2009
2nd edition of India Art SummitTM
2008-9
Gateway Bombay: Art from the Herwitz Collection exhibition, Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts, U.S. (date TBC)
2008
Serpentine Gallery, London. Indian Contemporary art exhibition - Autumn.
Mori Art Museum - Indian Contemporary Art - Autumn.
“Freedom - Sixty Years after Indian Independence”, CIMA, Kolkata.
Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea, London” The Empire strikes Back: Indian Art Today”.
Frank Cohen Collection - Passage to India - 4th exhibition at Initial Access and will present new Indian from the collection. Wolverhampton (England),15th March - 12th July.
India launches its international art fair for Modern & Contemporary Art - India Art SummitTM
2007
“Private/Corporate IV’, Bern. Exhibition displaying a selection of Contemporary art from the private Poddar collection and the corporate Sammlung and DaimlerChrysler.
“Horn Please”, exhibition at Kunstmuseum, Bern.
“New Narratives: Contemporary Art from India”, exhibition at the Cultural Centre, Chicago.
Armory Show, Art Basel and the Gulf Art Fair include a strong presence of Indian artists through, amongst others, Bose Pacia and Nature Morte galleries.
2006
$17.8 million - was the sum achieved at the Christie’s September sale of Modern and Contemporary Indian art in New York.
First solo exhibition of an Indian artist in a US museum.
“Anjolie Menon”, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco.
2005
First Indian artwork surpassing $1 million at auction. Tyeb Mehta’s Mahisasura (1997) sold for $ 1.7 million (inc!. premium) to collector Rajiv Chaudhri.
“Edge of Desire: Recent Art In India” Touring exhibition (Australia, New York, Mexico, New Dehli and Mumbai). Ambitious exhibition showing the works of over 40 contemporary Indian artists from the three generations.
Frieze Art Fair, london - Swiss gallerist Pierre Huber of Art + Public presents solo exhibition from the ‘Curry’ series of Subodh Gupta.
Venice Biennale “I Con, India Contemporary” - unofficial exhibition of Indian artists organized by gallerists for the Biennale. Was the first time in 25 years that Indian art was presented at the Biennale. (Atul Dodiya, Anita Dube, Raqs Media Collective etc.)
2004
“Indian Video Art: History in Motion”¬Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Japan- explored the Indian video art scene with works by V. Sudaram and N. Malani, as well as more recent artists such as T. Shah, S. Gupta, and Sharmila Samant.
Paintings by Husain are destroyed by radical Hindu protesters, claiming Husain’s works were disrespectful of Hindu deities - a show of his work was also shut down in London.
2003
Chester and Davida Herwitz Gallery of Contemporary Indian Art, opens at the Peabody Essex Museum. It is the first gallery dedicated to India’s Modern and Contemporary art by an American museum.
Venice Biennale: Raqs Media Collective, presents “Pieces of Evidence”.
2002
1st exhibition in the West to focus on Indian video art. “Self: Contemporary Indian Video Art”, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. |
2000
The Mumbai art scene of the 1990’s is presented at Tate Modern, London, through the “Global Cities” exhibition.
Saffronart.com & Osian’s- online auction house launched.
1998
“Out of India” Queens Museum of Art,
New York - exhibition which concentrated on contemporary art and displayed works by over 25 artists born in the 1950’s and 60’s.
1995-96
Part of the Herwitz Collection went on sale through Sotheby’s’ New York. This landmark sale featured 219 works, bringing in a total $1.2 million.
1995
Christie’s and Sotheby’s held their first Indian Contemporary sale, both in New York. Christie’s opened an office in Mumbai.
1993
Opening of CIMA, Centre for International Modern Art, in Kolkata.
1985-86
“Contemporary Indian Art: The Herwitz Collection” exhibition at the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, U.S.
1985
Grey Art Gallery, New York presents “Contemporary Indian Art” as part of Festival of India.
1982
Festival of India held in london. The Royal Academy presents the “Contemporary Indian Art” exhibition. “India: Myth and Reality, Aspects of Modern Art” exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.
1968
1st Edition of Triennial – India, held in Delhi and organized by the Lalit Kala Academi.
1965
Neo-Tantric art emerges, an abstract style named for its relationship to Hindu Tantric art of the 18th century.
1962
Group 1890 is set up. Led by J. Swaminathan (Members included Himmat Shah, Jeram Patel, Rajesh Mehra, Redeppa Naidu, Balkrishna Patel, Jyoti Bhatt, Raghav Kanneria).
1960
Opening of major art galleries in India’s main cities during 1960’s. Pioneer galleries like Gallery Chemould and Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai and Dhoomimal, Kunika and Kumar Art Galleries in Delhi.
Society of Contemporary Artists established in Kolkatta, members included Ganesh Pyne, Amitabh Banerjee, Somenath Hore, Ganesh Haloi, Sanat Kar and Sunil Das.
1957
The Baroda Group of Artists is formed under the guidance of N.S. Bendre, as a consequence of the creation of the Baroda Faculty of Fine Art in 1950.
1954
The National Gallery of Modern Art is created in Delhi. The National Academy of Art, Lalit Kala Akademi, is set up in Delhi and includes various regional studios in some provinces.
1947
Delhi Silpi Chakra group is formed.
Progressive Artists’ Group is formed with F.N. Souza, M.F Husain, S.H. Raza; K.H. Ara, H.A. Gade and S.K. Bakre. |