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It is not just Indian software and "business-process outsourcing" firms that are benefiting from the rise of the internet. India
It is not just Indian software and "business-process outsourcing" firms that are benefiting from the rise of the internet. India
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2013-05-08
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问题
It is not just Indian software and "business-process outsourcing" firms that are benefiting from the rise of the internet. Indian modern art is also on an upward spiral, driven by the aspirations of newly rich Indians, especially those living abroad, who use the internet to spot paintings and track prices at hundreds of gallery and auction websites. Prices have risen around 20-fold since 2000, particularly for prized names such as Tyeb Mehta and F. N. Souza.
There would have been "no chance" of that happening so fast without the internet, says Arun Vadehra, who runs a gallery in Delhi and is an adviser to Christie’s, an international auction house. He expects worldwide sales of Indian art, worth $200 million last year, to double in 2006. It is still a tiny fraction of the $ 30 billion global art market, but is sizeable for an emerging market.
For newly rich—often very rich—non-resident Indians, expensive art is a badge of success in a foreign land. "Who you are, and what you have, are on your walls," says Lavesh Jagasia, an art dealer in Mumbai. Indian art may also beat other forms of investment. A painting by Mr. Mehta that fetched $ 1. 58 million last September would have gone for little more than $ 100,000 just four years ago. And a $ 22 million art-investment fund launched in July by Osian’s, a big Indian auction house, has grown by 4. 1% in its first two months.
Scant attention was paid to modern Indian art until the end of the 1990s. Then wealthy Indians, particularly those living abroad, began to take an interest. Dinesh Vazirani, who runs Saffronart, a leading Indian auction site, says 60% of his sales go to buyers overseas.
The focus now is on six auctions this month. Two took place in India last week; work by younger artists such as Surendran Nair and Shibu Natesan beat estimates by more than 70%. Sotheby’s and Christie’s have auctions in New York next week, each with a Tyeb Mehta that is expected to fetch more than $1 million. The real question is the fate of other works, including some by Mr. Souza with estimates of up to $ 600,000. If they do well, it will demonstrate that there is strong demand and will pull up prices across the board. This looks like a market with a long way to run.
According to the text, the fortune of such works as Mr. Souza’s can exert an influence on______.
选项
A、the creation of modern art
B、production of younger artists
C、the strong rejection of market policy
D、the value of Indian modern art
答案
D
解析
这是一道细节总结和归纳题型,测试考生对原文细节的总结归纳能力以及捕捉句中重点信息的能力。本题答案信息的来源于尾段的倒数第二、三句,其大意是:“真正的问题是其他艺术作品的命运,包括一些Souza先生的作品,他的作品估价高达10万美金。如果这些作品卖得好,就会表明对印度现代艺术需求大,同时还会提高印度现代艺术的整体价格”。由此可以推断本题的正确选项应该是D。考生在阅读时要注意理解原文上下句之间的含义,同时还要合理选取句子中的重要测试信息。
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