I don t think about who is at top and who isn t: Subodh Gupta
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New Delhi, April 14 : From brass utensils to stainless steel tiffins. From cow dung to buckets in the world of one of India s best known contemporary artists, Subodh Gupta, the universal derives from the personal even as the past and future emerges as a time of both hope and conflict.
Known for employing localised metaphors in some of his best known works steel tiffin boxes, thalis and bicycles to reflect upon the transformation of the Indian social landscape, an exhibition of Gupta s latest paintings along with those of Jitesh Kallat, titled Confabulations: New Painting was recently held at Nature Morte in the capital.
In 2017 Anatole Shagalov sued Artemus over a leaseback scheme Max Rapp/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
The long-running legal battle between Artemus, the art sale/leasing company set up by the financier Asher Edelman, and the art dealer Anatole Shagalov, has finally been concluded with a “win” for Artemus.
The battle started in 2017 when Shagalov and his company Nature Morte (no relation to the New Delhi gallery) sued Artemus over a multimillion-dollar leaseback arrangement, which included a Keith Haring and two Frank Stellas.
Shagalov allegedly did not pay the agreed fees and then tried to prevent Artemus from selling the art, claiming his arrangement with Artemus was a “collateralised loan” and not a purchase. Artemus’s business model is to buy a work of art and then lease it back to the vendor. Shagalov initially prevailed in court, but in March this year Justice John Koeltl dismissed Shagalov’s case with prejudice, bringing the whole affair
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A reawakening in the arts
Committed to the vision to educate, showcase and promote contemporary art, this edition, in an ongoing pandemic, has interesting events in the pipeline.
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The fourth edition of the Delhi Contemporary Art Week (DCAW) a week-long public celebration of contemporary art by seven galleries kick starts today at Bikaner House. Blueprint 12 (Ridhi Bhalla and Mandira Lamba), Exhibit 320 (Rasika Kajaria), Gallery Espace (Renu Modi), Latitude 28 (Bhavna Kakar), Nature Morte (Peter Nagy), Shrine Empire (Shefali Somani) and Vadehra Art Gallery (Roshni Vadehra) will feature a stellar line-up of artists.
Daily Times
April 8, 2021
With seven city-based galleries bringing works by over 70 artists, the fourth edition of the Delhi Contemporary Arts Week (DCAW), set to begin today (Thursday), promises to be a one-stop-shop for art enthusiasts.
The week-long art event at the Bikaner House will showcase works by a stellar line-up of the week-long art event at the Bikaner House will showcase works by a stellar line-up of artists – both stalwarts and emerging, including Ghulam Mohammad, Manisha Gera Baswani, Jyoti Bhatt, Kamrooz Aram, Anoli Perera, and Shrimanti Saha.
“The Delhi Contemporary Art Week is a curated forum drawing on the synergies between seven like-minded galleries in the city, who have been promoting contemporary art consistently and are committed to the vision of coming together to educate, showcase and promote contemporary art.