Share:Sotheby’s two sets of Asia Week sales—in New York in mid-September and Hong Kong in early October—were overshadowed by the worldwide financial crisis. What the longer term trends in the market for Asian artworks will be cannot be known at this point because the sale results simply cannot be separated from the fact that the […]
Share:artdaily NEW YORK.- After the spectacular success of Christie’s South Kensington sale on June 2008 which set numerous world auction records, this season Christie’s New York is pleased to announce the sale of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art on 16 September. The sale will offer major works from modern masters like Tyeb Mehta, Maqbool […]
Share:Neelam Raaj NEW DELHI: Indian artists have gone global and now, international auction houses are hoping desi buyers will too. In a bid to tempt Indian collectors, who have shown an inclination only for homebred artists till now, into buying western art, Sotheby’s is bringing highlights from its upcoming sale of Damien Hirst’s works to […]
Share:Stocks-hit investors cosy up to art4 Jul, 2008, 0146 hrs IST,Shailesh Menon, ET Bureau MUMBAI: Investors may not be willing to touch equities with a barge pole, but they still appear to be open to art as an alternative asset class. Contrary to popular belief, the ongoing bearish phase in the stock market has not […]
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 […]
Share: Kishore Singh / New Delhi June 13, 2008, 0:21 IST It’s a somewhat ironic truism that every time the markets act shaky, the price of art begins to zip-zap-zoom. So when the Sensex in India began to crumble, punters could have pointed out with reasonable surety that the Christie’s auction of South Asian modern […]
Share:Malaysia SunFriday 13th June, 2008(IANS) Artist Subodh Gupta, known as New Delhi’s Damien Hirst, has moved into the record making million dollar bracket alongside Francis Newton Souza and Tyeb Mehta with the sale of his untitled installation of steel pots for $1.2 million at Christie’s sale of Indian contemporary art here. Gupta, Souza and Mehta […]
