Curtains Come Down on Bangalore's Only Contemporary Art Festival – Art Bengaluru '12 in Style

Curtains Come Down on Bangalore's Only Contemporary Art Festival – Art Bengaluru '12 in Style PR Newswire BANGALORE, August 30, 2012 BANGALORE, August 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 3rd Edition of Art Bengaluru Ended Over the Weekend as a Grand Success, Living up to Expectations of Being Even Bigger and Better Than the First two Editions South India's only Contemporary Art Festival "Art Bengaluru 2012" drew to a close over the weekend, with a fabulous turn-out for the event finale - The International Art Auction, marking a grand success to the 3rd edition of the much talked about festival. The Art do took off to an amazing start with the preview event 'By the Lombok Moonlight' witnessing over 350 people line up at Sublime Galleria to get a sneak peek at the art inspired by jewellery exhibit. The event featured different forms of art on diverse mediums, created by Vijit Pillai. This happened to be the curtain raiser with the opening night seeing a packed house. Works of art from 17 eminent art galleries across India adorned the corridors of UB City while the piazza at India's first luxury mall, crooned to a scintillating performance by renowned singer Tochi Raina. Over 4,000 people, who could not make it to the venue for the performance, enjoyed the live streaming of the event specially organized on Facebook. Part of the programme was the Children's Art Competition that was organized over the weekend.