Modernist paintings by artists such as Zainul Abedin and Mohammad Kibria soared past their estimates at recent sales in New York

The work sold at Christie’s New York, almost quadrupling its $3.5m high estimate, as South Asian Modern art crests a wave

Paintings attributed to major Modernists in a recent show at the gallery of the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) are facing scrutiny

The new event would have coincided with the city’s existing Art Mumbai fair

The fair welcomed 71 galleries this year, while local competition intensifies

The region’s previous art market boom and bust has some at the New Delhi event questioning whether this new wave can be sustained

The event’s largest edition welcomes new participants and marks a moment of consolidation for the financial capital’s established dealers

A solo show by Subodh Gupta will inaugurate the space, located in the gallery hub district of Colaba, this month

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

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

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

India's leading dealers have added or opened locations in the city—but newer independent spaces are fewer on the ground

It will move into a building currently occupied by Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke in the country's largest city and financial capital

Exhibition Hawala is the first show at Paradise Row Projects, a one-year, not-for-profit commercial space in London

A number of Indian artists made their auction debut this season, though several established names missed the mark

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

Glut of collections have come to auction this month, with strong results for lesser-known Indian Modernists broadening a narrow market

The work, which was painted live at the event, featured Urdu calligraphy and images of women in hijabs

Director Jagdip Jagpal says the fair is proud to remain regional while dealers double down on "Indian taste"

Fair is benefitting from Indonesia's burgeoning economy as well as cancelled Singapore fairs

In the first of a new art market interview series, we speak to the art fair boss about his career

Speculative buying in the region has also increased, ArtTactic’s 2019 South Asian Art Market Report concludes

Subcontinent’s art scene expands with the help of private money as government cleans up the economy and simplifies tax