Tyeb Mehta is India’s most successful artist. “Mehta’s career has mirrored the changing fortunes of contemporary Indian art over the last six decades, from the intellectual fervor of its birth at Indian independence in 1947, to a lifetime of aesthetic and financial struggle, to the improbable rise of the Indian art market in the last few years.”
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Lincoln Center Jazz Venue Gets Mixed Review
It’s been a year since Lincoln Center’s new jazz venue opened. “Fans of the three new stages applaud the acoustics and aesthetics and say the new building – with its can’t-miss-it marquee and snazzy marketing – has raised the profile of jazz as an art form nationwide. But the very qualities that make some people consider the new Jazz at Lincoln Center a raging success are those that others say amount to a disappointment.”