‘India’s is a global art market. We want to mine what’s here,’ says Yamini Mehta of Sotheby’s
6 years, 1 month ago

‘India’s is a global art market. We want to mine what’s here,’ says Yamini Mehta of Sotheby’s

Hindustan Times  

International auction house Sotheby’s will hold its first India auction on November 29 in Mumbai. On offer in Boundless: India are 60 lots and the auction house’s catholic approach to what they hope is highly saleable Indian art — Sotheby’s hopes to make between $6 million and $8.7 million. ‘We want people to move beyond traditional ideas of what Indian art should be,’ says Mehta, Sotheby’s international head for the department of Indian, Himalayan and south-east Asian art. It’s not just an Indian art market, it’s global — the Indian diaspora participates quite heavily in these auctions. But a well-known Western contemporary art collector actually said to me, ‘Why should I be supporting the Indian art market if people in India don’t support the contemporary Indian art market?

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Indian art market is one of the most exciting we've seen in recent years: Christie’s CEO Cerutti
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Indian art market is one of the most exciting we've seen in recent years: Christie’s CEO Cerutti

Live Mint  

‘The Lovers’, a Francis Newton Souza artwork that made headlines at an auction of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art by Christie’s in New York in March, is one of the 10 most expensive paintings sold by the iconic British auction house this year. Guillaume Cerutti, chief executive officer of Christie’s, said the Indian art market is evolving rapidly, and …

Indian art prices are at an all-time high. Is there stagnation or growth ahead?
2 months ago

Indian art prices are at an all-time high. Is there stagnation or growth ahead?

Live Mint  

The IIMA-Aura Art Indian Art Index has hit an all time high of 4,377 as investors take a fancy to artworks after a huge bull run in equity markets. Asked why this was happening now, Rishiraj Sethi, director, Aura Art Development Pvt Ltd, said, “Art prices always lag equity markets by a few months or years. Sethi from Aura Art …

India Art Fair 2024: Tried, tested and the new
11 months, 2 weeks ago

India Art Fair 2024: Tried, tested and the new

The Hindu  

It’s the time of the year when art thaws the cold, grey landscape of Delhi with colour, conversation and commerce. Watch | India Art Fair 2024 walkthrough with Viraj Khanna British co-founder Loïc Le Gaillard is excited: “We consistently assess how the perspectives and artistic expressions of our core artists align with a specific location or capture a unique moment …

Be curious, ask questions, buy art you love
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Be curious, ask questions, buy art you love

Live Mint  

There’s less than two weeks left for the India Art Fair in Delhi, so I am thinking about the “art” side of the Art Decor column today. Saffron Art, then a relatively new auction house, reached new benchmarks in sales, and things seemed so optimistic that the erstwhile Osian’s Connoisseurs of Art, a multi-hyphenate art organisation that included a publishing …

2023: New art spaces opened up, old masters ruled
1 year ago

2023: New art spaces opened up, old masters ruled

Live Mint  

In 2023, the Indian arts ecosystem regained its vitality after the slow pandemic years. “Another momentous occasion was the launch of our new publication on the fine art practice of Balkrishna Doshi, which happened at the acclaimed Serpentine Gallery during Frieze Week in London,” says Vadehra. “Arpita Singh’s first solo exhibition in London by the gallery in the summer was …

Three new spaces for art and culture and pondering the museum’s changing mandate
1 year, 2 months ago

Three new spaces for art and culture and pondering the museum’s changing mandate

The Hindu  

Last year, on a whim, I wrote to British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor, inviting him, along with dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, and award winning West African architect Francis Kere, to create public artworks in India. But, what had driven me to this illogical invite was the fact that both Indian gallery art and public art rarely ever make magnanimous and …

Are millennial buyers re-shaping the art market?
1 year, 5 months ago

Are millennial buyers re-shaping the art market?

The Hindu  

A blue bubble-gum blowing Freida Kahlo encased in a 12-inch, pristine white frame; or a time-travelling ‘art astronaut’ donning Van Gogh’s famously teal-coloured ‘Almond Blossom’ except in vivid pink hues holding a balloon; or a melded cross-section of comic book covers and film posters: are these India’s answer to pop art? “A small number of young collectors spent significant amounts …

Investing in art? Check out this IIM Ahmedabad index
2 years, 1 month ago

Investing in art? Check out this IIM Ahmedabad index

Live Mint  

Earlier this year, an untitled painting by V.S. Is there a way to track how artworks of different artists fare at auctions and use that to chart pricing trends in Indian art market? View Full Image The art of tracking indian art work The first batch of data shared by Aura Art included auction results of nearly 9,000 Indian artworks …

Traditional Indian art is witnessing a contemporary makeover. And the art market is loving it
2 years, 3 months ago

Traditional Indian art is witnessing a contemporary makeover. And the art market is loving it

The Hindu  

The unusually sultry September and a busy makeshift stall, do not stop Rupsona. Speaking from Delhi, where he is showing alongside contemporary artist Manjunath Kamath, Bhajju says, “It is such kinds of collaborations that push us to think in a contemporary way.” In Singapore’s Little India, Bhajju’s collaboration with Singaporean contemporary artist Sam Lo resulted in a facade that celebrates …

Christie’s auction: An art collection that spotlights the figure
2 years, 4 months ago

Christie’s auction: An art collection that spotlights the figure

Live Mint  

Many stories unfold in Arpita Singh’s vibrant painting Feminine Fables. The themes relate to the secret world of women with their rites and activities.” The 1996 work is one of the 85 lots that will be auctioned by Christie’s in New York as part of Centering The Figure: South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art From The Collection Of Romi Lamba, …

Modern Indian Art continues to hold sway for Indian Art collectors
2 years, 6 months ago

Modern Indian Art continues to hold sway for Indian Art collectors

Firstpost  

Every collector has his day. The Collector’s Choice auction format is a popular one organised by AstaGuru, owing to its ‘No Reserve’ policy, which enables seasoned buyers to acquire artworks by eminent modern artists, while at the same time, serving as an ideal entry point for new buyers to begin their journey in collecting art. Modernist Tyeb Mehta ’s painting …

Rare works of Modern Indian Art are set to go under the hammer with Astaguru's Collector's Choice Auction
2 years, 6 months ago

Rare works of Modern Indian Art are set to go under the hammer with Astaguru's Collector's Choice Auction

Firstpost  

AstaGuru’s Collectors Choice auction is back with a selection of the choicest of artworks by Indian masters, many of which have never gone under the hammer. This is perhaps the reason for the phenomenal success of auction house AstaGuru’s Collectors Choice edition, which presents a diverse expression of Modern Indian art with rare and unique works from the masters across …

Here's what members of the Art fraternity have to say about India Art Fair 2022
2 years, 8 months ago

Here's what members of the Art fraternity have to say about India Art Fair 2022

Firstpost  

Art enthusiasts around the country are rejoicing as the India Art Fair returns after two years and multiple last-minute postponements. Cocktails flowed freely and experimental hors d’oeuvres were passed around, as the conversation in every corner centred on a single subject – the India Art Fair. As for the artists I’m excited to see – I’d say in the contemporary …

\'World needs art\'
2 years, 9 months ago

\'World needs art\'

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: London-based art expert Dr Cleo Roberts-Komireddi has a strong India, and in particular Hyderabad, connection, through marriage with the author and critic Kapil Komireddi, but her interest in art from Asia at large, and specifically India, stretches further back. She began reaching out to artists across south Asia, which she described as “an exciting and varied art scene but …

Living Art | Nishad Avari, Christie's Specialist, discusses reasons behind increasing prices of Jehangir Sabavala's works
2 years, 10 months ago

Living Art | Nishad Avari, Christie's Specialist, discusses reasons behind increasing prices of Jehangir Sabavala's works

Firstpost  

“Jehangir Sabavala was one of the few modern Indian artists to extensively document his oeuvre. Below are edited excerpts from an interview with Nishad Avari, Christie’s [New York> Specialist, Head of Sale and Associate Vice President, South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art, on famed painter Jehangir Sabavala. Christie’s first sold Sabavala’s work in 1995 as part of one of the …

Living Art | How COVID-19 lockdown, contrary to popular belief, has led to a boom in art market, thanks to online auctions
3 years ago

Living Art | How COVID-19 lockdown, contrary to popular belief, has led to a boom in art market, thanks to online auctions

Firstpost  

Against the backdrop of the lockdown which was implemented in 2020 when COVID-19 struck India like lightening, the art market, amongst other sectors, was plunged in an asphyxiating gloom. “The art market is swamped by collectors.” The assessment at Saffronart was that those drawn toward art would be keen to learn more about this sphere. Another aspect is that as …

65 Indian artists will get together in Italy for a groundbreaking exhibition in November
3 years, 2 months ago

65 Indian artists will get together in Italy for a groundbreaking exhibition in November

The Hindu  

Sometimes art is the best catharsis. Curated by Myna Mukherjee and Davide Quadrio in collaboration with Turin’s annual contemporary art fair, Artissima, Hub India is backed by many players from the world of culture and art. Discussing the multi-part project, the curators outlined some of the main issues in a joint statement: “Crossing the cultural rubicon between modern and contemporary …

Raghava KK’s $94,500 NFT at Sotheby’s sets new record for Indian artists
3 years, 2 months ago

Raghava KK’s $94,500 NFT at Sotheby’s sets new record for Indian artists

The Hindu  

Known as ‘NFT-Punk’, Raghava KK is riding the non-fungible token wave. It’s an anti-political statement to re-establish the real-world art system.” Working with curatorial advisor Myna Mukherjee, who advised Sotheby’s on the project — and who is also featuring his work at Artissima, with co-curator Davide Quadrio, in Turin, Italy, next month — Raghava, 41, can finally say he is …

An auction that celebrates the milestone works of modern masters
3 years, 4 months ago

An auction that celebrates the milestone works of modern masters

Live Mint  

Between 8-9 September, online auction house AstaGuru will be holding a Modern Indian Art Online Auction showcasing the work of some of India’s best-known masters. “It presents the milestone works of the modern Indian artists.” These artworks include Untitled, a 1972 M F Husain oil on canvas, originally from the Hyderabad-based Pitti family collection; Raza’s Prakriti, executed in 1997; Anjolie …

A year since India's COVID-19 lockdown, an overview of how artists and cultural institutions navigated a crisis
3 years, 9 months ago

A year since India's COVID-19 lockdown, an overview of how artists and cultural institutions navigated a crisis

Firstpost  

When the nationwide lockdown to combat the COVID-19 pandemic was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 24 March 2020, it brought life to a grinding halt for some, and threw others into a what seemed like perpetual motion, as they traversed many hundred kilometres on foot, or any transportation they could find to make their way home. Read her …

In Pakistan, artists reinvent contemporary art canon as galleries negotiate virtual experiences amid a pandemic
4 years, 6 months ago

In Pakistan, artists reinvent contemporary art canon as galleries negotiate virtual experiences amid a pandemic

Firstpost  

As Pakistan looks to reimpose a locality-based lockdown, what has the COVID-19 pandemic meant for the country’s art scene, which had put years of political mayhem and curbs on artistic freedom behind itself? The virtual may also exacerbate the problem where the majority with slow internet or broken smartphones may be shut out.” Rebuilding the art world According to consultants …

A decade in Indian art: The 2010s witnessed biennale fever, some commercial gains, and a moral reckoning
5 years ago

A decade in Indian art: The 2010s witnessed biennale fever, some commercial gains, and a moral reckoning

Firstpost  

On the surface it may seem like artists have never had it any better as in the last decade, considering there are now more residencies than before, more collectors, institutions, funding agents and curators. At the time Sonal Singh, Christie’s India director and specialist head, Sonal Singh, said the company would continue to hold three annual live auctions of modern …

Unique auction for a noble cause
6 years ago

Unique auction for a noble cause

Deccan Chronicle  

At Bastion Bungalow in Fort Kochi, Bose Krishnamachari, president of the Kochi Biennale Foundation, Sunil V., secretary, and volunteers of the foundation are busy giving final touches to the preview exhibition of Art Rises for Kerala auction, an initiative by the foundation to raise funds for the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund, which is formed to help those who were …

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