Chelsea gallery hosting Krishna Reddy exhibit

Thomas Erben Gallery of Chelsea, New York, which recently held an exhibition in Mumbai, is hosting a retrospective of printmaker Kirshna Reddy (Sepember. 17 - November 1), showcasing works by the Andhra-born New York artist from the 1950's through the early 1980's.

Celebrated artist, wandering scholar, innovator and experimenter, 83-year-old Krishna Reddy is a pivotal figure in India's artistic path through Modernism. After completing his studies under Nandalal Bose at Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan in 1947, Reddy taught art at Kalakshetra in Madras for three years. Going abroad in 1951, he attended Slade School of Fine Arts, London, with Henry Moore, for two years.

After Slade he moved to the continent where he furthered his contact with European Modernism, studying sculpture with Ossip Zadkine in Paris (1952-55) and with Mario Marini in Milan (1956-57). Also in Paris, he studied engraving (1953-55) with S.W.Hayter at Atelier 17, which he later joined, becoming a professor and associate director in 1965. In 1977 Reddy moved to New York to teach at New York University where he established the print department and presently is Professor Emeritus in Art.

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The de Montebello Years: Curators at the Met celebrate 3 decades of acquisitions

To celebrate Philippe de Montebello's 31 years as Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the curators of the Museum announced on June 2 plans to organize an exhibition of approximately 300 of the more than 84,000 works of art acquired during his tenure.

Among the highlights of the celebratory exhibition will be a standing Buddha in mottled red sandstone from India (Gupta period, 5th century).

Montebello – the eighth and longestserving Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art – announced in January his plans to retire at the end of the year.

The unique exhibition – ‘The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions,' -- which will be on view in The Tisch Galleries from October 24, 2008, through February 1, 2009 – will be a collaboration of the curators currently working in the Museum's 17 curatorial departments.

Special emphasis will be placed on works that were transformative to the Metropolitan Museum's collections by building on existing strengths and expanding into new areas of collecting.

"We wanted to create an exhibition to celebrate Philippe de Montebello's auspicious career by focusing on an area of spectacular achievement at the heart of the institution acquisitions," said Helen C. Evans, the exhibition's coordinator, who is the Metropolitan Museum's Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator of Byzantine Art.

"The breadth and greatness of the works on display in ‘The Philippe de Montebello Years' will tell multiple stories – of his stellar leadership of the Museum's more than 300 curators, conservators, scientists, librarians, and educators of the excellence of the collections in representing 5,000 years of human artistic achievement around the world; and of the Museum's vital evolution in terms of renovating, expanding, and reinstalling galleries, developing conservation and research facilities, and enhancing visitors' understanding and experiencing of art."

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Exhibitions of Indian real estate properties by ‘Buy Indian Properties'

CineMaya Media Group, Inc.'s new marketing service ‘Buy Indian Properties' held its first series of exhibitions featuring some of India's best real estate offerings to Indian property buyers in the U.S. and Canada.

The exhibitions were held at Toronto's International Center on May 31 and June 1, Houston's Stafford Center for the Performing Arts and Convention Center on June 4 and June 5, and the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center on June 7 and June 8.

Exhibitors included TATA Housing, Lodha Group, Hiranandani Developers, Sheth Developers, Arihant, Sternon, Venus Infrastructure, HSBC Bank, ICICI Bank NRI Services, and Allcheckdeals.com. The exhibitors showcased real estate developments in premier locations in New Delhi, Mumbai, Dubai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and several other cities across India. The event was supported by Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industries (MCHI) a member of The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI).

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Objects from South Asia at New York Historical Society show ‘Woven Splendor'

Dozens of dazzling rugs and textiles are the centerpiece of Woven Splendor from Tim buktu to Tibet: Exotic Rugs and Textiles from New York Collectors, a New-York Historical Society exhibition examining the history of the Oriental rug in New York and the story of the Hajji Baba Club-the nation's oldest and most prestigious rug collecting club.

The exhibition opened April 11, and runs through August 17, 2008.

If South India is known for its Chola Bronzes, East India for Balucharis cand Kalighat pats, then the Higher Himalayas are famed for its tankas and carpets. Therefore it will seem as no surprise to a South Asian visitor to be greeted a leaping tiger rug from Tibet at the ‘Woven Splendor' show.

But there are other objects from South Asia that one is pleasantly surprised to discover, including objects from Baluchistan (prayer rugs and bags) and a silk double-ikat from Gujarat.

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