A quick look at India’s 2010 art gallery (To go with Art: 2010 in Retrospect)

NEW DELHI - Here’s a look at what made news in Indian art in 2010:

- Anish Kapoor Retrospective at National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mehboob Studio (Delhi, Mumbai)

- Artiger: Art for Tiger (Delhi)

- Arpita Singh’s ‘Wish Dream’ sold for Rs.9.6 crore or $2 million (Online auction)

- Exhibition of Famous Chinese Women’s Artists in India to mark 60 years of India-China diplomatic ties at Lalit Kala Akademi (Delhi)

- Inking of a cultural pact with Britain (Delhi)

- Masterstrokes: The Art of Rabindranath Tagore, an exhibition of Tagore’s art at (Delhi)

- Unravelling Sweden - an exhibition by 30 Swedish artists at Emami Towers (Kolkata)

- Twelve of Rabindranath Tagore’s paintings from the Dartington Hall Trust sell for a record 1.6 million pounds at Sotheby’s (London)

- Mumbai-based artist Jitish Kallat’s exhibition, “Public Notice 3″, based on a digitised version of Swami Vivekananda’s text takes the US by storm (Mumbai/Chicago)

- India for the first time decides to take part in Venice Biennale 2011