The Journey of Modern Indian Art
Last week, an "art market intelligence" firm called Artery India announced on its website that India's 'Top 3 Artists' over the last five years are V.S. Gaitonde, M.F. Husain and S.H. Raza. Husain and Raza, once colleagues in the Progressive Artists' Group, are running neck and neck, with 49 and 454 works sold fo
Rs 331 crore and Rs 321 crore respectively. Gaitonde is the dark horse, having totted up Rs 392 crore with just 81 works.
The racecourse metaphor
