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Ferraris top $41.8 m Monaco auction

Sun, 13 May 2012 22:39:55 GMT

Ferraris led by a 625 TRC Spider took the top three lots in a $41.8 million auction as the Italian maker continues to attract classic-car investors.

Art Etc News & Views dedicates three issues to Protest Art

Sat, 05 May 2012 13:42:22 GMT

Art Etc News & Views, a publication of integrated art house Emami Chisel Art, has dedicated its three issues (March, April and May 2012) to Protest Art.

Kolkata gets another art gallery named Mirage

Wed, 02 May 2012 12:42:16 GMT

Kolkata now has another art gallery named Mirage. The first show 'Expressions', an exhibition of paintings, sculptures and photography, opened at the gallery recently.

Manjit Bawa, M F Husain notch up top sales at Art Bull auction

Wed, 02 May 2012 07:13:55 GMT

A series of serigraph and a book of postcards created by late modernist painter M F Husain have notched up attractive sales at a recent auction.

Art buying: How to protect your investments & avoid common pitfalls

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:39:45 GMT

Most art insurance policies cover physical damage from accidents like fire, flood, paintings falling off their hooks and totally-against-the-rules football tosses.

Bagta, an Indian artist's painting fetches $300,000 in US auction

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:50:00 GMT

A previously unrecorded work by the master Indian artist Bagta fetched a record $302,500 at the Indian, Himalayan & Southeast Asian Art auction here last month.

Rare Indian, Asian art at Christie's sale

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:27:34 GMT

Another highlight of the sale is a 13th century Nepalese gilt-bronze figure of Padmapani, the holder of the lotus, an icon of Mahayana Buddhism.

Sekhar Roy's exhibition at Kolkata's Aakriti Art Gallery

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:59:05 GMT

Among the mid-generation of Bengal artists, Sekhar Roy is well known. A solo of Roy has recently opened at Kolkata's Aakriti Art Gallery.

Kolkata gallery celebrates Tagore's 150th birth anniversary year

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 07:25:22 GMT

Kolkata's well-known Akar Prakar Gallery, in collaboration with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, is crowning the 150th birth anniversary of Literature Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

Art Dubai to begin from March 21; 74 galleries to showcase their art

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:51:34 GMT

It fields a carefully selected roster of 74 galleries from 32 countries, showing work by over 500 artists. The fair is held in partnership with Abraaj Capital.

Chittrovanu Mazumdar showcases artworks of five years

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:02:23 GMT

The show will spread over two floors, covering the Harrington Street Art Gallery space and Chittrovanu's studio in the same locale.

Chittrovanu Mazumdar showcases artworks of five years

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:02:23 GMT

The show will spread over two floors, covering the Harrington Street Art Gallery space and Chittrovanu's studio in the same locale.

Global market for arts and crafts expanding, India's potential still untapped

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:17:32 GMT

The global market for arts and crafts expanding, it is time that attention is paid to India's enormous and largely untapped potential in this sector.

Titanic artifacts appraised at $189m to be auctioned

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:15:01 GMT

More than 5,000 artifacts plucked from the debris of the passenger liner RMS Titanic that have been appraised at 189 million dollars will be sold at an auction in one chunk.

Grosvenor Vadehra to present 'Picasso Souza'

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:37:09 GMT

Grosvenor Vadehra is a joint venture between London's Grosvenor Gallery and New Delhi's Vadehra Art Gallery.

Indian artist's new animated web series launched in US

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:16:38 GMT

The animated series is an adaptation of the graphic novel, "Seven Brothers," created by Woo, with writer Garth Ennis and Indian artist Jeevan J. Kang.

'Looking at Indian art from western perspective must change'

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:00:22 GMT

As Indian art is gradually beginning to be recognised globally and local artists are seen at art fairs across the world, focused efforts are needed.

Art works better as long-term investment

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:44:57 GMT

It is advisable to hold onto artworks till market improve because not only is it difficult to do sell now but one is unlikely to get an optimal price.

Sotheby's stuns with $316 million contemporary art sale

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:29:09 GMT

The art auctions ended with a flourish on Wednesday as Sotheby's sold $316 million of contemporary and postwar art.

At NY sale, MF Husain works fetch Rs 10 crore

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:40:25 GMT

While he was alive, Maqbool Fida Husain was the darling of collectors. After his death, the horses are still galloping. In the first major sale since he passed away, Husain's work proved to be a sellout.

Indian art 2.0: Demise of Jehangir Sabavala, M.F. Husain and Sohan Qadri; Rise of the young

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:25:42 GMT

The order is shifting in the firmament of contemporary Indian art prompting the slow ascent of young contemporary artists.

Paresh Maity's 55th solo show opens at Delhi's National Gallery of Modern Art

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:18:35 GMT

The 15 fifteen paintings which will be on display revolve around the last 15 poems penned by poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

Paresh Maity's 55th solo show starts

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:18:35 GMT

Famed artist Paresh Maity is going with his 55th solo show. The 15 fifteen paintings which will be on display revolve around the last 15 poems penned by poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

Cecilia Gallerani's portrait to appear in Leonardo's exhibition in London

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:57:46 GMT

500 years after the Duke of Milan's mistress was immortalised by Leonardo da Vinci as the Lady with Ermine, she is causing major embarrassment for the National Gallery.

'The Monsoon Magic' at Chitrakoot art gallery in Kolkata

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:19:22 GMT

Kolkata’s oldest private modern and contemporary art gallery, Chitrakoot, has mounted a show titled, The Monsoon Magic.