TV, between painter Krishen Khanna (83) and art critic Geeti Sen, till Krishen said something that made me sit up.
Finally, art 'pays' in India too!

Sify News, Wednesday, July 9th 2008
That was the era when India was battling to shake off the British, the troubled years between 1930 and 1947 when several artists, known as the “progressive group”, were struggling to come into their own.


Los Angeles Times

 Indian art: unique yet mainstream

Los Angeles Times, Tuesday, July 8th 2008
The emergence of Indian art is further evidence of the country's influence. An L.A. exhibition takes a look.
Buyers lap up paintings worth $1.1 bn

The Economic Times, Monday, July 7th 2008
London auction houses sold a record £558.8 million ($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 Times of India

 Close to Neville’s art

The Times of India, Saturday, July 5th 2008
Our idea has always been to unite all art forms. I feel we Indians are not able to see different art forms – be they painting, sculpture, cinema or something else – as a holistic entity.
 
Economies opening up do boost art prices

Business Standard, Friday, July 4th 2008
London's summer of contentment has nothing to do with a delayed spring and everything to do with flourishing art prices, as record sales proceeds keep the accountants scratching their heads at the impossibility of those zeros.
Stocks-hit investors cosy up to art

The Economic Times, Friday, July 4th 2008
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.


The Telegraph

 Indian art in Sotheby’s summer of records

The Telegraph, Thursday, July 3rd 2008
The scene: the auction room at Sotheby’s. The room is packed with well-heeled buyers, mostly middle-aged and elderly men who have been dealing in art all their lives.
Young making it big in art markets

The Economic Times, Wednesday, July 2nd 2008
In an art market which is somewhat in a state of flux, especially at the retail or gallery level, it may be interesting to check out the genre of art being acquired now and the buyer categories.
Indian art set to break records at Sotheby's

Moneycontrol India, Wednesday, July 2nd 2008
Indian contemporary art worth Rs 17 crore is set to make and break records in London at the Sotheby's auction.


The Telegraph

 Utensils cook up a Christie’s storm

The Telegraph, Wednesday, July 2nd 2008
To you and me, Subodh Gupta’s Curry 2 may look like metal bartan bought from the local bazaar for a thousand rupees or thereabouts and stacked neatly on a metal rack ...


BBC News

 Basquiat artwork fetches over £5m

BBC News, Tuesday, July 1st 2008
A piece of art owned by rock band U2 has sold for more than £5m at an auction held in London.


ArtDaily.Org

 Christie's Sells Francis Bacon's Triptych for $34.5 M. and Balloon Flower by Jeff Koons for $25.8 M.

Artdaily.org, Tuesday, July 1st 2008
Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale took place this evening (30 June 2008) and realised $171,879,508 - the highest total for the category at Christie’s in Europe.
Contemporary artists still top the charts

The Economic Times, Tuesday, July 1st 2008
In an art market, which is somewhat in a state of flux, especially at the retail or gallery level, it may be interesting to check out the genre of art that is being acquired and the buyer categories.
 





 
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