Gothenburg: Emami Chisel Arts and Aakriti Art gallery in Kolkata and Aschan & co, Vasa Konsthal and Gallery Scandinavia in Gothenburg will jointly organize a show of contemporary Indian Art in Sweden from 10th August to 15th September, 2010. This is for the first time that an Indian art exhibition of this magnitude is going to be held in the Gothenburg cultural festival.
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New Delhi: The 3rd edition of India Art Summit will start from 20 - 23 January 2011 in New Delhi. Launched in 2008, India Art Summit hosts the country's Modern and Contemporary Art Fair, alongside a vibrant four day programme which includes a reputed International Speakers' Forum, Curated Projects, an Education Series and a variety of collateral events. |
Indian investor buys Italian Artist's lifetime rights |
Saatchi Gallery gifted to Nation London: Charles Saatchi is gifting over 200 works, and the Saatchi Gallery, to create a Museum of Contemporary Art for London, with a powerful permanent collection. The artworks included are worth more than £25 million at current market value, and the Saatchi Gallery, now located in Chelsea, is one of the largest in the world, providing a 70,000 sq ft showcase for art. The gift will ensure that the Saatchi Gallery, which is planning to change its name to MOCA London [Museum Of Contemporary Art, London] when Saatchi retires, will have a strong, rotating permanent collection of major installations. |
Important Roman Sculpture Joins Collection of New York: An ancient Roman group statue of great importance and beautya depiction of the Three Graces of Greek mythologyhas been acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced Thomas P. Campbell, the Museum's Director. The marble sculpture is a second-century A.D. Roman copy of a Greek work from the second century B.C. Discovered in Rome in 1892, the statue has been on loan to the Museum from a private collector since 1992, and has been on view in the center of the Leon Levy and Shelby White Sculpture Court since it opened in 2007. |
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