Art & Deal

Monthly Art Magazine in India

    • Month: March 2015

    Editorial

    EDITORIAL

    A few years ago, the recession was a fairly recent episode. It had not registered as an enduring correction from opportunist hype, but, seemed more like a temporary low-phase, aff ected merely by the global recession that hit in 2008….

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    Cover Story

    COVER STORY

    The Authenticity of the ‘Fake’ Art Market Neville Tuli Neville Tuli the Founder Chairman of the “Osian’s” Group elaborates on the “The Authenticity of the ‘Fake’ Art Market”, an in depth analysis of the politics that surround auctions and claims…

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    Cover Story

    COVER STORY

    Alturaash determined to keep up the prestige of Indian art and artists: Asif Kamal Santanu Ganguly “In India, the tradition is that in the absence of the artist, the son/daughter/ trust gives the authentication certificate. It is just like the…

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    Cover Story

    COVER STORY

    Institutionalizing The Indian Art Market: Waiting for the Big Bang Dr. Seema Bawa Shows, art fairs and auctions have made their presence felt in India, set to boost what some analysts feel is an expanding art market. The question is…

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    Obituary

    OBITUARY

    M. Sivanesan (1940-2015) Art & Deal The art world lost Sivanesan this year, a prolific artist of the times. He shall always remain an important name in Indian contemporary art. His indigenous subjects and his very selective colour palette marked…

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    Report

    REPORT

    Kochi Muziris Biennale-2014 Uma Prakash Uma Prakash appreciates the efforts and outcome of putting together a vivid assortment of unique and innovative works by 94 artists as she takes a closer look at some of them in the second edition…

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    REPORT

    Problems and possibilities of Museumisation and Art Pedagogy: Chitrakala Parishath-50 H. A. Anil Kumar In one of his later Kannada films ‘Dhruvathaare’, released in the late 1980s, the protagonist Rajkumar happens to be a painter, whose father was a farmer….

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    REPORT

    Stri Avalekha Priyanka Tagore 2015 has already been a year of many changes. An inexperienced party swept up the nation by storm with the best polling rate in the history of Indian politics. India opened the ICC Cricket World Cup…

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    REPORT

    Art for Concern: Creating Value Through Art Aahana Dhar Art is not always for art’s sake, as demonstrated by Concern India Foundation’s ‘Art for Concern’ exhibitions being held successfully across the country for more than a decade now. An art…

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    International

    INTERNATIONAL

    Singapore Art Fair, 2014 Art & Deal Correspondent The inaugural Singapore Art Fair was the first one in Asia dedicated to the art of the Middle East, North Africa, South and Southeast Asia (ME.NA.SA). An encouraging success story, that brought…

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    Essay

    ESSAY

    Bireswar Sen: The Only Miniature Landscape Painter Of Indian Art Scenario Anindya Kanti Biswas Anindya Kanti Biswas traces the artistic journey of the unparalleled miniature artist Bireswar Sen. His brilliant expertise, attention to detail and ability to portray the colossal…

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    Profile

    PROFILE

    Nabanita Guha Arputharani Sengupta Nabanita Guha’s Bengali heritage is a direct link to the conception of her figures. In a surreal landscape human beings wander with animals and mythological creatures. She weaves them into her canvas with paint and a…

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    Profile

    PROFILE

    Nothing Else But Love: Sculptures and Paintings by-P. Gnana Vidhya Gnana Gouresan Things base and vile, holding no quantity, love can transpose, to form and dignity. – William Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) This evocative quote from the Bard sets…

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    Review

    REVIEW

    “We Have Accepted As A People That The Female Breast Is Sexual”: Megha Joshi Objects [Delhi] Artika Raj “There is censorship of the female breast and nipple only. While the genitalia of both men and women are similarly covered, there…

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    Review

    REVIEW

    Excavation Eruption [Delhi] Premjish Achari “Suffocation overwhelms me in these closed roomsWhen I throw open the windows, miasma engulfs me.” -Kamleshwar, Partitions I write this review at a time when images of ISIS members vandalizing historic artefacts at the Mosul…

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