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A 19th Century painting by iconic artist Raja Ravi Varma has become the most expensive Indian artwork ever sold, setting a new auction record. The painting, Yashoda and Krishna, was sold for 1.67bn rupees ($17.9m; £13.6m) at a Saffronart auction in Delhi on Wednesday. It beat the previous record set by MF Husain's Untitled (Gram Yatra) which fetched $13.8m last year. The surge in sales and records highlight growing demand for Indian and South Asian art, with collectors pushing prices to new hi ...Read More >
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Yashoda and Krishna, Raja Ravi Verma. Image Courtesy/ Saffronart April 2026. Mumbai. The gavel falls at Saffronart's Spring Live Auction, and with it, every record in Indian art history is erased. Raja Ravi Varma's Yashoda and Krishna has sold for ₹167.2 crore, approximately $18 million, making it the highest-value work of modern Indian art ever sold at auction. The buyer? Cyrus S. Poonawalla, the Pune-based founder of the Serum Institute of India. Until this week, Poonawalla was better known ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma's oil painting of 'Yashodha and Krishna' has set the new world record for the highest price for an Indian painting sold at the auction. The art was sold for Rs 167.20 crore inclusive of the buyer's premium. The bidding took place at the Saffronart auction house on April 1. Taking to their Instagram handle, they shared a snap of the Indian artwork. "RAJA RAVI VARMA'S Yashoda and Krishna, circa 1890s, sold for Rs 167.20 crores ($17. ...Read More >
MUMBAI, India, April 2, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - An Indian oil painting by celebrated 19th century artist Raja Ravi Varma has sold for a record $17.9 million at auction in Mumbai, the highest price ever paid for a modern Indian artwork. Mumbai-based auction house Saffronart said the painting, "Yashoda and Krishna", depicting the Hindu god Krishna with his mother while she milks a cow, was also the highest paid for a Varma artwork in an auction worldwide. The oil on canvas painting was put up for aucti ...Read More >
New Delhi: Eminent Indian painter Raja Ravi Varma's oil painting "Yashoda and Krishna" was sold at a record Rs 167.20 crore (USD 17,978,495) at Saffronart's Spring Live Auction in Mumbai on Wednesday, becoming the highest-value work of modern Indian art ever sold at an auction. The painting has surpassed the previous record held by MF Husain's Untitled (Gram Yatra), which achieved over Rs 118 crore at an auction last year. The Raja Ravi Varma work, which was estimated at Rs 80-120 crore, was ac ...Read More >
Saffronart auction in Delhi achieved a cumulative sales value of Rs 355.77 crore Painted in 1970, when artist VS Gaitonde had already gained repute as an abstractionist, an untitled canvas in yellow with translucent layers of ochre and subdued floating forms has fetched a staggering Rs 67.08 crore, becoming the second most expensive Indian artwork sold at an auction. Garnering nearly three times its higher estimate, the oil on canvas came under the hammer at Saffronart's 25th Anniversary live ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan visited an exhibition dedicated to Operation Sindoor, a decisive military action by the Indian armed forces that has drawn a new red line for terrorism, here on Tuesday. He was given a tour of the solo exhibition, titled 'Himalaya: The Journey Through a Cascade of Colours', hosted at a gallery at the Triveni Kala Sangam, by artist Chandranath Das. The centrepiece of the display is an untitled oil painting -- a bright, colourful ca ...Read More >
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