Share: The Peabody Essex Museum announced on Friday that it is handing over an Indian artwork to the Department of Homeland Security as part of the government’s ongoing investigation into an alleged international art fraud enterprise. The work, a mid-19th century Tanjore portrait in the Salem museum’s collection, was purchased in 2006 from Subhash Kapoor, […]
Share:Recently, auction house Christie’s announced it would hold its inaugural auction in India this December. It would be the first international auction house to conduct sales in India. In recent auctions, Sotheby’s sold a painting for $30 million, while Christie’s sold 66 paintings worth $495 million. These reports make one wonder about the benefits of […]
Share:The following essay is not about India, it is universal. But then India is part of this universe and, therefore, it applies to the dwarf copycats of India too. I am old-school so I actually STILL delude myself believing primacy always belongs to the artist. I always look for first-causes there. Mega-galleries must emit […]
Share: Local artists protesting vandalism Defaced art work KOCHI — The Kochi-Muziris Biennale made worldwide headlines when it opened on December 12 — as India’s first biennale, the three-month long Kerala-based event signifies the area’s debut of a major international contemporary art platform. But on December 19, it received a different kind […]
Share: The Hindu – Divya Kumar LAUNCH Of Artrends, a coffee table book takes you back in time to an era of remarkable dynamism in Indian art A rich slice of Indian art history came to light with the launch of the coffee table book Artrends at Cholamandal Artists’ Village recently. The book puts together […]
Share:gulfnews : India’s own biennale Kerala is on a mission to provide people an intellectual lever to appreciate global art forms, their creativity and manifestations. Temple drums. Rock music by a band named Avial. Contemporary artists trying to bring their works to a bustling Kochi. And what better platform than the Kochi-Muziris Biennale? Brainchild of […]
Share:New Delhi: Moving ahead from the age-old debate of whether photography can be termed as ‘art’ at all and the photographer, an ‘artist’, photography has found its rightful place in the dominant perception of today’s contemporary art scenario. In an era of fast paced ‘digital’ innovation with an ever increasing focus on technologically advanced equipment […]
Share:New Delhi: Trained under the able guidance of artist Kanchan Chander; school student Nehmat Mongia, college student Pallav Chander, teacher Anita Kumar and homemaker Guneet Kumar exhibit their recent artworks for the first time in The Dawn; a group exhibition of more than 80 paintings & drawings from April 1, 2010 to April 4, 2010 […]
