TAKE on art - Issue 6, 2011

In this issue

TAKE Market

Who is the market maker? Does the bullish market follow a local or global mantra? Can its wobbling be attributed to some definite factors? Does a primary player transverse at a certain stage and don the role of secondary market player to pocket profits and sustain oneself ? Is there a ‘business model’, which can be endorsed as ‘the order of the day’? Is there anything called like the synergy levels of the two different market performers? Can the secondary market successfully manage a living artist’s primary market? These uncertainties and risks and misconceptions inherent in art speculation remain one of the most intriguing subjects of debate amongst the art fraternity.

Market analysts often focus on auction prices when it comes to research on the art market but TAKE Market steers clear of fluctuating figures and instead looks at its evolution through interviews and photo essays of connoisseurs, collectors and consultants like V.Sanjay Kumar, Nitin Bhayana, Dinesh Vazirani, Nirmalaya Kumar, Ina Puri, Rajashree Pathy, Malvinder Singh, Shalini Passi, Radhika Chopra, Lekha Poddar, Manisha Gera amongst others with a focus on collections vis-a vis the art market.

TAKE on art Magazine Description:

TAKE on art, the leading art magazine in India published bi-annually from New Delhi since 2009, comprehensively covers, reports and critiques art and cultural events from India and abroad. Led by Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Bhavna Kakar, TAKE follows a critical approach to the larger discourse on art through curated issues with contributions by leading writers and critics from across the globe. The magazine has been invested in sustaining critical writing practices in India not just through its own capacity as a publication but also by organising initiatives that try to generate discourse, and keep conversations alive. In the past, the publication has organised writing workshops under the TAKE on Writing series as well as hosted the TAKE TALK series. Significant projects in this direction include TAKE on Residency, in collaboration with IFA at 1 Shanthi Road, Bangalore in 2013, TAKE on Writing, Critic-Community: Contemporary Art Writing at Sunaparanta Centre for the Arts, Goa in 2014 and more recently, Take on Writing - Critical Writing Ensemble (CWE) Baroda Chapter at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda in December 2015 and the CWE Dhaka Chapter, conceptualised by Katya Garcia Anton, in collaboration with OCA, Norway at the Dhaka Art Summit in 2016 supported by Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council. The most recent TAKE on Writing initiatives included The Book – The New Writing Group, a workshop led by Chus Martínez and Ingo Niermann supported by Pro Helvetia – Swiss Arts Council and The Book – Ensemble, both held in New Delhi in December 2016.

The magazine has travelled internationally to events such as Art Basel, Art Basel HK, Art Basel Miami, Dhaka Art Summit and Asia Triennale Manchester, as well as collaborated with landmark events locally such as Experimenter Curator's Hub (2011 - 2016), Insert 2014, Sarai Reader 09: Episode 1, 2 and 3, Amrita Sher-Gil National Art Week and Delhi Photo Festival.