A work of art is just like a beautiful poem. But the beauty is lost when it is guided with a profit motive. Today value of art is determined by its prize and not buy its creativity. And more importantly the bigger the artsit higher his works will be sold. In this rat race the young artists are getting a good deal but how long will they sustain their art. For taoday art sells be it a blank canvas with an artist sign or wood piece which is shapped by a sculptor. Its important to restore the charm of this creative medium. We want to enjoy a work of art as much as we enjoy reading a poem out. By : dasholime

I dont think so. I think with all this investment there are a lot more people who have come in and are looking at it more and more. This has helped the market. and with any positive there is always a negative. but the positive is far higher. By : ashwin_u

The art market internationally has always had the money and galmour as a part of it. infact in india it is just the start. every thing that comands a high value the way art is comanding will always attract attention. but artists will always be creative. and those artists will always demand the price and with this price glamour will go hand in hand. but some artists who have been selling well are not trying hard enough and need to do so in order to maintain their market. By : hinduja

I think art has not not its charm. It is some of the contemporary established artists who have lost their charm. They are producing paintings which have no quality and most of them are reapting the same image again and again. The most important thing for any artist is to be creative. and some how that has been lost. Money has got to these artists and they are producing bad quality works like a factory which has already resulted in their prices not doing so well in auctions. An artist like a poet needs to feel pain and suffering in order to come up with some good work. If that is lost there is nothing left. I think anju is one of the few who still has great quality works. In fact her new works are far better than her older ones. Her recent show in mumbai has been her best ever. and she has truly shown her talent. other artists need to take a few points from her. K Khanna always says " an artist gives the painting a direction the painting produces itself." this is true with all artists. this is why one has g By : james

Sinclair said more than 100 years ago: it is difficult for a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. By : james