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Article: A TRIBUTE AND A RARE TREAT ; The grand dame of Indian contemporary art turns 80 and a celebration- cum-tribute allows art lovers a rare look at her personal collection of over 200 paintings by giants of Indian art
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- India Today
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- February 11, 2008
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Somnath Hore canvas catches the eye as you walk in, preceding
several works by K. Ramanujam. The sketches by F.N. Souza belong to
another time. For company there is Bikash Bhattacharya, while the
rest of the wall space is shared by M.F. Husain, Laxma Goud,
Ramkumar, K.G. Subramanyam, Tyeb Mehta, and A. Ramachandran. To be
in the company of such giants, and all at the same time, can be an
intimidating experience, but not for Sara Abraham, who continues to
be good friends with the entire generation of artists that she grew
up with. "It's what I like best, to look at my collection every
single day," says Abraham who turns 80 in February.
As a tribute to the grand woman of Indian contemporary ...