And in the process acquired thousands of paintings and Graphic Prints, directly from the artists, some of them by the leading artists of the country.

I have now embarked upon a very highly ambitious project to bring the entire art world under one portal. All the information that an artist or an art buyer requires, will be available on a single website.

May it be art works or artists or art buyers, Residencies information, Blogs, Art Movies, E books on art, Educational videos on art education, Art material Suppliers, Exhibitors’ information, Auctions, art news, articles and art criticisms, practically every information related to visual art. The best part about this portal is that we will not be charging any commission on sale of original art works from the artists, nor from the buyers. We will also promote art prints of the artist’s art works, trying to provide for regular income for the artists even small amounts. www.worldarthub.com

Conclusion

I am extremely happy that I chose to enjoy visual art after retirement. It keeps me busy, whenever I wish to be. I can still keep myself engrossed for 12-14 hours a day. Every night I have something to look forward to for the next morning. I can enjoy the company of the people of every age group, feeling young and lively. My investments in art have also paid me off well enough to keep my interest alive, and I need not to invest any more from my pocket, to pursue my art related activities. I firmly believe that no passion can be pursued for long if it cannot sustain for itself. I have been lucky to acquire funds from art, whenever I have needed for my next event. Even my camp to London & Scotland was financed by the two buyers whom I sold 8 paintings each, even before they were created by the camp artists to be delivered after 3-4 months.

Similarly, I have found buyers for the art works even during their process of creation and even if we sell 3-4 paintings early, my cost of the event is covered and the rest remains with me is added to my vast collection. I have been extremely lucky. I never wished to create wealth out of my passion, but definitely desired to sustain myself to continue, and generate enough for my other art events. The pleasure I have received was much more than earning any amount of money.

At ICAC we provide facilities for storing your Art, Art Vault, Advisory of buying and selling art and also a sense of safe storage of your art. We have had several exhibitions and had our own galleries for nearly three years at Atria Mall. We also provide art rental services. We have had three grand exhibitions of graphic art at Jehangir Art Gallery, displaying more than 400 graphic art works at one time. We have also established a state of art, print making facilities at our Dehgam Residency. During this period we also helped Shri Kashinath Salve to exhibit and promote his excellent collection of 111 Platography prints, of some of the senior most artists of our country. And we shall continue promoting graphic art.