However, these two are still far from the one painting that continues to remain the most expensive piece of art by an Indian artist. That crown belongs to M.F. Husain’s Untitled, which went for an ...

Story continues below this ad DAG, which was established in 1993, houses the most extensive collection of premodern and modern Indian art from the 18th century to the 20th century.

MF Husain's Untitled (Gram Yatra) sold for an unprecedented $13.8m (£10.6m) at a Christie's auction in New York last week [Christie’s] ...

has rewritten the record books for Indian art. Husain's Untitled (Gram Yatra), a sprawling 14-foot-wide mural, sold for an unprecedented $13.8m (£10.6m) at a Christie's auction in New York last week.

It shattered the previous high for Indian art of $7.4m (£5.7m), fetched by Amrita Sher-Gil's The Story Teller in 2023. Husain, who died in 2011, aged 95, was a pioneer of Indian modernism and ...

Story continues below this ad Some 13 years ago, the existence of the painting was brought to the attention of Nishad Avari, Head of the Department, Indian Art, at Christie’s. Avari told The Indian ...