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The Art Market 2021 Report is out. This Art Basel and UBS survey has been prepared by Dr. Clare McAndrew, Founder of Arts Economics. The Pothi team brings you excerpts and overviews of this incisive report. This is part 1 of a six-part series. As you would expect, the coronavirus pandemic has had a significant […]
The Covid effect: Big leap in online art sales, says the Art Market 2021 report Read More »
Nidheesh Tyagi tells you why the living through difficult times makes us more human and saves the best of us from the worst of us As the world is talking less about Covid and more about vaccine jabs, it is time to come out of almost a year-long dark depressing tunnel and breathe in the
Getaways and collectives of artists have been severely limited by the Covid-19 pandemic, with some doubt still lingering in the air for now. Team Pothi does a round-up In the first week of March 2021, a handful of India’s most prominent pan-city galleries, including Experimenter, Nature Morte, Chemould Prescott Road and Vadehra Art Gallery, announced
India’s art residencies: Held back by uncertainty in 2021 Read More »
The Pothi Team revisits the pandemic and tells you how art and artists have negotiated such events in the past and why the ‘new normal’ has been about finding newer solutions in experiencing and making art First of all, let’s start with an apology. Sorry, but the pandemic has to be brought up one more
Adverse situations and troubled times informs the art of that period, and that art eventually becomes the mirror and even conscience of the time, influencing how we think about the event later. By the Pothi Team. Yesterday we told you how two Pune-based artists coped during the pandemic. What is certain is that there are
Ironically, the lockdown made people understand the value of the arts even more. The oft-cited opinion that art did not have practical value did not seem like a valid viewpoint anymore. It isn’t just the tangible that makes life bearable turned into a mantra during the lockdown.
Veteran artist Vasudevan Akkitham discusses with Abir Pothi the changing mores of art in the last four decades, and shares his wisdom for fledgling artists Regarded a pioneer of Indian art, 63-year-old Vasudevan Akkitham has had a bird’s-eye view and understanding of its fascinating evolution over the last four-odd decades, and believes that we stand
In our fast-paced life, we have forgotten the small details: Vasudevan Akkitham Read More »
Santanu Borah tells you why Abir Pothi is needed, pandemic or no pandemic If the pandemic has taught us one thing, it is that we cannot sit on our couches and believe that life will be the same always because your wifi and mutual funds are working. Just when everything seems perfect, you will get
The great Indian art festival, right here… every day! Read More »