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| India Art Summit-What do you think? | Views: 2156 |
| Jun 30, 2008 11:50 am | | India Art Summit-What do you think? | # |
Mehul Patel | | So Far I have more then 5 queries in the past 45 days asking me how respectful, good, big or bad or sad is India Art Summit - 2008 in Delhi!
Good , Bad Sad?!
http://www.indiaartsummit.com/
Would any of you like to add or provide your feedback for the same pls?
So our fellow Collectors, Artists, Galleries can benefit from the same?
Regards,
Mehul Patel
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| Jun 30, 2008 5:18 pm | | re: India Art Summit-What do you think? | # |
Sharmistha Dutta | | Hi Mehul,
This is the best news I heard in a long time!
Went through their site, seems to be quite organised and just like any of these big business summits.
What amazes me is how come this kind of stuff never happened in delhi earlier, given the fact that the art industry in India is growing so fast. But better late than never!
Cheers
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| Jun 30, 2008 7:01 pm | | re: re: India Art Summit-What do you think? | # |
Ashok Nayak | | hehe, yes dear, it's going to be happen on coming August, I have missed you at Mumbai, but i hope i'll catch you this time here at Delhi, Please note the dates 22, 23 & 24 August 2008.It's all good, just plan a trip to Delhi on coming August.
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| Jul 01, 2008 5:15 am | | re: I had no idea such a thing existed in India...wow. | # |
Sonali Engineer | | hey when Nalini told me about this almost a month and half ago i was excited. then i did some looking up and got to know who is promoting this thing - well Anjolie Ela Menon is doing her rounds promoting it. Hanmer and partners are the organisers so it will well hosted.
my doubts: is it going to be a place where people will show off their best paintings at horrid prices or is it going to be a place where everyone who has everybit of a square inch of a canvas is going to be selling? QUALITY of not only the works but also of the platform is important.
seocndly i feel the networking and the shout outs of existance might be good so lets see what the discussions are all about.
since i am here i take up the responsibility of updating the junta on this forum on daily basis on the days of the summit. let me know which of you plan to attend so we can connect there.
Sonali Private Reply to Sonali Engineer |
| Jul 01, 2008 6:22 am | | re: re: re: India Art Summit-What do you think? | # |
Sharmistha Dutta | | Hi Ashok,
I am based in Delhi, actually I am currently working with an advertising agency as a creative director. I've been painting for a year now hence i am totally new to this circle. Which is why i probably missed Mumbai, I hope this summit it as good as the last one. I hope the invites to this show are not sold out. I dont want to miss any of the events. And lets hope we do get to catch up!
Regards
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| Jul 01, 2008 9:28 am | | re: I had no idea such a thing existed in India...wow. | # |
Mehul Patel | | Dear Nivi,
COuld be Chai Time as Indy Chai is our experimental web 2.0 hyper aggregartion portal which updates anything abt India real time on a single page!
Regards,
Mehul Patel
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| Jul 01, 2008 9:31 am | | re: re: re: re: India Art Summit-What do you think? | # |
Mehul Patel | | Sonali,
thanks for the inputs and for expressing ur pros n cons!
ANyone else is aware abt the quality? people involved? How genuine for all Artists or Galleries or Collectors to be there?!
Arvind? Umesh? Porus? Aashu? Nalini? and all of u?!
Regards,
Mehul Patel
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| Jul 01, 2008 10:00 am | | re: re: re: re: re: India Art Summit-What do you think? | # |
Nalini Malaviya | | Hi Mehul,
I've had many queries regarding this, but honestly I'm not sure how the event is going to turn out. Anjolie Ela Menon was in B'lore recently and she was v enthu about it.
I tried to register on their website, but have not recd any confirmation from them. Their rep in B'lore was extremely proactive some time ago when looking for press coverage! But, nothing since then!
Hopefully, this is an isolated instance and it will eventually work out great! As Sonali also said, it should be a good place for networking.
Cheers
Nalini
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| Jul 01, 2008 11:46 am | | India Art Summit-What do you think? | # |
Ashok Nayak | | I am very sorry Nalini, but why you have deleted that post from your blog?It's going to be happen and all of your and Mehul's answers will be updated well at their website, as i know galleries from Mumbai, Ahmadabad, Chennai, Hybd, Banglr, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Delhi and four from Europe are coming.Anil is coming to participate i think, I'll update everything you here when once it prepare, still near two 2 months to go.
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| Jul 01, 2008 11:55 am | | re: Hi Sharmistha!! | # |
Ashok Nayak | | Hi Sharmistha!
Thanks , yes dead lines are still upto 15th july, actually we are now thinking how to use that little space, at Mumbai Organizer has provided 25ft x 25ft for a stall, but here it's only 6 mtr x 3 mtr, we are working on it, yes you just go through our website and register yourself first.
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| Jul 01, 2008 2:41 pm | | re: re: Hi Sharmistha!! | # |
Nalini Malaviya | | Ashok, I haven't deleted the post. I think u mean this one, here's the link http://indianartscene.blogspot.com/2008/05/art-meet-brings-fraternity-together.html
Cheers
Nalini
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| Jul 01, 2008 2:55 pm | | re: India Art Summit-What do you think? | # |
Priya Pall | | Hi
India Art Summit is the sort of like the first serious Indian Art Fair to happen. It seems quite a few galleries are participating, Tao, Vadehra, Art Alive, Nature Morte, Palette, Espace, Sanskriti, Apparao are among them.
There will also be a forum where some people from the international art fraternity are invited to speak - Philip Hoffman, Hugo Weilhe, Deborah Swallow, and Rob Dean included. Abhay Sardesai will the moderator.
They have Art India, Asian Art News, and CNN-IBN as their media partners.
Let's see how this shapes up. Personally I feel it's my obligation as someone in the art frat to support such ventures.
Art fairs have become really big around the world. It's high time we had something like that start in India. I wouldn't like to shoot this down just yet....
Priya
Art Consultant & curatorPrivate Reply to Priya Pall |
| Jul 01, 2008 3:17 pm | | re: re: India Art Summit-What do you think? | # |
Anilkumar Bhimjiyani | | Hi Priya,
'Let's see how this shapes up. Personally I feel it's my obligation as someone in the art frat to support such ventures.
Art fairs have become really big around the world. It's high time we had something like that start in India. I wouldn't like to shoot this down just yet....''
I applaud your wise and positive words and sentiments.Very well expressed,especially in view of the fact that I recollect it being said,I think on here,that the major galleries hate eachother to the extent of not even being speaking terms with eachother.
I hope atleast lovers at least will support such a national level event.
AnilPrivate Reply to Anilkumar Bhimjiyani |
| Jul 01, 2008 4:53 pm | | re: sorry Nalini | # |
Ashok Nayak | | oh! sorry again Nalini, i was in a hurry that time and just missed archieved section,that's my mistake, i think after Priya's post you all will pretty happy, many big-names are coming to a single platform, please don't miss this opertunity, i hope you will decide to come for sure,thanks.
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| Jul 02, 2008 2:41 am | | re: re: sorry Nalini | # |
Priyanka Gupta | | hi ,
As much as I would have liked to attend this. I will be in kolkata from 14th July to 7th Aug.
Is there any opportunity to connect then? Also would any gallery be willing to showcase my work. I could carry them then to India and courier it.
hoping something works.
thanx
PriyankaPrivate Reply to Priyanka Gupta |
| Jul 02, 2008 9:26 pm | | re: India Art Summit latest update! | # |
Ashok Nayak | | Exhibitors List - India Art Summit™ 2008
Aakriti Art Gallery (Kolkata)
Anant Gallery (New Delhi)
Apparao Galleries (Chennai)
Archer Art Gallery (Ahmedabad)
Art 18/21 (UK)
Art Alive (New Delhi)
Art Folio (Chandigarh)
Art Indus (New Delhi)
Ashok Art Gallery (New Delhi)
Cymroza Art Gallery (Mumbai)
Delhi Art Gallery (New Delhi)
Dhoomimal Art Gallery (New Delhi)
Emami Chisel Art (Kolkata)
Emerging World Art (UK)
Empire Art Gallery & Shrine Art Gallery (New Delhi)
Gallerie Alternatives (New Delhi)
Gallery Espace (New Delhi)
Genesis Art Gallery (Kolkata)
Janus Art Gallery (Kolkata)
Karma Art Gallery (Ahmedabad)
Limited Edition (New Delhi)
Moti Picture House (New Delhi)
Nature Morte (New Delhi)
Palette Art Gallery (New Delhi)
Polka Art Gallery (New Delhi)
Rob Dean (UK)
Sanskriti Art Gallery (Kolkata)
Tao Art Gallery (Mumbai)
Tasveer (Bangalore)
The Fine Art Company (Mumbai)
The Mint Gallery (New Delhi)
Triveda Fine Art (New Delhi)
VIART (New Delhi)
Wonderwall (New Delhi)
Some of the artists showing at India Art Summit™ 2008 are:
Alexis Kersey
Anjolie Ela Menon
Arpana Caur
Arun Kumar H G
Atul Dodia
Babu Xavier
Baiju Parthan
Binoy Verghese
Dharmendra Rathore
F.N. Souza
Ganesh Haloi
Ganesh Pyne
Himmat Shah
Jogen Choudhary
Krishen Khanna
Krishnamachari Bose
K.S. Radhakrishnan
M.F. Hussain
Prabhakar Kolte
Pratul Dash
Raqs Media Collective
Riyas Komu
Robert Rauschnberg
Saroj Kumar Singh
S.H. Raza
Shibu Natesan
Sonia Delaunay
Suhas Roy
T. Vaikuntham
Thukral & Tagra
SOURCE: http://www.indiaartsummit.com/exhibitorlist.htm
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| Jul 03, 2008 9:12 am | | re: re: India Art Summit latest update! | # |
Sharmistha Dutta | | Thank you Ashok for updating us. Private Reply to Sharmistha Dutta |
| Jul 15, 2008 6:55 am | | re: re: re: India Art Summit latest update! | # |
Nalini Malaviya | | Does anyone have a further update on this? Also, wondering how many from the network are planning to attend? Incidentally, I'm still in two minds!
Cheers
Nalini
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| Jul 15, 2008 8:45 am | | re: re: re: re: India Art Summit latest update! | # |
Sonali Engineer | | I am planning to attend only on the 23rd. Private Reply to Sonali Engineer |
| Jul 15, 2008 8:59 am | | re: re: re: re: re: India Art Summit latest update! | # |
Anilkumar Bhimjiyani | | Hello Friends,
I have a little announcement to make.
I have started to work with young talented artists and created a website called
www.emergingworldart.com
Its almost essentially complete and please do have a look.
My first outing is taking part in the India Art Summit,New Delhi,22nd August-24th August 2008.I shall be bringing 4/5 emerging artists from the UK .
Its an experiment to see if India's current love affair with Contemporary Art extends to other countries besides India.
Eventually I have the very modest plan to create a global emerging artists exchange..:-)))))
Any comments from Art Savvy friends on here will be most welcome.
And I cordially invite you all to visit my booth at the Show.That will also be an opportunity for us to meet.
A bientot,
Anil Private Reply to Anilkumar Bhimjiyani |
| Jul 15, 2008 1:33 pm | | re: India Art Summit latest update! | # |
Mehul Patel | | Dear Anil,
That sounds like a kool venture. Wish you all the best.
Please make sure you exchange few words with Abhay Maskara
http://www.gallerymaskara.com/
http://www.collectorsmind.blogspot.com/
He is doing the same big time in Bombay promoting International Artists and he is a kool guy to know for sure!
Feel free to give him my Ref.
Regards,
Mehul Patel
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| Jul 15, 2008 1:45 pm | | re: re: India Art Summit latest update! | # |
Anilkumar Bhimjiyani | | Dear Mehul,
Thank you so much for the advice...much appreciated..I will contact him and give him your referance.
And thank you for the good wishes..needed and accepted.
Best regards
AnilPrivate Reply to Anilkumar Bhimjiyani |
| Jul 15, 2008 1:49 pm | | www.emergingworldart.com/ | # |
Mehul Patel | | Dear Anil,
One more sincere suggestion obviously if it makes sense for u.
Announce your prices and let people buy online using credit, debit, paypal and all of it!
Transparency excites a user a lot an gives them a idea what's within there reach!
I also think this is one of the biggest differentiator and winner with regards SaffronArt!
Regards,
Mehul Patel
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| Jul 16, 2008 3:50 am | | re: thanx for the links to maskara... | # |
Nalini Malaviya | | Thanks guys, but it seems not many from this board are planning to attend!
Anil, all the best!
Cheers
Nalini
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| Jul 18, 2008 6:48 pm | | India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Visions Art | | Hello Everyone
It sounds exciting and would have to wait and see how this one turns up...The previous attempt of an art fair was a small scale disaster.
We have few very good galleries and artists. However just selection criteria could have been better for galleries and artists.
We all would get to see a lot of secondary sales ,while you would have fine quality works with extra fine prices.
The Opening would be worth attending.However would have been more interesting if we had few more international panelist and curators like 'Betty Seid' and international museum curators to make this more booming.
Im assuming a lot of presales in this fair.lets hope this ones a good start.
I would be attending the fair all 3 days and would be open to network with people who would like to catch up.
Thanks
AashuPrivate Reply to Visions Art |
| Aug 20, 2008 2:34 am | | re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Priyanka Gupta | | hi,
I will be a part of the summit with Ashok art gallery showing my work. Although I will not be present physically I would definitely like to hear from everyone about my work.
Thanx
PriyankaPrivate Reply to Priyanka Gupta |
| Aug 20, 2008 8:44 am | | India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Ajay Rajgarhia | | Hi
THis is Ajay from Wonderwall. Wonderwall is dedicated to fine art photography. The website is www.wonderwall.co.in.
I have a booth in the Summit - A18. The artists i am showcasing are:
S Paul
Karan Khanna
Sandeep Biswas
Pradeep Dasgupta
Manoj Kumar Jain
Leena Kejriwal
Dinesh Khanna
Saadiya Kochar
Vikas Malhotra
Mala Mukerjee
Ajay Rajgarhia
Shalini Saran
Madhavi Swarup
Dheeraj Paul
Malkiat Singh
Suzanne Hayano
Do drop in.
Looking forward to seeing atleast some of you there.
Ajay
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| Aug 21, 2008 4:10 pm | | re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Sharmistha Dutta | | Hi All,
The show looks good! There is a great buzz and mad activity around the participating galleries here.
Jitish kallat's work is the centre of attraction, literally!!
Thanx to Ashok, I have my work dispalyed here at Stall no A 30. Hope to catch u guys during these three days!
Cheers
SharmisthaPrivate Reply to Sharmistha Dutta |
| Aug 21, 2008 4:14 pm | | re: re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Sharmistha Dutta | | Priyanka,
Your work is looking good!Private Reply to Sharmistha Dutta |
| Aug 21, 2008 5:09 pm | | re: re: re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Priyanka Gupta | | Hi Sharmistha,
Congratulations and thanx for your input. Appreciate it.
tc
PriyankaPrivate Reply to Priyanka Gupta |
| Aug 21, 2008 5:42 pm | | re: re: re: re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Priya Pall | | Hi Everyone
I have put together the stall for Gallery Espace - its A7.
Please do come and look me up as well.
Looking forward to seeing you all there
Tc
Priya
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| Aug 24, 2008 12:50 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Harpreet Singh | | Hi well i visited da art fair on friday and today-sunday, and missed the real thing on sat, things were quite cool but may b i was expecting more in terms of space and interaction..i dont know..mayb my imagination was little more..abt the "first" art summit..done some photos their will post on flickr.com soon and will send u guys a link.
harpreetPrivate Reply to Harpreet Singh |
| Aug 27, 2008 12:22 pm | | re: re: re: re: re: re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Sharmistha Dutta | | Hi all,
Can safely say the Indian Art summit was a really good experience. The atmosphere was always charged, lots of interactions and unexpected visual delights!
Have put up some pictures on Ning. Pls check.
CheersPrivate Reply to Sharmistha Dutta |
| Aug 28, 2008 7:17 am | | re: re: re: re: re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Harpreet Singh | | well seems sumbody has eaten my entry in this thread...wow means we can not post da honest views here...watever da case iwould appreciate sum response to this msg before this is eaten too.
and i just said "i was expecting more frm the art summit"
best regards
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| Aug 28, 2008 9:04 am | | India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Ajay Rajgarhia | | My feedback
The sales were good, but what was more exciting was the great response in terms of the no of people who visited the stall to look at the work, including Christies, Sothebys, and The Wall Street Journal also interviewed me for a story they are doing on the market for art photography in India.
The traffic on the website has increased substantially due to the awareness created for Wonderwall.
All in all, it was a great fair for Wonderwall. And for fine art photography.
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| Aug 28, 2008 9:45 am | | re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Mehul Patel | | This is great feedback so far....did anyone click any pictures, if yes can you upload or share it below:
Indian Art Summit 2008 Photo sharing group:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/890577@N22/
Any more feedback?
Regards,
Mehul Patel
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| Aug 28, 2008 11:28 am | | re: re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Sonali Engineer | | i visited on day one only so i do not know about the confernce bit but here is my take on it:
wonderwal was a breath of fresh air there.
Anil's gallery has some good artists
triveda had good art mix - bengal and upcoming
ashok gallery was too crowded so i backed out
dhoomimal had one husain print
gallery art alive was very good
Rob Dean and nature morte were ok but the gallery owners persona was stronger
all in all it was good but what i saw was some genuinely good fresh work - (there was a fake Souza there which i think many noticed). lots of new artists work was being promoted and on the whole was a mildly nice experience but we do have a long way to go to get to Basel standards... we will do it eventually.
can someone tell us how was the conference on saturday???
thank you Private Reply to Sonali Engineer |
| Aug 28, 2008 1:01 pm | | India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Ajay Rajgarhia | | Thank you Sonali for the vote of Confidence. Its feedback like this that makes my day.
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| Aug 28, 2008 3:50 pm | | re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Sharmistha Dutta | | Mehul I've dutifully added some pix.
but its only 6, do i get to add some more?Private Reply to Sharmistha Dutta |
| Aug 28, 2008 7:21 pm | | re: re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Mehul Patel | | Sharmistha,
Thanks a ton yes feel free to add as many as you have them
If anyone has any images adding that would be helpful so we can tag them and that eventually helps the event when searched on search and image engines!
Images can be uploaded here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/890577@N22/
or even here:
http://indianartcollectors.ning.com/photo
Sonali,
did you say fake Souza? and 1 Hussain print @ Dhoomimal!!!
Regards,
Mehul Patel
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| Aug 28, 2008 7:31 pm | | India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Ashok Nayak | | Hi Mehul
Yes many more were there,i will come with every details with all proper documentation, i have recorded each and every work has been exhibited at Summit.But dear i am very sorry about your absence again.Will you say me what exactly you are planning???
Sonali, First of all i am so sorry to read your PM lately, after 30 mins of starting they have allowed everybody from lobby into main forum area, i am waiting to receive the complete video data from summit organizer, only after that i can update and why you have got back from outside of our stall? yes it was bit crowded, response is very good.
hey! i mate smart anil and his beautiful wife , he has a wonderful collection , and there were many more to share, will say next.
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| Aug 28, 2008 7:40 pm | | re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Mehul Patel | | Dear Ashok,
The only reason or idea behind me requesting everyone to upload Summit images below is to give everyone a visual feel of the summit to all those who couldn't make it! And to those who mite want to come again.
Images can be uploaded here:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/890577@N22/
or even here:
http://indianartcollectors.ning.com/photo
Regards,
Mehul Patel
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| Aug 28, 2008 7:50 pm | | India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Ashok Nayak | | hehe, dear i am not asking you to open your plan on requesting to upload photo, i have expected you to visit art expo at mumbai first, you have not came and even not here in summit, if you are avoiding these major art gatherings in India, so then what is your exact plan for your collections??
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| Aug 29, 2008 5:03 am | | re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Sonali Engineer | | Mehul,
the fake Souza was not at Dhoomimals - it was elsewhere.
The Dhoomimals was the only place to have a Husain (print)
Sonali Private Reply to Sonali Engineer |
| Aug 29, 2008 8:52 am | | re: re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Harpreet Singh | | hello all..pl see da photos frm Art Summit here
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| Aug 29, 2008 6:42 pm | | Read India Art Summit 2008 review on Tehelka current issue | # |
Ashok Nayak | | Read India Art Summit 2008 reviews on Tehelka this week
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| Aug 30, 2008 5:50 am | | re: re: re: India Art Summit 2008 | # |
Sunita Anand Rao | |
Thanks, Harpreet for the Art Summit 2008 Photos.
Sunita Anand RaoPrivate Reply to Sunita Anand Rao |
| Aug 30, 2008 6:03 am | | Nice article Ashok...thanx for the feed. | # |
Nivedita Saha | | Cheers
-NiviPrivate Reply to Nivedita Saha |
| Sep 01, 2008 12:04 pm | | Rajeev Lochan Vid on the summit. | # |
Kevin Thakkar | | Hi Guys,
Came across this vid on Indian Art Summit site.
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=rwZO2c_dfq8
Rgrds,
Kevin T.Private Reply to Kevin Thakkar |
| Sep 02, 2008 2:19 pm | | re: India Art Summit-What do you think? | # |
Preety Kaur | | I dont understand why did they choose the month of Aug for art summit... They could have done in much cooler weather like in Oct or Nov... Well I hope to see the next summit anyways... some nice posts here...cheers Private Reply to Preety Kaur |
| Sep 03, 2008 6:27 am | | India Art Summit-What do you think? | # |
Ajay Rajgarhia | | As per my info, next summit dates are Aug 19-22nd.
AjayPrivate Reply to Ajay Rajgarhia |
| Sep 03, 2008 9:50 am | | re: India Art Summit-What do you think? | # |
Mehul Patel | | So someone there really loves the August!!!
Regards,
Mehul Patel
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| Sep 04, 2008 3:37 am | | India Art Summit-2009 | # |
Ashok Nayak | | Grand Success of India's First International Art Fair
- The Global Art Market all set for India Art Summit 2009
The recent Art Summit was the Indian art scene’s attempt to climb a new rung in its international aspirations, says NISHA SUSAN
An astounding 10,000 art enthusiasts walked in to witness India's First International Art Fair, India Art Summit(TM) 2008, firmly establishing it as a one stop destination for art in India. With an overwhelming mix of art collectors, artists, critics, curators, students and art enthusiasts from across India and overseas, the Summit achieved exactly what it set out to - making art, and the knowledge of art, accessible to a widespread audience. Commercially speaking, the fair clocked in a record sale of approximately 50%, with the 34 participating galleries selling over 280 artworks worth Rs.10 crores approximately. Given that the total value of the 550 artworks on display was approximately Rs. 20 crores, India Art Summit has emerged as one of the most successful first editions of any art fair across the world.
With all eyes now on India, event producers Hanmer MS&L, have announced plans to schedule India Art Summit 2009 between 19th - 22nd August' 2009 in New Delhi. Next year, the fair is proposed to be over three times bigger and applications are already pouring in from across India and world. While in the first year, the focus was largely on Indian art and Indian galleries, the second year will see participation from galleries across the world showcasing a sizeable array of artworks from different parts of the world.
Ashok Art Gallery is a five-yearold Delhi gallery that largely functions online. A mom-and-pop operation with a handful of unknown artists, Ashok Art Gallery has never had any exposure in the media. Their only previous art fair experience was with the Mumbai art expo earlier this year. As one among 35 galleries that participated in the recent India Art Summit (between August 22 and 25), Ashok Art Gallery did not expect to become frontpage news. But their 27-year-old Oriya artist Kanta Kishore’s marble sculptures of rolled-up newspapers were sold within hours of the fair’s opening. Gallerists Ashok Nayak and Kavita Vig, Kavita’s husband Bharat and septuagenarian mother-in-law watched astonished as the art young Indian superstar Subodh Gupta and politician Maneka Gandhi came to their stall. And in their wake, thousands of visitors and the press.
Sculptures and installations sold almost as well as paintings, signalling a new trend. The panel of speakers and choice of topics at the Art Forum also drew many accolades and was deemed as amongst one of the best such initiatives of its kind, internationally.
Mr. Sunil Gautam, Managing Director, Hanmer MS&L commenting on the fair said, "It is great to see that India Art Summit has emerged as the most inclusive collaborative art platform in India in it's very first year. We believe that this initiative is a step in the right direction to put India on the global art fair circuit."
Commenting on the success of the fair, Mr. Philip Hoffman, Chief Executive, The Fine Art Fund said "The Indian market is very important in the global art scene and this fair is a major step. I can imagine this to be major fair in Asia competing alongside London, Miami and Basel in the next 5-10 years. The sales results of the fair seemed very impressive by comparison to other fairs in their first year."
Applications for participation in India Art Summit 2009 can be submitted at http://www.indiaartsummit.com
India Art Summit - Backgrounder
The art fraternity in India has for long felt a gap and the need for a collaborative industry platform in the country owing to the phenomenal growth and global interest in Indian art. While the art fraternity the world over gets numerous opportunities to interact and collaborate through various art fairs, biennales & expos, there was no such platform in India. Therefore the time was right for India to offer a suitable platform for art. The initiative has received invaluable recognition and endorsement from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India and Sotheby's.
The Summit hopes to achieve the dual purpose of, on one hand, serving as a window for International collectors to get a single access point to Indian art and, on the other, exposing the Indian collectors to a range of global Art that will be showcased at the fair in the coming years. More than just a place for buying and selling art, this initiative will enable diverse stakeholders from India and around the world to come together and discuss the creative and commercial aspects of Indian art.
Today, Indian art is greatly appreciated both internationally and within the country, annually growing at 30-35%, the Indian art market is currently worth Rs 1500 crores. The Indian art market has gone up by 485 percent in the last decade making it the fourth most buoyant art market in the world. The total auction market size of Indian art has changed from US $5 million in 2003 - just five years back - to nearly US $150 million this year.
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