South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online

Christie's online auction of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art, taking place from 13-27 March, complements our live auction of works from this category, to be held in New York on 20 March. The catalogue presents a wide variety of works across diverse genres and media by well-known artists from South Asia and its diaspora for new and seasoned collectors alike, including property from the renowned collections of Umesh and Sunanda Gaur and Mahinder and Sharad Tak. Works by modernists Maqbool Fida Husain, Sayed Haider Raza, Francis Newton Souza, Bal Chhabda and Manjit Bawa are offered alongside significant lots by Atul Dodiya, Paresh Maity and Jangarh Singh Shyam, to name only a few artists. Art for Baby, a group of fifteen lots by prominent modern and contemporary Indian artists, will be offered to benefit Outset. For the first three months of their lives, babies only perceive the world around them in black, white and shades of gray. Inspired by Outset's 2008 international publication Art for Baby, these gray scale works were commissioned by Rudritara Shroff from artists including Jyoti Bhatt, Jogen Chowdhury, Atul Dodiya, Dhruvi Acharya, Anju Dodiya, Shilpa Gupta and Bijoy Jain for a new Indian version of the book, which will serve not only as an early introduction to contemporary Indian art, but also a tool for honing visual skills which are so important in early childhood development. .