Going bananas? This duct-taped humble fruit sells for millions at Sotheby's art auction; here's why it has attracted so much attentionMaurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana artwork "Comedian" sold for $6.2 million at Sotheby's auction. Purchased by cryptocurrency entreprene...
21 Nov, 2024, 08.25 PM IST
Keys to a masterpiece: Why art-case pianos are a celebration of splendourAn art-case piano is more than just a feast for the eyes. For the top one per cent of luxury connoisseurs, it’s the ultimate splurge.
18 Nov, 2023, 04.46 PM IST
Art collector smashes Jeff Koons’s iconic ‘Balloon Dog’ sculpture worth $42,000 at Miami exhibitionThe mishap took place at an art fair, in Miami.
20 Feb, 2023, 05.43 PM IST
Sotheby's NFT sale, expected to hit $30 million, suddenly canceledThe NFT boom, which some estimate to have generated more than $25 billion in sales last year, has also raised questions of an eventual NFT ...
26 Feb, 2022, 12.01 PM IST
Van Gogh 1888 artwork looted by Nazis during WWII to go under the hammer, expected to fetch $20 mn'Wheatstacks' will be auctioned along with other artworks from the collection of Edwin L. Cox, a Texas oilman who died last year.
18 Oct, 2021, 08.09 PM IST
Harlequin Head, Landscape with Horses: Five notable art forgeries from around the worldIn June 2011, news of a massive art fraud by a German group of forgers came to light.
01 Jan, 2019, 08.16 AM IST
Art collector plans to keep Banksy's painting that can self-destructThe 2006 work, 'Girl with Balloon,' will be renamed 'Love is in the Bin' to reflect its changed state.
12 Oct, 2018, 06.50 PM IST
Smitha V Crishna, Roshni Nadar among richest Indian womenThe report by Kotak Wealth Hurun-Leading Wealthy Women 2018 featured 10 wealthiest Indian women.
13 Aug, 2018, 09.55 PM IST
Sotheby's is bringing a 1960s Satish Gujral painting estimated at $12,000, and more to DelhiSotheby's will present highlights from its New York auction at the two-day exhibition.
22 Feb, 2017, 03.54 PM IST
Integrated art venture Insignia Art Collect gets Rs 3.5 crore from DSG Consumer PartnersCofounded by Nikhil Girdhar, Pooja Mishra and Jyotsna Sharma, the company aims to sell art created by upcoming artists at affordable prices...
16 Feb, 2017, 10.22 AM IST
Art met fine dining at Manish Maker's party to celebrate India Art Fair and MCH Group's partnershipIAF’s collector friends hosted three special dinners to celebrate the news.
28 Sep, 2016, 12.45 PM IST
Bidsvilla, Conferro to auction collectibles worth Rs 400 crAimed at art aficionados, the auctioning will be done in three categories on October 13-20. There will also be previews in Mumbai, Delhi an...
04 Oct, 2015, 11.11 AM IST
Bidsvilla inks partnership with Conferro Heritae to auction collectibles worth Rs 400 croreThe first one is a dedicated auction of vintage Indian and international news publications, magazines, cartoons, advertisements etc.
24 Sep, 2015, 11.51 AM IST
Head of Buddha statue from Japan reunited with body in ChinaChinese collector has bought the head of a Buddha statue from Japan and brought it back to China, where it was united with the rest of the ...
18 May, 2015, 09.47 PM IST
- Tagore tag at Sotheby's breathes life into Bengal art
Indian buyers are likely to set their sights on Bengal School masters as the foreign market hots up more for them. Priceless auctions | Chr...
09 May, 2008, 04.11 AM IST
Art remains limited to metros'Indian sculpture is inspiringly conceptual for natural fusion of ideas revealing fullness of life and divine forms.
05 Jan, 2008, 12.26 AM IST
- Has the art world shrunk?
The art market that was surging without stop has been surprisingly sluggish at recent auctions. Is this a fall or merely a cyclic correctio...
28 Jul, 2007, 04.56 AM IST