With events cancelled, programming stalled and sales in a limbo, is there a silver lining to the crisis facing India’s art industry?
The art calendar worldwide is a packed affair, except for the high-summer months. Boozy openings, private viewings, heady auctions—the business of art thrives on social networking in the physical world.
In the last few weeks, though, a lull has descended. The novel coronavirus has hit the industry, whose global sale was valued at roughly $64.1 billion (around ₹4.83 trillion) as of 2019 (according to a report by Art Basel and UBS), leaving its future uncertain.
As the covid-19 contagion pushed the world into lockdown, events like Art Basel in Hong Kong and Art Dubai, both scheduled for March, and Frieze New