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Article: Art of the matter ; The country's first-ever art summit kicked off on the right note, even as it provided for a reality check on the state of Indian art.
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- India Today
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- September 8, 2008
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Number crunching was everyone's favourite game at the India Art
Summit in Delhi and why not, for this was one industry that had
broken free of its cottage industry status.
From galleries that spoke about Indian art growing at an annual
rate of 35 per cent a year (current estimate: Rs 1,500 crore), to
prices that Indian art is fetching globally, numbers ruled the
conversations and the forum proceedings.
What was evident at the end of the summit was the success story
of Indian art, not thanks to, but despite the infrastructural
support in India. With hardly any government inputs or support, the
art world in India has, in a way, broken free of its shackles to
hold its own in the world of art ...