2009 got art funds a bad name

2009 was a nether year for India's barely-emerging art industry, but it's already correcting course. Catch the big hits and misses in this A-Z. Art funds got a bad name this year, not just because......

Osian's auction reports year's highest averages

Osian's auction of modern and contemporary masters on June 30 in Mumbai fetched the highest average lot per price of any auction of Indian works this summer. At Rs 59 lakh, it bested Christie's Rs......

How the slowdown will help Indian art

Was it just two years ago that prices for Jogen Chowdhury's drawings had soared from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 25 lakh? That Atul Dodiya, whose earlier reluctance to keep pace with market demand and a show......

26 Indian artworks to be at Christie's auction

Twenty-sixworks from contemporary Indian artists would go under the hammer at the International auction house Christie's Spring 2008 sales of Asian Contemporary Art. Tagged with hefty sums, the......