While auctions are definitely the high water mark for our art, galleries are no longer mere shops to sell wares.…
On January 10, there was yet another confirmation of the opening up of the Indian art scene (income tax raids…
Our New Year?s analysis of Indian contemporary art reflects a number of important elements that have gone into making it…
Likes and dislikes in art are a very subjective matter. One may like an artist, another might abhor. So choosing…
The results of the Saffronart.com online auction of December 6-8 show one that despite the splurge in the share market,…
Last week we noted how while the Mumbai group of artists topped the bulk sales, it was the group of…
Monopolies have the remarkable quality of killing initiatives and trading on their bones till they are reduced to powder and…
Recently at the opening of an exhibition of minor works of one of India?s leading artists, a friend who is…
The West had better be prepared for aggressive Indian entrepreneurs bringing the best of our contemporary art over to Europe…
Our art market is developing with the help of many hands. First, it is that deeply committed group of artists…
The event of the week is the closing exhibition of the Kumar Gallery?s celebration of its existence of 50 years.…
The season in the capital is slated for a number of ?not-for-sale? or ?pre-sold? exhibitions. This is not surprising as…
Collecting art is very different both from merely buying art for investment or as an accessory for an interior. When…
With the recent exhibition in Rome of the Colombian artist Botero, of works based on his disgust at the human…
Last week’s analysis of the latest prices of the works of MF Husain and FN Souza allows us to understand…
It is evident from the summer exhibitions of Christie?s and Sotheby?s in March and April in New York this year…
The Saffronart summer on-line auction that closed on May 12, was very much in line with the expectations. The total…
The democratic spread of our contemporary art continues apace. So it is evident that the auction houses projecting ?stars? have…
