South Asian art market
Bollywood and billionaires: Art Mumbai sees ‘very healthy’ sales at expanded second edition
The fair welcomed 71 galleries this year, while local competition intensifies
‘Gangbusters’ domestic economy sees prices rise at India Art Fair
The region’s previous art market boom and bust has some at the New Delhi event questioning whether this new wave can be sustained
Mumbai Gallery Weekend opens to a city primed for market ascendancy
The event’s largest edition welcomes new participants and marks a moment of consolidation for the financial capital’s established dealers
Eminent New Delhi gallery Nature Morte to open outpost in Mumbai
A solo show by Subodh Gupta will inaugurate the space, located in the gallery hub district of Colaba, this month
Art and Bollywood go off to the races: Mumbai to get first major art fair this November
Art Mumbai, run by the founders of one of India’s biggest auction houses, will see around 50 galleries take part in its inaugural edition
For India's biggest private collector, David Adjaye designs his 'most advanced museum concept' yet
The architect's vision for the new Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in Delhi, opening 2026, honours India's multiple cultures and religions at a time of heightened nationalist politics
Biggest-ever India Art Fair aims to diversify pool of South Asian collectors
With the top level of the region's art market back in rude health, the Delhi fair is doubling down on fostering a new generation of buyers
Mumbai's commercial gallery scene undergoes major 'post-pandemic' expansion
India's leading dealers have added or opened locations in the city—but newer independent spaces are fewer on the ground
Leading Indian gallery Experimenter expands from Kolkata to Mumbai
It will move into a building currently occupied by Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke in the country's largest city and financial capital
Putting 'trust' back into the art market: South Asian group show inaugurates unusual Mayfair gallery
Exhibition Hawala is the first show at Paradise Row Projects, a one-year, not-for-profit commercial space in London
Gaitonde breaks Indian art auction record—again—but Amrita Sher-Gil painting falls flat in uneven South Asian sales
A number of Indian artists made their auction debut this season, though several established names missed the mark
Rediscovered portrait by India's most famous female painter Amrita Sher-Gil expected to sell for $2.8m
1932 painting of artist's close friend has been out of the public eye for over 90 years but now comes up for auction at Christie's in New York
V.S. Gaitonde's £3.4m record-breaking painting leads strong South Asian sales season
Glut of collections have come to auction this month, with strong results for lesser-known Indian Modernists broadening a narrow market
Delhi police shut down protest-inspired work at India Art Fair
The work, which was painted live at the event, featured Urdu calligraphy and images of women in hijabs
India Art Fair opens with a strong national spirit amid ongoing protests
Director Jagdip Jagpal says the fair is proud to remain regional while dealers double down on "Indian taste"
East Asian unrest plays in Art Jakarta's favour
Fair is benefitting from Indonesia's burgeoning economy as well as cancelled Singapore fairs
Sandy Angus—founder of six fairs across Asia—on his mistakes, MCH Group and a new event in China
In the first of a new art market interview series, we speak to the art fair boss about his career
New report says South Asian gallery sales are on the rise but does that ring true at India Art Fair?
Speculative buying in the region has also increased, ArtTactic’s 2019 South Asian Art Market Report concludes
India’s art market grows, despite demonetisation
Subcontinent’s art scene expands with the help of private money as government cleans up the economy and simplifies tax
Chinese buyers thin on the ground at first Shanghai art fair: ShContemporary in review
Nevertheless, dealers predict this will change as excitement surrounds international event
New York-based Indian gallery comes to London
Aicon joins growing number of London-based dealers selling South Asian work