Share: Rare Indian art spanning a period from the eighth century to the twentieth century will be put up for sale at an auction later this month. Titled ‘Significant Indian Art’, the exhibition sale features some of India’s best known artists including prominent Bengal school artists as well as contemporary Indian artists. The art works […]
Share:Press Trust of India | New Delhi March 10, 2014 Last Updated at 13:00 IST Thangkas, sculptures and ritual objects, from a Japanese collector of Tibetan art are coming up for auction in New York later this month. The sale also includes items associated withIndia. The Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Works of Art Sale by […]
Share: “After Midnight” will focus on art from 1947-1997. By American Bazaar Staff NEW YORK: The Queens Museum has announced that it will open an entire exhibition entitled “After Midnight: Indian Modernism to Contemporary India (1947-1997)” in January 2015, which will highlight important works of art and track the growing modernity of India during its […]
Share:PATNA: State art, culture and youth affairs department secretary Chanchal Kumar has said future is linked to past via present and lessons learned from the past must be kept in mind while formulating policies for a better future. Addressing a gathering on the concluding day of a three-day seminar at Patna Museum to highlight the […]
Share:The last few days of the current fiscal saw Indian art worth Rs 100 crore being auctioned at three separate venues over a few hours each, yet it failed to form part of what the cognoscenti consider the $6 billion luxury industry (minus real-estate). It’s not art alone that’s outside the purview of what is […]
Share:DNA – Anupa Mehta | Sunday, September 4, 2011 Jehangir Sabavala was a distinguished man. His oeuvre was as elegant and understated as his persona. His demise on Friday morning was sudden but not surprising, as he was ailing. He leaves behind a legacy of fabulous works, many styled with an almost European sophistication of […]
Share: Nandini Valli Muthiah, Iconic poet and Father, 2008,from the series Fancy Dress, courtesy of the artist 03.09 – 06.11 The Generation in Transition exhibition presents the artworks of a young generation of artists of Indian origin, living and working in India, as well as in America and Europe. It is the first extensive showcase […]
Share: Sir Howard Hodgkin’s debt to India is mostly marked by the number of pictures it has inspired, says Giridhar Khasnis Twenty-five years ago, when Howard Hodgkin represented his country at the Venice Biennale, noted art critic Robert Hughes observed in Time magazine: “Not since Robert Rauschenberg’s appearance at the Biennale 20 years ago has […]
Share:Source – Economic Times. KOLKATA: Provenance of artworks plays a major role in determining the price that a piece of painting or sculpture will achieve at the auctions.This is being proven at sales by auction houses, especially at overseas centres. It is being seen quite often that works of art with a sound provenance are […]
