India Art Fair
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Ahmedabad, 18-20th September.
In Primo Levi’s 1946 short story ‘I mnemagoghi’, or ‘The mnemagogues’, a doctor named Montesanto has developed an olfactory process of recall by concocting chemicals which replicate smells from isolated moments of his life. He invites a junior physician, Morandi, to unstopper the vials and remark upon what he smells. There is a moment in the…
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2025. 1
Thoughts and comments on the first chunk of 2025. It is a strange time to buy art in India. You could argue all appears robust and rosy; on Thursday (19th March) a new record for South Asian art was set by the ever more expensive MF Husain (13.7 million dollars); ambition is high; confidence is…
