New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Here’s a look at what made news in Indian art in 2010:
– Anish Kapoor Retrospective at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mehboob Studio (Delhi, Mumbai)
– Artiger: Art for Tiger (Delhi)
– Arpita Singh’s ‘Wish Dream’ sold for Rs.9.6 crore or $2 million (Online auction)
– Exhibition of Famous Chinese Women’s Artists in India to mark 60 years of India-China diplomatic ties at Lalit Kala Akademi (Delhi)
– Inking of a cultural pact with Britain (Delhi)
– Masterstrokes: The Art of Rabindranath Tagore, an exhibition of Tagore’s art at (Delhi)
– Unravelling Sweden – an exhibition by 30 Swedish artists at Emami Towers (Kolkata)
– Twelve of Rabindranath Tagore’s paintings from the Dartington Hall Trust sell for a record 1.6 million pounds at Sotheby’s (London)
– Mumbai-based artist Jitish Kallat’s exhibition, ‘Public Notice 3’, based on a digitised version of Swami Vivekananda’s text takes the US by storm (Mumbai/Chicago)
– India for the first time decides to take part in Venice Biennale 2011
-Indo-Asian News Service
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