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May, 2008
Contemporary Indian Art – An Explosive Market
In the mid 1990s, strong economic growth in India flushed out a new generation of collectorslooking toinvest in the art of fellow Indians. Today, demand is global and rising, fuelled by a very speculative environment with tempting opportunities for quick in and out trading. The new stars of Indian art are sought after in Hong-Kong and Dubai, London and New York, New Delhi and Paris.
Flagship auctions of Indian art never fail to feature established names like Francis Newton Souza, Tyeb Mehta and Sayed Haider Raza. All born in the 1920s, they traced a path to contemporary art with erudite but uninhibited work that was stamped with Indian culture while owing much to Western art. The international success of this artistic generation opened a breach. And the young Indian scene, artists born between the 1950s and 1970s, swept through it. At the top of the list, apart from media stars like Anish Kapoor and Sudodh Gupta, there are Atul Dodiya, Ravinder REDDY, Chintan UPADHYAY, Shibu Natesan or Santosh TV… all have made over six figure sums at auction. Anish Kapoor, born in 1954, is a perfect illustration of soaring prices for contemporary Indian art. Consider, for example, his sculptureMother as a ship: a motherly form of more than 2 metres, draped in a blue pigment that calls up infinite stretches of sea and sky. It is a work of meditation that typifies Kapoor’s work. It was put up for auction three times between 1998 et 2007, first at Christie’s London where it fetched GBP42,000, or USD 72,000. In May 2007, also at Christie’s, it went for USD 650,000 in New York. Kapoor was introduced to the secondary market twenty years ago and enjoys an international audience. He is unquestionably the most expensive contemporary Indian artist today. His rise accelerated in November 2006 when Sotheby’s auctioned the Vanthournout collection. The alabaster sculpture on sale went under the hammer at USD 2m, five times its estimate. Since then, Kapoor has made 5 other sales over the million dollar mark with the maximum, USD 2.5m, for another alabaster sculpture (14 November 2007, Sotheby’s NY). Nevertheless, not all his works are prohibitively expensive: small sculptures produced in limited series, go for between EUR 3,000 and 10,000. In the last two years, speculative overbidding for a few elected contemporary artists has been confirmed. In 2005 for example, Atul Dodiya broke through the USD 100,000 level for the first time (The Mocking, Sotheby’s NY, 20 September 2005). Two years later, his paintingLodging in Somnath, bought for the equivalent of USD 5,000 in 1995 (GBP 3,200, Christie’s London) was sold for HKD 3m, i.e. more than USD 385,800! Unlike Atul Dodiya, Sudodh Gupta, 44, was unknown in international auction houses three years before. Today, he is so famous that he is considered as the Indian Damien Hirst! In 2005, Sotheby’s sold his paintingFishermanfor USD 13,000. By 2007, his paintings had easily risen ten times in price and were selling for between EUR 130,000 and 280,000 on average. He is enjoying global success and is sought after in Hong Kong, London or New York, and also in France. In fact, his new record was made in Paris, at Artcurial on 3 April 2008, forVehicle for the seven Seas… The installation, which transforms a trolley and suitcases into precious objects, was sold for EUR 425,000, more than three times its estimate.
Fund For Public Schools
The Fund for Public Schools is dedicated to improve New York City's public schools by attracting private investment in school reform & encouraging greater involvement by all New Yorkers in the educational of children. The Fund plays a pivotal role in improving public education in NYC by strengthening for critical education reform initiatives, helping businesses to create partnerships & programs that support city schools, & raising public awareness about the public schools. The Fund for Public Schools & the Madison Avenue BID are charitable 501c3 organizations announced theMadison Gallery WalkSilent Auction Saturday, May 10, 2008. All proceeds will benefit The Fund for Public Schools.
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Reared in poverty on the Illinois frontier, Abraham Lincoln worked from the age of eight - as a laborer. He educated himself. He taught himself grammar & became a talented orator. He thought himself geometry and became a skilled surveyor... At the end he became a wise leader -perhaps America's greatest president.
April, 2008
Laser Vision Correction Really Safe?
Recent published studies have shown that the most advanced, non-cutting form of laser vision correction - the only type that Dr. Chynn performs - is actually even safer than contacts. Dr. Chynn has had laser vision correction himself - as has all of his stuff. He has performed 10,000 cases - with perfect record. The following short film made during the laser surgery in Dr. Chynn medical office at Park Avenue, New York.
New York Went Green
With Earth Day and largest consumer focused on green event in New York, Perf Go Green, the only mass-marketed biodegradable plastic product company, has partnered with The Go Green Expo, and others to be announced, to educate students on the importance of recycling and what they can do to make a difference.
Linda Daniels, Chief Marketing Officer of Perf Go Green, announced the initiative alongside Go Green Expo's CEO, Brandford Rand, at the Go Green Expo's Gala at the Hilton, NY.
The program, which is officially called Perf Go Green's Recycling Initiative, will kuck off with the 2008/2009 school year in schools across the tri-state area. "We'll continue to add schools and partners in the upcoming months and hope to have representation in every state by 2010," Daniels said.
China International Gallery Exhibition: 5th
Having usurped France’s third place in global art market figures for 2007 (behind the US and the UK) China is consolidating its global presence by hosting art fairs with a genuinely international reach.
Already in September 2007, a Shanghai fair entitled Sh contemporary brought together a hundred or so national and international galleries. Six months later (i.e. 24 - 28 April 2008) Peking is hosting the fifth edition of the CIGE (China International Gallery Exhibition). European and American galleries will be there with artists from all over the world - within a broad focus on the Asian art scene. As well as a large selection of Chinese galleries, the CIGE is also expecting galleries from Korea, Indonesia and Japan. The event will exhibit works by artists who are still relative auction novices and by Chinese artists who have already gained recognition in Asia, Europe, the UK and the United States.
Indeed, the auction sales figures attained by the stars of the Chinese contemporary art scene are becoming more and more spectacular in Asia with some sales breaking records set in Anglo-American markets. For example, on 9 April 2008, during the Sotheby’s sale of the Estella Collection in Hong Kong, a work by Xiaogang ZHANG - who will be 50 this year - entitled Bloodline: The Big Family No.3 doubled its estimated value when it fetched HKD 42.255 million (c. USD 5.4m). This spectacular sum set a new record for the artist. In 2007, both Christie’s and Sotheby’s in London and in New York had offered similar quality works from the same Bloodline series, but none had generated beyond 3.5 million US dollars… so Zhang Xiaogang’s ascension is continuing!
With 90% of Estella collection sold in Hong-Kong, the auction was a real success and has beaten the modest records for Chinese contemporary art last month in New York...
The Geography of Bliss By Twelve
The Geography Of Bliss by Erick Weiner is "one grump's search for the happiest places in the world." Eric Weiner is a longtime foreign correspondent for National Public Radio. Over the past 2 decades, he has covered maladies and multitude of catastrophes from more than 30 countries. He came to the conclusion that different countries can change your mood, your life, your destiny... Some countries seem to be happiest than others. Together with author of The Geography of Bliss we'll travel to Netherland and Switzerland, Bhutan and Qatar.... According author's life experience and observation happiness in the Netherlands is a number; in Switzerland happiness is boredom; in Bhutan happiness is a policy; in Qatar happiness is a winning lottery ticket; in Iceland happiness is a failure; in Moldova happiness is somewhere else; in Thailand happiness is thinking; in Great Britain happiness is a work in progress; in India happiness is in contradiction; in America happiness is home...
At the end of the book Erick Weiner writes: "... And now I find myself back in Airport World, in New York, killing time before my flight home to Miami...". "I'm not 100 percent happy. Closer to 50/50, I'd say. All things considered, that's not so bad. No, not bad at all..."
Reed The Geography of Bliss and it will recharge you with new energy and wit, because this book is educational as much as entertaining. This book first published by TWELVE in 2008.
SamsungElectronics
Samsung has announced the legendary musician and philanthropist Carlos Santana will be the special guest performer for Samsung's 7th annualFour Seasons of Hopegala dinner on June 16, 2008 in New York City. Visit the Samsung Experience to bid on the exclusive Ultimate Santana package. Including: Autographed limited edition PRS Santana MD guitar complete with GHS Santana Signature Big Core strings, Dunlop picks, El Dorado Accessories hand-tooled leather strap and Mesa Boogie's 1 x 12 50/100w Lonestar combo amplifier. In addition, the winner will receive two first-class round-trip airline tickets, courtesy of American Airlines, to San Francisco; a two-night stay in the Santana Suite at the Hotel Triton in San Francisco; two premium tickets to the Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre concert with limo service to and from the concert; two gift cards to Maria Maria La Cantina restaurant; a Samsung MP3 player; and more. Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope is raising the money for Santana's Milagro Foundation. For more info on the Milagro Foundation visitwww.milagrofoundation.org.
Smithsonian
Smithsonianofficial resigned in the wake of ethics probe.The head of the Smithsonian Latino Center resigned in February after an internal investigation found that she violated a variety of rules and ethics policies by abusing her expense account, reports theWashington Post. Pilar O'Leary, who was hired in 2005 by then secretary Lawrence M. Small to be the institution's key representative on Latino affairs, tried to steer a contract to a friend and solicited free tickets for fashion shows, concerts, and music award ceremonies, according to records released yesterday by the Smithsonian. In the report, Smithsonian inspector general A. Sprightley Ryan said O'Leary violated fourteen ethical and conflict-of-interest policies. Many details were unclear because long passages were blacked out by Ryan for privacy reasons. "The investigation revealed that O'Leary has not always acted in the best interests of the Smithsonian," the report concluded. "Her conduct has violated the basic ethical rules of the Institution." O'Leary, thirty-nine, denied any wrongdoing, saying in an e-mail to thePostthat the tickets were "not gifts" and that her travel had been approved by her supervisors in the office of then deputy secretary Sheila Burke. In an interview with investigators made public with the report, O'Leary said she had never been questioned by superiors regarding her travel expenditures.
Samsung has announced the legendary musician and philanthropist Carlos Santana will be the special guest performer for Samsung's 7th annualFour Seasons of Hopegala dinner on June 16, 2008 in New York City. Visit the Samsung Experience to bid on the exclusive Ultimate Santana package. Including: Autographed limited edition PRS Santana MD guitar complete with GHS Santana Signature Big Core strings, Dunlop picks, El Dorado Accessories hand-tooled leather strap and Mesa Boogie's 1 x 12 50/100w Lonestar combo amplifier. In addition, the winner will receive two first-class round-trip airline tickets, courtesy of American Airlines, to San Francisco; a two-night stay in the Santana Suite at the Hotel Triton in San Francisco; two premium tickets to the Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre concert with limo service to and from the concert; two gift cards to Maria Maria La Cantina restaurant; a Samsung MP3 player; and more. Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope is raising the money for Santana's Milagro Foundation. For more info on the Milagro Foundation visitwww.milagrofoundation.org.
Smithsonian
Smithsonianofficial resigned in the wake of ethics probe.The head of the Smithsonian Latino Center resigned in February after an internal investigation found that she violated a variety of rules and ethics policies by abusing her expense account, reports theWashington Post. Pilar O'Leary, who was hired in 2005 by then secretary Lawrence M. Small to be the institution's key representative on Latino affairs, tried to steer a contract to a friend and solicited free tickets for fashion shows, concerts, and music award ceremonies, according to records released yesterday by the Smithsonian. In the report, Smithsonian inspector general A. Sprightley Ryan said O'Leary violated fourteen ethical and conflict-of-interest policies. Many details were unclear because long passages were blacked out by Ryan for privacy reasons. "The investigation revealed that O'Leary has not always acted in the best interests of the Smithsonian," the report concluded. "Her conduct has violated the basic ethical rules of the Institution." O'Leary, thirty-nine, denied any wrongdoing, saying in an e-mail to thePostthat the tickets were "not gifts" and that her travel had been approved by her supervisors in the office of then deputy secretary Sheila Burke. In an interview with investigators made public with the report, O'Leary said she had never been questioned by superiors regarding her travel expenditures.
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Ukrainian Paintings In New York City
April 11 - May 17 White Box presents contemporary art works of 16 Ukrainian artists: Juri Solomko, Alexander Roitburd, Nikita Kadan, Ilya Chichkan, Andrei Sagaidakovsky, Maxim Mamsikov, Nikolay Matsenko, Lesya Khomenko, Konstantin Reunov, Vlada Ralko, Arsen Savadov, Sergei Zarva, Katia Solovieva, Vasily Tsagolov, Alexander Gnylitsky, Pavel Makov.
Gallery located at 525 West 26 Street in Chelsea. Name of this exhibition is 'New Ukrainian Painting.' During an exhibition Opening-Reception guests were drinking Dutch beer and discussed art works, New York and life in general. Art dealer from another gallery said "I couldn't look at this big, made like out of steel CONDOM. It has human body size and red-orange color..." Her friend pointed another painting signed by Katia Solovieva. He said "I like this painting. It is 'a social realism...'."
Someone noticed two big canvases with portraits of male and female with gorillas' faces, blue man's shorts...
It was crowd, with fluid of uniqueness in the air. Unfortunately artists never came. Audience were expecting Ukrainians. But Gallery receptionist said that paintings shipped, and artists didn't come because Ukraine is so far away.
Any way, Ukrainian painters expressed a sense of liberation. As the former institutions that once defined their identity have been challenged, they now explore what is it to be Ukrainian in the 21 century.
Scotland Week 2008. New York
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the US Senate's Tartan Day Resolution, which honours the many shared connections between Scotland and America.
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Software is available for learning German, Russian, English, French, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Korean, Latin, Thai, Swedish... To name a few.
Ukrainian Paintings In New York City
April 11 - May 17 White Box presents contemporary art works of 16 Ukrainian artists: Juri Solomko, Alexander Roitburd, Nikita Kadan, Ilya Chichkan, Andrei Sagaidakovsky, Maxim Mamsikov, Nikolay Matsenko, Lesya Khomenko, Konstantin Reunov, Vlada Ralko, Arsen Savadov, Sergei Zarva, Katia Solovieva, Vasily Tsagolov, Alexander Gnylitsky, Pavel Makov.
Gallery located at 525 West 26 Street in Chelsea. Name of this exhibition is 'New Ukrainian Painting.' During an exhibition Opening-Reception guests were drinking Dutch beer and discussed art works, New York and life in general. Art dealer from another gallery said "I couldn't look at this big, made like out of steel CONDOM. It has human body size and red-orange color..." Her friend pointed another painting signed by Katia Solovieva. He said "I like this painting. It is 'a social realism...'."
Someone noticed two big canvases with portraits of male and female with gorillas' faces, blue man's shorts...
It was crowd, with fluid of uniqueness in the air. Unfortunately artists never came. Audience were expecting Ukrainians. But Gallery receptionist said that paintings shipped, and artists didn't come because Ukraine is so far away.
Any way, Ukrainian painters expressed a sense of liberation. As the former institutions that once defined their identity have been challenged, they now explore what is it to be Ukrainian in the 21 century.
Scotland Week 2008. New York
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the US Senate's Tartan Day Resolution, which honours the many shared connections between Scotland and America.
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