All Entries in the "Visual Art" Category
India Art Summit 2008 – India’s Modern and Contemporary Art Fair
neha kirpal asked: Today, Indian art is greatly appreciated both internationally and within the country, annually growing at 30-35%. The current Rs.1500 crore art market has grown by nearly 485% in the last decade making it the fourth most buoyant art market in the world.Indian art has burgeoned into a mega-business at home and worldwide, [...]
The Meaning of Art
Cedar Lee asked: When I refer to “art” here, I am referring specifically to visual art, and more specifically to painting because that’s what I do. But I’m sure it applies to other forms of art as well.Art can have very concrete, literal meaning to it—the more representational a work of art is, the easier [...]
A simple guide to investing in Art
vernie evangelista asked: A friend of mine due to hard times has sold some of his properties and one is a painting that belongs to his family years ago. He was astonished to know the “market value” of the said painting when he had it for appraisal. He doesn’t realize what he had been admiring [...]
Theoretical Priciples of De-aestheticized Art
Dali asked: “Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.”- Pablo PicassoWhat kind of lie does contemporary art support today?What kind of truth are we realizing through the contemporary art?Contemporary scene of visual art resembles the space filled with broken mirrors, where images reflect each other in the multidimensional sphere of media circus. The [...]
Meaning of Art Gallery
Saatchi Gallery asked: What is an art gallery? Art galleries are venues where various forms of art and works of various artists are displayed to public. Among the various forms of art like photography, sculpture, art illustrations, handloom etc. showcasing of paintings are common. The prime objective of art gallery is to promote art and [...]
