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Created by IAN Editor Jul 23, 2008 at 9:37pm. Last updated by IAN Editor 23 Jul 2008.

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interesting... 10 Replies

http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/The-art-m

Started by megha joshi in General. Last reply by Bhupesh gupta 1 hour ago .

"No market is immune: India"

"Many galleries have been quick to exercise damage limitation. Bodhi Art, one of India’s biggest galleries, is rumoured to have offered 40% reductions to clients and many of the other galleries on ...

Tagged: http://www.theartnewspaper....

Started by andreas w gerdes in Indian Art Market General 9 hours ago .

a great guy and friend of mine is looking for fashion and furniture design talent in Mumbai, Istanbul and so on ... - any leads?

a great guy and friend of mine is looking for fashion and furniture design talent in Mumbai, Istanbul and so on ... - any leads? please contact him marc fiedler via email or via facebook, fiedler@...

Started by andreas w gerdes in General 12 hours ago .

New Year Art Challenge 1 Reply

Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante, Dai Dudu, Li Tiezi, and Zhang, 2006 , oil on canvas, 600 x 260 See how many famous historical characters you can spot in this pastiche of Peter Breughel t...

Started by amitabh nanda in General. Last reply by amitabh nanda 1 day ago.

Thukral & Tagra At Art Basel 45 Replies

Jiten & Sumir were at Art Basel again this year with Nature Morte. These are some pictures from their booth at Basel. They have also showed in Tokyo and Sydney this year. Most inte...

Tagged: Art Basel, T&T, Thukral Tagra

Started by IAN Editor in Uncategorized. Last reply by Bhupesh gupta 4 Jan.

AUCTIONS-Upcoming+Recent Auction Results. 139 Replies

Upcoming and recent auction results for Modern and Indian Contemporary art can be viewed and discussed here.

Tagged: auctions, new, christies, saffronart, york

Started by Manoj Israni in Auctions. Last reply by Cal 4 Jan.

"What is the aim of YOUR life?" 27 Replies

This query is placed within the premise - 'An Aimless life is a Miserable life' - What is the aim of YOUR life?". It is a sequel to one of my recent posts on this forum. I felt it would be very int...

Tagged: artist, aim, life, transmission, communication

Started by Surendra Gupta - 'Sam' in Uncategorized. Last reply by Surendra Gupta - 'Sam' 4 Jan.

5 Things You are Expecting to Happen in this Art Market which won't happen! 9 Replies

1.Buying your favorite artist at a great price! 2.Walking into your favorite Gallery and buying the art you want at the price you want. 3.The Masters (Husain,Raza etc) prices coming down to ridic...

Tagged: husain, raza, souza, art, contemporary

Started by Manoj Israni in Indian Art Market General. Last reply by Bhupesh gupta 4 Jan.

Wish You All HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009 4 Replies

I wish you Health… So you may enjoy each day in comfort. I wish you the Love of friends and family… And Peace within your heart. I wish you the Beauty of nature… That you may enjoy the work of Go...

Tagged: NEW_YEAR_WISHES, WISHES, 2009

Started by Ashok Nayak in Artists. Last reply by Ashok Nayak 3 Jan.

What is your idea of GOD? 62 Replies

Yesterday afternoon, I recvd a call from a friend in Banaras, he is an astrologer,(besides other things) a very young and intelligent one..he wanted me to speak to a guy who had visited him, before...

Started by Pratibha in Uncategorized. Last reply by Pratibha 2 Jan.

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Artist Talk by NS Harsha in Mumbai - 15 Jan 09

The Road Ahead by Vandana Kalra

Source: Express India At Christie’s, MF Husain’s diptych Battle of Ganga and Jamuna came under the hammer for over Rs 6 crore in March, and in June the auction house set a record for Indian modern and contemporary art when it sold FN Souza’s Birth for over Rs 10 crore. The year 2008 was filled with success stories for Indian art, until, like everything else, it became victim to the global

Big in New York by Georgina Maddox

Source: Express India Leave logic at the gallery doors, smoke a fat spliff and then enter the works of New York-based artist Chitra Ganesh. Prepare to be confronted with floating heads, women with multiple arms, beauties that morph into skeletal spectres and ghosts that rediscover the past. It is not about shocking the viewer into pitying the protagonists—if anything, these urban deities may

Art: Tough times always produce timeless works by Manoj Nair

Source: Economic Times The economy is in recession, everything is in a state of flux, and no one knows where the world is heading to. It turns out these are ideal conditions for art to evolve. If all goes well, a number of artists, galleries and collectors would find this as an opportunity to combine ambition, style, esprit de corps, and connoisseurship. Says art critic Jerry Saltz who writes

Visual arts: Fun anyone? by Arati Menon Carroll

Source: Economic Times “Contemporary artists carry their angst with a different cynicism than the modern masters,” explains Osian’s founder-chairman Neville Tuli. Case in point: Surendran Nair — whose work is an amalgamation of references from history, mythology and politics uses wry wit to critique and comment. Conceptual artist Sudarshan Shetty says irony has always played a role in his