From The Economist print edition Offering guarantees gives auctioneers a vested interest in their auctions AFPROBERT BROOKS has firm views about his trade. “The minute an auction house moves away from simply being an intermediary between buyers and sellers and takes on the role of financier,” he says, “it starts to change its core character […]
Ina Puri and Manorama Sharma (TOI Photo) 11 Feb 2008, 0000 hrs IST,TNN Ina Puri celebrated her ambitious project a book on Indian Art through the lens of veteran photographer Nemai Ghosh at a classy evening at the ITC Hotel, The Grand Central on Saturday. And a number of eminent people […]
www.smh.com.au New wealth is redrawing the art world map, and the centres of its universe have moved to Russia, China, India and the Middle East On a Wednesday evening in early May a middle-aged man wearing a blue blazer walked into Sotheby’s in Manhattan, collected a bidding paddle and followed an usher to a seat […]
11 Feb, 2008, 0011 hrs IST,Ashoke Nag, TNN KOLKATA: While the phenomenal rise in Indian art prices may have slowed down the market to an extent, it is also true that price growth has fuelled demand levels in the past three years or so. When art prices were low some years back, buyers in […]
Georgina Maddox What is the importance of art critics? Do people take it as seriously as they do in the West when a show is panned by a critic, asks Maria Elena, another student from Milan, who is here to study Indian art. To answer her question, the field of Indian art history and criticism […]
Mallika Advani The first few weeks of the year have seen all eyes on the local auction market. In addition to the regularly scheduled Osian’s sale, we have seen Saffronart venture into previously uncharted territory, and the launch of three new auction platforms. Saffronart continues to be the leader with its bold move into the […]
Source: Artdaily.org Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Triptych 1974-77, signed, titled and dated ‘Triptych May-June 1974 Francis Bacon’, (on the reverse of each canvas), oil, pastel and letraset on canvas, in three parts. Each 78 x 58 ⅛in. (198 x 147.5cm.). Executed in 1974, the central panel was reworked in 1977. © Christie’s Images Ltd. 2008. LONDON.- […]
This is an www.artfacts.net interview with Mrs Dina Amin. Dina Amin is the head of the morning session for contemporary art at Christie’s, London in King Street. AfN: Hello Mrs Amin. Dina Amin: Hello. AfN: In 2006 you were part of the first auctions for contemporary art in the Middle East as part of your […]
Source: University of Kentucky News LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 5, 2008) − This weekend the University of Kentucky Art Museum will open “Miniature Worlds: Art from India” bringing a major exhibition of Indian art never seen in Kentucky before to the Bluegrass. The exhibition, showcasing a rich display of watercolors, drawings and sculpture spanning seven centuries […]
AMIT ROY London, Feb. 6: The ownership of two paintings, worth a total of £300,000, by Francis Newton Souza — the distinguished Indian artist who died in Mumbai, aged 77, in 2002 — is being disputed in an unusual case which started yesterday in the high court in London. Aziz Kurtha, a Dubai-based businessman, and […]
