Share:KOCHI: Preparations are in full swing as the city gears up to host the second edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the 108-day mega art event, starting December 12. Jitish Kallat, curator and art director for the biennale, said the second edition would feature around 85 artists from over 28 countries. Some of the key artists have […]

Share:Tyeb Mehta The man who celebrated Mahishasura and torched a new high at Christie’s with Times of India’s Celebration. Celebration, like the Shantiniketan triptych done a decade earlier, drew inspiration from the Charak festival, the spring festival of the Santhals. However, unlike the Santiniketan triptych that juxtaposes life and death, the work focused on the […]

Share:In the 1990s there was virtually no secondary art market in India. Between 2000 and 2008, the price index of Contemporary Art multiplied by seven! While Anish KAPOOR and Subodh GUPTA are among the world’s fifteen top-selling Contemporary artists with auction revenues of €11.2m and €10.7m respectively, the third top-selling Indian artist, TV SANTOSH, had […]