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  TODAY'S COLUMNIST
Still on a bull run
He Saffronart winter online auction augurs well for the future of our contemporary art. Not only did it figure 160 lots, 147 of which sold, netting a total of Rs 66.3 crore, but our blue chip artists who dominated the sales, give us a good idea of the rate of appreciation of our best art. 17.12.06
  
EARLIER COLUMNS
A resilient market
 Seeing a recent exhibition at the NGMA that I can describe only as the “Edge of Disaster”, I was amazed at how many artists have sunk to gimmickry and exhibitionism, not to speak of downright copy-cat activity. 03.12.06
Another Indian returns
 The Indian contemporary art market has proved more than attractive if one looks at the number of Indian artists coming back to India to exhibit. 19.11.06
What’s worked
 As the colonial powers refused to gift us with the tools of mass production on a large enough scale, our skills in handcrafted production survived while they did not in Europe and the US. 05.11.06
A new lot to watch out for
 Yet another auction house, Triveda, is to hold its first auction in the Grand Ballroom of the Grand Hotel at Vasant Kunj in Delhi on 25 October. There are 144 lots up for sale. 22.10.06
 
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