India Modern Art Boom Spreads Through Spring Auctions

Uncertainties such as war do not deter, and maybe drive, bidding …


By: John Elliott

Yashoda and Krishna

Octogenarian Indian tycoons in the pharma and consumer industries are believed to have been not only the buyer but also the seller of an oil on canvas (below) by Raja Ravi Varma, a famous and stylish 19th century artist, that set an unexpectedly high record price of nearly US$18 million for Indian art last week at a Sa…