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Indian Art Going Global |
| Section: THE ARTS / ARTS WATCH |
| Author: Indrajit Basu |
| Publication:
The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 10/1/2007 |
| Size: 1,086 Words, 6,928 Characters |
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Indian art is going places; literally.
From Singapore to Hong Kong, London, and Germany via the Middle-East to New York, contemporary Indian art is increasingly painting itself in global hues, while its rising demand is fetching record prices for sellers.
Cashing in on the new-found global awareness for this genre of art are famed auctioneers like Sotheby's and Christie's, including front-line Indian auctioneers like the Bombay-based Saffronart, which are expanding their canvas of Indian art by setting up shops and holding multiple auctions every year with higher lots in each.
For instance in 1996 there was just one auction of Indian art for the global art mart that fetched ...
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...eve that Indian contemporary art has a long way to go.
"I believe that a key sideshow of the evolution of India as an economic power will be that the prices of Indian contemporary art will rise, and rise sharply over the next decade(s)," said investment expert Jamal Mecklai, adding "Indian contemporary art could be the country's next Infosys."
Copyright © 2007 United Press International
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