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Treasure hunter

Rakhi Sarkar celebrates 25 years of her iconic Kolkata art gallery CIMA with a specially curated art fair which was as accessible as it was eclectic.

From the 19th century when art was supported primarily by the maharajas, in the 20th century art became secular and started to be collected by Parsi professionals and wealthy Gujarati businessmen in Mumbai, helped in large measure by Mahatma Gandhi's push for young Bengal artists to help his friend Rabindranath Tagore raise funds for Viswabharati University. The art market began in real earnest in

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