Share:Wikipedia has accused London’s National Portrait Gallery of betraying its public service mission as the row over the encyclopedia’s use of images from the gallery’s website escalates, reports the BBC. The gallery is threatening legal action after 3,300 images from its website were uploaded to Wikipedia and has said it needs to recoup the £1m […]
Share:Kishore Singh Contemporary art prices have crashed steeply, so why aren’t more works in the market? * Values of contemporary art are down by as much as 60-70 per cent * Enough contemporary artists have stood the test of time and their prices should turn robust soon enough * There is very little contemporary art […]
Share:Source:- artculture.com China is embracing India, at least in art. A major contemporary Indian art exhibition this summer in Shanghai promises a cultural bridge between the two giants of Asia. The India Xianzai exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai reflects the growing cosmopolitan nature of the two countries, as well as their shared […]
Share:Uttara Choudhury Thursday auction saw more lively bidding than Sotheby’s Indian art sale of modern paintings & miniatures which undersold at $6.3mn NEW YORK: Christie’s keenly eyed sale of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art on Thursday fetched a respectable $10.1 million falling fractionally short of higher expectations. The Christie’s sale focused on artists from […]
Share:Source – ET.com Although, art prices of both modern and contemporary artists have fallen substantially in the last few months, it appears that the demand for certain modern artists continues to rule the market. Most buyers look for specific artists when they scout the market to make an investment in art, and a majority of […]
Share:A painter, sculptor, filmmaker – multi-talented artist Tyeb Mehta’s love for his trade made him one of the most revered figures in the field of modern Indian art. But for a generation that equates entertainment to movies and de-stresses only over a cup of coffee, a large sized calorie loaded muffin or head banging rock […]
Share:Source: artmarketblog.comThe interest in structured art investment programs has continued to remain relatively high considering the recent concerns voiced by some regarding the state of the art market. Since the beginning of the year there have been several new art investment programs launched which suggests that the categorisation of art as an asset class has […]
Share:By Judd TullyPublished: June 11, 2009Source – ARTINFO.COM BASEL—Dealers at Art40Basel continued to rack up sales on day two, but gone was the early euphoria of opening day that came with the realization that the art market hadn’t died. “It’s fine,” said David Nahmad of London and New York’s Helly Nahmad, strolling out of the […]
Share:By Sarah DouglasSource – ARTINFO.COM VENICE—“You came to Venice, you saw a ton of art, you went to parties, you drank up a storm, you talked bollocks for hours on end and went back to London with a cumulative hangover, liver damage, a notebook almost devoid of notes, and the first tingle of a cold […]
