| The best and the rest | 09-SEP-09 |
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| Already, the Tyeb Mehtas — difficult to come by in his lifetime — are leaching out of collectors’ homes, even before prices harden, which should be an indication of what buyers/investors can expect by the time the winter and spring auctions come around. |
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| Sadanand Menon: A run on the nation's cultural capital | 24-JUL-09 |
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| All of a sudden, in the space of some weeks, the nation seems to be running up a deficit on its cultural capital. In rapid succession we have lost theatre personalities like Habib Tanvir and Kalindi Deshpande, writers like Kamala Das, painters and sculptors like A P Santhanaraj, T R P Mookiah and Tyeb Mehta and musicians like Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, D K Pattammal and now, Gangubai Hanagal. |
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| Tyeb Mehta was Indias most expensive living artist, also its finest | 03-JUL-09 |
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| Tyeb Mehta, who died last night, was obsessive. Even though he’d been steadily losing his eyesight to a point of near-blindness over the last decade, even though his hearing had become impaired, and even though he was in and out of hospital the last few years, he did — as near as possible — his riyaaz: painting, if not on canvas, then in his mind. Spartan and austere, they were two sides of a coin for him, and as in his life, so in his art, he had pared everything down to a stark minimalism. |
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| The arts fraternity picks its most Iconic works | 02-MAY-09 |
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| ARUN VADHERA
The Delhi-based gallerist with an M F Husain, Tyeb Mehta and Arpita Singh in his office, picks India’s most important works
M F Husain
Between the Spider and the Lamp
Medium: Oil on canvas
Year: 1956
Collection: Artist
Tyeb Mehta
Shantiniketan Triptych
Medium: Oil on canvas
Year: 1985
Collection: NGMA
F N Souza
Crucifixion
Medium: Oil on board
Collection: Tate, London
S H Raza
Maa
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year: 1990s
Collection: Initially with Amrita Jhaveri & Chris Davidge
V S Gaitonde
Untitled (yellowish brown)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Year: 1971
Collection: NGMA
Ram Kumar
Sad Town
Medium: Oil on canvas
Year: 1956
Collection: Artist
A turning point for him — the emerging landscape was a foretaste of his Benares landscapes — and it also marked his lifelong preoccupation with the underdogs of society
Akbar Padamsee
Orange Nude
Collection: NGMA
A Ramachandran
Yayati (three sections)
Medium: Oil on canvas
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| Just another asset? | 30-AUG-06 |
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| INVESTMENT: You don't even have to like art to make money from it; a reality check on how art funds work.
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| Still counting the zeros | 26-MAY-06 |
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| ART: At the Sotheby's and Christie's auctions in London and Dubai, India's contemporary artists continue to steal the limelight.
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| Spiralling prices at Christie's auction | 01-APR-06 |
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| The bull run on Indian art in New York continued yesterday with VS Gaitonde joining the millionaires list, with an Untitled work from 1975 fetching $1.47 million at Christies record $15.6 million |
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| Pune emerging as major art market | 21-FEB-06 |
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| Whether it is theatre or classical Indian music, artists who have performed in Pune have won warm appreciation from the city for their talent.
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| Higher prices, more artists | 18-JAN-06 |
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| With 1,000 works on sale from now till May, it should be interesting to see how the market absorbs higher prices
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