Asif Kamal
| Asif Kamal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Asif Kamal 10 October 1989 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| 🏫 Education | Master's degree in Business Administration |
| 🎓 Alma mater | National Integrated Institute of Business Management & Technology (NIIBMT) |
| 💼 Occupation | Art connoisseur, art collector and Chairman of Alturaash Group |
| 🌐 Website | theasifkamal |
Asif Kamal (born 10 October 1989) is an Indian art connoisseur and businessman based in New Delhi. He is the founder of Alturaash Group[1] and Asif Kamal Foundation.[2][3]
Career[edit]
In 2010 he founded Alturaash Group in Dubai and set up the first art gallery Alturaash Art in 2010. In 2019, the gallery opened a branch in New Delhi. Asif went on to establish Asif Kamal Foundation in 2019, which was an initiative to work in rural India in the areas of healthcare and school education.[4][5]
He started an art fund called Alturaash Art Fund, a Non-Banking Financial Corporation that provides loans against modern and contemporary Indian Art with an investment of 500 crores.[6]
Asif also launched a tech-driven art marketplace, called Artwally.com.[1]
In August 2020, Asif conducted a fundraiser exhibition in collaboration with Alturaash Art, Asif Kamal Foundation, and Art and Bid Auction House to raise and donate funds Rs 20 lakh to the CM Disaster Relief Fund for flood victims in Bihar.[7]
Controversy[edit]
2014[edit]
Asif was sent a legal notice by an auction house Bid & Hammer in June 2014 when he questioned the authenticity of the artwork advertised as being created by Ram Kumar in 1963 in the Bid & Hammer auction catalog.[8]
2015[edit]
In another incident in India, Asif claimed that two paintings worth Rs 15-20 crores by artist S. H. Raza and Jagdish Swaminathan were put up for bidding in one of the biggest auctions in India by British auction house Christie's to be fake.[9][10]
2016[edit]
He further alleged that the paintings curated by Manjit Bawa and auctioned at Mumbai-based Astaguru's online Modern Auction were fake. Dept sent a legal notice to the auctioneer following which one of the paintings was withdrawn.[11]
Philanthropy[edit]
Asif and his foundation started to providing support for the areas which are affected by natural disasters. He donated Rs. 20 lakh to the chief minister's disaster relief fund.[12][13]
During COVID-19 lockdown in India, Asif also helped migrant workers and their families to send them homes.[14][15][16]
Honors and awards[edit]
- 2019: Received Art Connoisseur of The Year Award in Times New Global Leader Awards 2019.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paljor, Angela (10 February 2020). "Puzzle pieces of the art world". The New Indian Express.
- ↑ "बिहार: पेंटिंग बेचकर बाढ़ प्रभावितों की मदद कर रहे आसिफ़ कमाल, मुख्यमंत्री आपदा राहत कोष में भी करेंगे मदद". Jansatta (in हिन्दी). 16 August 2020.
- ↑ "Empowering Rural India Will Empower Real India: Asif Kamal On Healthcare, Education Of Underprivileged". ABP News. 18 May 2020.
- ↑ कुमार, स्वपनिल (16 August 2020). "बिहार: बाढ़ प्रभावितों के लिए आगे आई यह संस्था, CM राहत कोष में करेगी 20 लाख की मदद". Zee News (in हिन्दी).
- ↑ "पेंटिंग बेचकर बिहार में बाढ़ पीड़ितों की मदद करेंगे आसिफ, सीएम राहत कोष में देंगे 20 लाख रुपये". Rajasthan Patrika (in hindi). 16 August 2020.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Deposit your artwork, get a loan!". Business Standard. 28 July 2014.
- ↑ "60-day online art show to raise funds for flood-affected Bihar". The New Indian Express.
- ↑ Raaj, Neelam. "Ramkinkar Baij Paintings: More 'fake' trouble for Indian art mart | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "Christie's rubbishes 'fake' claim by art house". Free Press Journal. December 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Dubai art house claims paintings at Christies auction fake". India Today. December 14, 2015.
- ↑ Pillai, Pooja (22 March 2016). "Mumbai: Manjit Bawa's 'fake' painting withdrawn from auction". The Indian Express.
- ↑ "60-day online art show to raise funds for flood-affected Bihar". The New Indian Express.
- ↑ "बिहार: बाढ़ प्रभावितों के लिए आगे आई यह संस्था, CM राहत कोष में करेगी 20 लाख की मदद". Zee Bihar Jharkhand. 16 August 2020.
- ↑ "This Youth from Bihar moved back from Dubai to help migrant labourers reach their villages". Gaonconnection | Your Connection with Rural India. 20 June 2020.
- ↑ "Noida: दुबई से आया आसिफ का ट्वीट तो मुस्लिम परिवारों के लिए राशन लेकर दौड़ पड़ी भाजपा विधायक की टीम". Patrika News (in hindi).CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Bureau, ABP News (18 May 2020). "Empowering Rural India Will Empower Real India: Asif Kamal On Healthcare, Education Of Underprivileged". ABP Live.
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