Mahisasura
Acrylic on canvas, 1997
News
Is Indian art about to cross over?
Prices for contemporary artwork from the Subcontinent have been climbing quickly in the last five years, breaking the seven-figure barrier in 2005 when a piece by Tyeb Mehta fetched $1.6 million at a Christie's auction in New York. But so far, most of the buyers have been Indians, or so-called N.R.I.s, non-resident Indians living abroad in London and New York.
In the last year, however, signs point to increasing Western interest in contemporary Indian art. "More than half the works in our first show were bought by non-Indians," says Prajit Dutta, a Columbia University economics professor who runs Aicon, the largest gallery of Indian contemporary art in the U.S., with showrooms in Palo Alto, Calif., and New York City.
Source: www.forbes.com/
P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship (IPS)
Provided by: P.E.O. Educational Fund
Deadline: January 31, 2008
Award Amount $8000
Awards Available Varies
The P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship is available to female graduate students. You must be a resident of a country other than the United States or Canada and plan to study at a college or university in the United States or Canada.
Applicable Majors
All Fields of Study
For additional information visit sponsor's website:
http://www.peointernational.org/about/