The Saffronart online summer auction will take place on May 10-12. There are 145 lots up for sale by 64…
When we see the auctions of Indian and South East Asian art mounted by Sotheby?s and Christie?s, just a day…
The recent successful sales of contemporary Indian art in New York (Christie?s on March 31 and Sotheby?s on April 1)…
Art is creativity. It is perhaps the most free and conscious effort of human beings to express their creative urges.…
The Christie?s sale in New York that took place on March 31 was a shot in the arm for our…
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. I learnt this lesson of what the art market is like…
It was a poignant moment. I had come to see the exhibition of landscapes by that noted artist of Lucknow,…
The globalisation of finance and commerce is nothing new. It is well known under the vague nomenclature of ?structural reforms?.…
Globalisation today has its own contradictory rules. One of these is that consumers do not generally go for copies where…
The Indian miniatures market essentially reflects a number of different trends: those of the imperial Mughal galleries which are basically…
There is a lot in the newspapers about a copy of Picasso?s catalogue of an exhibition of the drawings he…
The debate on the economics of aesthetics is usually couched in terms of such unrealistic and hypocritical terms that it…
The 11th International Art Triennale in New Delhi is important for assessing our capacity to place our art as global…
Investment is a complex phenomenon. So is the concept of return. In the field of art, one can very well…
While it is absolutely true that the age of mass production has brought with it a decline in quality, there…
Another year has gone by. The Indian people have proved themselves more resilient than expected. Quietly and determinedly, they put…
There is an important element in the new global situation that our contemporary art is well-fitted to exploit: the element…
The Saffornart online auction reflects the buoyancy of our market for contemporary art. Of the 145 lots up for sale,…
