Day One is preview day, “for VIPs”, but there’s only one bonafide VIP at the India Art Summit: Nandan Nilekani spends two hours admiring the art, and manages to slip out unnoticed — and unreported — by the paparazzi. That’s quite a feat, but then the press is courting the artists who are the rockstars here. Last year, few made an appearance, or stayed long enough. This year, the aisles are chock-a-block with them: Anjolie 
Ela Menon draws a crowd, Sunil Gawde signs me a book, Anita Chauhan attracts compliments, Bose Krishnamachari is as vibrant as his paintings, Subodh Gupta looks intellectual, Ved Gupta smiles a lot, Jayasri Burman breezes through, Chittrovanu Mazumdar finds himself explaining his complex work, photographer Rohit Chawla wants you to see his giant-sized book of images, Jitish Kallat is being interviewed, Kanchan Chander goes from booth to booth, Paramjit Singh floats past, Seema Kohli drifts round a corner… At the booths, gallerists are smiling a lot, little red dots marking the sold works. One Pablo Picasso is definitely sold, one is reserved; one Anish Kapoor is definitely sold, another is reserved. Collectors are wondering whether to buy the Hema Upadhyay or Ray Meeker or Thukral & Tagra — or perhaps all of them. At the seminars, where BS art columnist Bharati Chaturvedi has stationed herself and refuses to budge, apparently there has been some public soul-cleansing over the why-is-husain-absent? dialogue. On the first floor, books and art memorabilia sell faster than cups of coffee. Gallerists meet other gallerists and smile, shake hands and talk of artists they have in common without rancour. “The market is coming back,” everyone says. There is, surprisingly, no bitching. Gandhiji’s three monkeys inspire artworks from Subodh Gupta to Ved Gupta. The Video Lounge, unexpectedly, is packed with visitors.
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Ela Menon draws a crowd, Sunil Gawde signs me a book, Anita Chauhan attracts compliments, Bose Krishnamachari is as vibrant as his paintings, Subodh Gupta looks intellectual, Ved Gupta smiles a lot, Jayasri Burman breezes through, Chittrovanu Mazumdar finds himself explaining his complex work, photographer Rohit Chawla wants you to see his giant-sized book of images, Jitish Kallat is being interviewed, Kanchan Chander goes from booth to booth, Paramjit Singh floats past, Seema Kohli drifts round a corner… At the booths, gallerists are smiling a lot, little red dots marking the sold works. One Pablo Picasso is definitely sold, one is reserved; one Anish Kapoor is definitely sold, another is reserved. Collectors are wondering whether to buy the Hema Upadhyay or Ray Meeker or Thukral & Tagra — or perhaps all of them. At the seminars, where BS art columnist Bharati Chaturvedi has stationed herself and refuses to budge, apparently there has been some public soul-cleansing over the why-is-husain-absent? dialogue. On the first floor, books and art memorabilia sell faster than cups of coffee. Gallerists meet other gallerists and smile, shake hands and talk of artists they have in common without rancour. “The market is coming back,” everyone says. There is, surprisingly, no bitching. Gandhiji’s three monkeys inspire artworks from Subodh Gupta to Ved Gupta. The Video Lounge, unexpectedly, is packed with visitors.For further detils visit as : http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/buzzbusiness/367732/
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