Feito por Brasileiros Sao Paulo

Made by... Feito por Brasileiros Curated by Marc Pottier 05/08-12/10 Cidade Matarazzo, Alameda Rio Claro 190, Bela Vsita, Sao Paulo

En plein cœur de Sao Paulo, un hôpital abandonné depuis plus de 20 ans va être investi par une centaine d'artistes de Tony Oursler à Adel Abdessemed. 50 artistes brésiliens et 50 artistes internationaux sont invités à réaliser des œuvres éphémères avant que ce lieu extraordinaire s'étendant sur plus de 35000 mètres carrés soit réhabilité. Parmi ces artistes, 4 peintres de la tribu Warli (Maharashtra Inde) réaliseront du 19 aout au 6 septembre de vastes fresques murales.
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In the heart of Sao Paulo, an hospital left to ruin for over 20 years will be taken over by a hundred artists from Tony Oursler to Adel Abdessemed. 50 Brazilian artists and 50 international artists are invited to create ephemeral works before this extraordinary place covering more than 35,000 square meters is rehabilitated. Among these artists, 4 painters from the Warli Tribe (Maharashtra India) will realize from August 19 to September 6 several huge wall paintings.
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Blood, gore and a deadly story

Source The Hindu by Sruthi Radhakrishnan
The golden era for pulps in English, sadly enough died out in the 1950s. But in India, specifically in Tamil, pulp acquired a new life in the form of monthly magazines. Before the 1980s, serialised stories in weeklies were and remain cult hits (these are now successful novels). Readers of that generation would wait every week for a new issue of Ananda Vikatan or Kalki for the next installment in the story they’d been following with avid interest, a kind of fan following unimaginable by those very magazines today. But the 80s saw a change in the market, and thus the Tamil pulp magazine was born.
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K.G. Subramanyan exhibits his works for the first time in Kerala

Source The Hindu by S. Priyadershini
It is ironical, as much as it is a moment of pride, that Kerala-born and internationally acclaimed artist K.G. Subramanyan (KGS) is holding his first show, ‘New Works’ at the age of 90, in the State at Durbar Hall Art Centre in Kochi. Is it the clichéd return of the native? One of the patriarchs of Indian modern art, KGS is beyond boundaries, as art is, but he sums his long absence polemically.
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Night Skies and Daydreams

Source The Wall Street Journal by Peter Plagens
With a population of over a billion people, a rising economy, and a rich visual culture, India is nevertheless underrepresented in what we call the "global art world." If China, however, can crash the gate—its artists having big-time gallery shows in the West, and the country supporting a growing art-collector class—why can't Indian artists gain similar traction?
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Palette Generator: How Bhupen Khakhar’s Waiting for Darshan was acquired

Source The Indian Express by Vandana Kalra
The title of this Bhupen Khakhar work, interestingly, also narrates the tale behind its acquisition. Suspended on a false wall at Delhi’s Taj Hotel last week, Khakhar’s Waiting for Darshan is one of the 26 works of art that will come under the hammer at the Christie’s auction during the Asian Art Week in New York on September 17. Its US-based owner Arani Bose recalls how he “waited” for the Khakhar for months, before the veteran called him for a purchase. It was around 2001-2002; Bose was already an established gallerist in the US, with his banner Bose Pacia. Introduced to Khakhar by Atul Dodiya at the former’s studio, Bose recalls that upon requesting for a work, the Baroda artist said that “all of them were already spoken for”. Months later, at the San Francisco International Airport, the gallerist got a call from the artist, “There’s a painting that I’ve just finished. Are you still interested?”. An excited “yes” followed and the canvas was promptly transported to New York.
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Jitish Kallat speaks about Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014

Source DNA by Gargi Gupta
When the first Kochi Muziris Biennale (KMB) opened its doors to the public nearly two years ago on 12/12/12, it was an unknown beast – India's very first artist-led contemporary art biennale held far away from the metropolitan art centres of Mumbai and Delhi, in a coastal town in Kerala. Corporate sponsors, who help relieve the birth pangs of experimental start-ups in the cultural sphere, were not enthused. There were organisational glitches and whispers of corruption. But when curtains came down on the event three months later, KMB was a thumping success. Nearly 400,000 visitors, many of them from far off places in India and the world, had trooped down to see the artworks by 89 artists from 23 countries displayed in over 60 spaces spread across 14 sites for 96 days.
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Art Under the Hammer

Source The Indian Express
n March this year, to fuel the steadily growing demand for art auctions in the country, Pundole’s launched a new gallery space in Mumbai. The 4,000-square-foot space in Tanna House, Colaba, is meant solely as a viewing space for auctions. So after a successful first sale of fine arts in March, Pundole’s is hosting its second on August 26 and 27 at Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, the National Centre for the Performing Arts.
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Sao Paulo Made by... Feito for Brasileiros

En plein cœur de Sao Paulo, un hôpital abandonné depuis plus de 20 ans va être investi par une centaine d'artistes de Tony Ourseler à Adel Abdesemed. 50 artistes brésiliens et 50 artistes internationaux sont invités à réaliser des œuvres éphémères avant que ce lieu extraordinaire s'étendant sur plus de 35000 mètres carrés soit réhabilité. Parmi ces artistes, 4 peintres de la tribu Warli (Maharashtra Inde) réaliseront du 19 aout au 6 septembre de vastes fresques murales.br> In the heart of Sao Paulo, an hospital left to ruin for over 20 years will be taken over by a hundred artists from Tony Ourseler to Adel Abdesemed. 50 Brazilian artists and 50 international artists are invited to create ephemeral works before this extraordinary place covering more than 35,000 square meters is rehabilitated. Among these artists, 4 painters from the Warli Tribe (Maharashtra India) will realize from August 19 to September 6 several huge wall paintings.
05/08-12/10 Cidade Matarazzo, Alameda Rio Claro 190, Bela Vsita, Sao Paulo.

Paris Parcours des mondes

La quinzième édition du Parcours des mondes, le salon international des arts premiers, se tiendra du 9 au 14 septembre dans le quartier de Saint Germain des Prés à Paris. La galerie Frédéric Moisan et la galerie Hervé Perdriolle présentent, 72 rue Mazarine, une sélection de peintres aborigènes de l'Inde parmi lesquels Jivya Soma Mashe, Jangarh Singh Shyam, Ram Singh Urveti et Chano Devi.
The fifteenth edition of Parcours des mondes, the salon international des arts premiers, will be held from September 9 to 14 in the district of Saint Germain des Prés in Paris. Frédéric Moisan Gallery and Hervé Perdriolle Gallery present, 72 rue Mazarine, a selection of aboriginal painters from India including Jivya Soma Mashe, Jangarh Singh Shyam, Ram Singh Urveti and Chano Devi.

Parcours des mondes 2014

Source Arts Life
A caratterizzare questa fiera, che in meno di 15 anni è divenuta un evento di fama internazionale, sono gli standard elevati, le competenze degli addetti e l’autenticità delle opere d’arte. Parigi, già leader sul mercato internazionale in materia di arti tribali, con Parcours des mondes si è fatta anche precursore dell’entusiasmo per questo settore. L’amore per i primitivi ha origini lontane: molti sono gli artisti che al principio del XX secolo ne rimasero affascinati. Da Vlaminck a Breton, da Eluard a Picasso, da Derain a Matisse: tutti sono stati collezionisti, soprattutto di arte africana, e nella loro produzione artistica hanno lasciato tracce di questa forte passione.
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Hospital abandonado vai virar centro cultural

Source Catracalivre
Um lugar que abrigou a luta pela vida de muitos pacientes agora luta para se consolidar como espaço cultural de São Paulo. Depois de 20 anos desativado, o Hospital Umberto Primo, mais conhecido como Matarazzo, irá receber a exposição “Made By… Feito por Brasileiros”. A recuperação do espaço chega em boa hora para os paulistanos, que terão mais uma opção cultural em tempos de longas filas em outras exposições na cidade. A mostra que acontece a partir do dia 9 de setembro vai trazer mais de 100 artistas contemporâneos, como Lygia Clark e Beatriz Milhazes e pretende resgatar o valor histórico do Hospital.
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Peças de Joana Vasconcelos exibidas na Austrália, Brasil e em Viana do Castelo

Source Observador
Também na capital paulistana, Joana Vasconcelos irá apresentar dois novos trabalhos, “Valquíria Matarazzo” e “Piano Dentelle #2″, a partir de setembro, no âmbito da mostra “Made by… Feito por Brasileiros”, que inaugura as novas funções do antigo Hospital Matarazzo, no bairro da Bela Vista, após 20 anos de inatividade. A partir de 9 de setembro e até 12 de outubro, “a gigantesca área do hospital irá receber obras de cerca de 100 artistas contemporâneos de vários países, entre os quais Adel Abdessemed e Tony Oursler, e também de consagrados artistas brasileiros” como, entre outros, Beatriz Milhazes e Vik Muniz, que expuseram nos últimos anos em Portugal, em instituições como a Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian e o Museu Berardo, respetivamente.
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Vintage Bollywood articles to be auctioned in September

Source DNA
Some of the most coveted items of the bygone and present-day era of India cinema including original art works from iconic movies like 'Baiju Bawra', 'Mother India' and 'Mughal-e-Azam' will go under the hammer at an auction of rare and vintage film memorabilia next month. The nearly 220 Lots in Osian's Group's 'The Greatest Indian Show on Earth series auction on September 12 is expected to fetch in excess of Rs 75 lakh. An opening preview exhibition will be held on August 22 at the Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai.
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Top CEOs collecting art works to boost commerce

Source DNA by Ashiesh Shah
For CEOs collecting art can be anything from an aesthetic pursuit, a form of meditation or a tool for building an investment portfolio. While it may be obvious that entrepreneurs use business strategies for collecting art, in some cases collecting strategies can be used in business. A quick search into the worlds top collectors is made up mostly of the names of CEOs of leading companies ranging from the banking and investment sector to real estate. Art never falls out of favour. The contemporary art market is thriving like never before, with the help of globalisation and technological advancements. The fine art market has changed to a great extent in these past few decades, offering collectors unique new opportunities for investment.
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Brushstroke of feminism

Source The Asian Age by Dr Seema Bawa
Despite the lack of a formal engagement with the feminist movement, Indian women artists have been carving out and recovering spaces as their own. The feminisation of themes, the experimentations with style, uniqueness of sensibility, are all hallmarks of women’s art in India today. This is not to suggest that art produced and conceptualised by women artists is homogenous and monolithic it is infact, just the opposite diverse and vibrant, mirroring the diversity of artists themselves.
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Sustainability of traditional art forms..

Source Huffington Post by Ihitashri Shandilya
While in New York, I heard about the native American art being printed randomly on t-shirts, scarves, mugs. This definitely means the art is appreciated by all. However, through such rampant printing of art, artists are no longer supported or encouraged to practice it. Native American art form is an example of an ancient tradition, which was practiced to display the social organization of the culture, sometimes to offer prayers, or to even offer a service. I could immediately connect it to my own heritage art in India, Mithila Painting , popularly known as Madhubani Painting.
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Guide to Indian Art and Collectibles

Source Billionaire by Hester Lacey
There are, says Farrow, two cycles in an emerging market: “First, when people’s personal wealth increases, they buy works by their compatriots.” Interest at home leads to the second cycle: international recognition. “A buzz is created, international collectors realise there is a strong client base underpinning what is now a solid market and foreign collectors come in and take it to the next level,” he says. “We’re hoping Conferro can be at the start of that: working with Indian collectors, educating them, giving them more exposure to their own culture and playing a part in enabling them to become important players on the international art-market scene.”
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The Glorious Indian Art Market

Source Daily News & Analysis by Frah Siddiqui
“The interest for Indian art is at a high level at the moment with the recently opened M.F. Husain exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the upcoming retrospective of Gaitonde’s work at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Kochi Muziris Biennale, which enjoyed an international recognition two years ago when it was staged for the first time”. The art market can be affected by the uncertainty around fakes and forgeries, speculators ‘flipping’ art works and by global economic factors, but with the growing number of billionaires in India and an expanding base of international buyers for Indian art combined with the increasing demand for high-quality and rare works with impeccable provenance, the art market will continue to grow.
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