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July 22, 2025
Art
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The art of bidding — here’s what makes AstaGuru Auction House opt for Indian Modernist artworks at its upcoming Masters Legacy auction

Tyeb Mehta’s Untitled (Diagonal); Oil on canvas; 1973; 70 x 60 inches | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The record-breaking sale of Indian modern artworks in recent years — given Amrita Sher-Gil’s The Story Teller (₹61.8 crore) in 2023 and MF Husain’s Gram Yatra (₹118 crore) this year — puts the country’s modern artists on a […]

March 22, 2025
Art
Entertainment

MF Husain painting fetches over ₹118 crore, becomes most expensive modern Indian art

‘Gram Yatra’, the 1954 paintingthat left India the same year, remained largely unseen since its acquisition by the Ukrainian-born Norway-based doctor Leon Elias Volodarsky, who was in Delhi to establish a thoracic surgery training centre for the WHO. Photo: Special Arrangement Legendary painter MF Husain’s Untitled (Gram Yatra), billed as one of his most important […]