Two pointers to V.M. de Malars illuminating article: Goan Art going global
1. The Goa State Museum does have V.S. Gaitondes painting, which I donated in 1991. 2. V.S. Gaitonde was conferred the Vincent Xavier Verodiano Award in 1995, in recognition of his "lifelong commitment to the intrinsic values of art and its propagation in a world where creativity is so contentiously influenced by commerce". Dom Martin <<But here in Goa, where most people have barely heard of either painter, we have nothing; no museums, no education for our students about these great Goans, no roads named, no recognition. We have yet to acknowledge that these two great Goans created works that are crucial to our culture, which are irreplaceable modern artifacts of our evolving heritage. No civilized people treats its great artists like this. >>>
