Share: The Economic Times LONDON : 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 western art. Christie’s total worldwide sales in the first half of this year amounted to £1.8 billion, a rise of 10% on the […]
Share: DIFFERING ASPECTS: Mithu Sen’s “Perhaps You” is part of a group exhibition at d.e.n. contemporary featuring works by female artists from India. By Holly Myers, Special to The Times July 18, 2008 “Contradictions and Complexities: Contemporary Art From India,” on view at both d.e.n. contemporary and Western Project, takes a straightforward approach to an […]
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 Scott ReyburnLondon auction houses sold a record 558.8 million pounds ($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 total, calculated by Bloomberg from auction house results, is the highest for Impressionist and contemporary sales in London, beating the 521.1 […]
Share:MIKE COLLETT-WHITE LONDON — There are enough “recession-proof,” super-rich buyers to push soaring prices for the best works of art still higher, experts predict, but the picture is less rosy at the lower end of the market.And in a world where perception is everything, values for even the world’s most sought-after artists could come back […]
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:Deborah BrewsterWhen Roman Abramovich, the Russian metals and minerals tycoon, and Sheikh Saud al-Thani, from the Qatari royal family, both showed up this month at the Basel art fair, their presence caused a stir but no surprise. The commodities market and the art market have grown unlikely links.The huge wealth from oil and mining in […]
Share:By Charles Batchelor The very rich will go on accumulating wealth faster than previously forecast, in spite of the turmoil in financial markets and the US economic downturn, according to a new survey.A growing demand for “passion investments” – art collections and luxury goods – in Asia-Pacific, eastern Europe and the Middle East is expected […]
Share:By Madhusree Chatterjee 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 is […]
