Delhi: When an artist who died in relative obscurity commanded Rs 67.08 crore for an untitled abstract canvas this week, it was a big moment for Indian art. And yet another high point in the legacy of modernist VS Gaitonde, who avoided the spotlight all his life but has become a darling of auctions in the past decade.

The yellow canvas with subtle translucent forms is now the second-most expensive Indian artwork ever sold, after MF Husain’s Gram Yatra , which went for Rs 118 crore earlier this year. For many in the art world, Gaitonde’s rise represents the end of a “colonial hangover” in the global market.

Shatadeep Maitra, an art curator with Sabyasachi, said he was elated at the sale. Show Full Article

“When we were growing up, the art we were exposed to was mostly Western. We alw

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