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Seven years after its last dedicated sale, Christie’s King Street hosts 93 lots from a Bengal-focused private collection, offering some of the rarest works to appear at auction in decades. Christie’s is returning to London for its first dedicated South Asian art auction since 2019. The sale, titled Sublime Shadows: South Asian Art From a Distinguished […]
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In a landmark moment for the Indian art market, Raja Ravi Varma’s oil masterpiece Yashoda and Krishna sold for Rs 167.20 crores (approximately $17.97 million) at Saffronart’s Spring Live Auction in Mumbai on April 1, establishing a new global record for the highest value achieved by a work of South Asian art ever sold at auction. The
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Auction Highlights AstaGuru’s Masters Legacy, Scheduled for March 10-11, 2026 features over 70 lots by pioneers like M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, F.N. Souza, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Krishen Khanna, Nandalal Bose, and sculptors such as Ramkinkar Baij and Himmat Shah, tracing Indian modernism from nationalist revivalism to bold abstraction. Standouts include Lot 49: Husain’s Untitled (Horses) (c. 1990, acrylic
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Delhi preview and panel discussion to precede major sale Todywalla Auctions is set to unveil one of its showcase of Classical Indian Art on 16 March 2026 at the Taj Mahal Palace, Colaba, Mumbai. The landmark auction will feature 148 exceptional works spanning painting, stone and bronze sculpture, Indian silver, jewellery, and textiles. It will be offering a panoramic view
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AstaGuru’s “Historic Masterpieces” auction of Modern Indian Art has achieved a white-glove result, recording a 100% sell-through rate with all 87 lots sold. Held online from 14–17 December 2025, the sale realised a total of INR 1,63,65,61,028 (approximately USD 18.49 million). The auction set new world records for several modern Indian artists, including Rabindranath Tagore,
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New York witnessed unprecedented auction milestones this week as Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer and Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait El sueño (La cama) shattered long-standing records, signaling a robust recovery in the contemporary art market. Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer commanded an astonishing $236.4 million (approximately Rs 2,095 crore) at Sotheby’s in New York
AstaGuru’s upcoming auction “Through Her Eyes” features works by both legendary and emerging female artists such as Amrita Sher-Gil, Jamini Roy, Yashika Sugandh etc.
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In a significant moment for the Indian art market, AstaGuru is set to present Manifest—an online auction on August 29–30, 2025—featuring masterworks that span nearly a century of modern and contemporary Indian practice. Thoughtfully curated, the sale brings together towering names such as S H Raza, M F Husain, F N Souza, K H Ara, Akbar Padamsee, Manjit
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By Georgina Maddox The Astra-Guru Auction is a gorgeous display of rare works from private collections that have not been available for public viewing for many years. One may argue auction previews are almost museum spaces. Krishen Khanna’s Retired Captain Ramesh Kumar Accordion Wale As one enters the preview of the oncoming Astra Guru auction
Sotheby’s Hong Kong recently held a Modern and Contemporary Evening Auction, starting of the art auction season after the U.S. national election — November 11 at its new Landmark Chater location. The event performed unevenly, but brought in HKD 409.5 million ($52.6 million), well within the pre-sale expectations of between HKD 377.8 million–HKD 509 million