Vivan Sundaram
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personIndian, 1943–2023
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Selected Works34

Museum Acquisitions

6 Institutions
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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Previous Sales 12

For Sale 5

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Market35 auction results

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$10.9K – $700K
4 of 4 paintings lots with prices
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$173K
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$56.6K
4 priced paintings lots
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Mar 2026 · $25.0K
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Paintings: $56.6K medianWorks on paper: $6.3K medianPhotographs: $34.0K medianUnclassified lots: $5.6K medianEditioned prints: $6.6K median
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Biennial Selections1

Sharjah Biennial — Sharjah
2023 · Thinking Historically in the Present · curated by Hoor Al Qasimi
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Education3

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Publications2

Exhibition Catalog 2

Prestel · 2018
Hatje Cantz · 2003
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Recent News7

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Artist-curator Kader Attia has been appointed to curate the seventh edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, set to take place in December 2027 in Keral…
exhibitionsJun 12, 2026
Artsy Editorial reports that South Asian art is experiencing a global inflection point, driven by record-breaking auction prices, major institutional …
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Christie's London will host "The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection" from July 16 to August 21, 2026, featuring over 60 artists from Indi…
marketMay 27, 2026
Sotheby's Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art auction in New York achieved a total of $22.1 million with 100% of lots sold, setting 12 new auction…
marketMar 27, 2026
Sudarshan Shetty’s seminal 2005 kinetic installation, "Party Is Elsewhere," has been restaged within the decaying remains of an abandoned nightclub in…
exhibitionsMar 11, 2026
Artsy profiles 14 influential women who are shaping India's rapidly evolving art market, including Nita Mukesh Ambani, Jaya Asokan, Shireen Gandhy, an…
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At a Christie’s auction in New York’s Rockefeller Center, an untitled work (Gram Yatra) by MF Husain sold for over Rs 118.7 crore ($13.8 million), bec…
marketApr 26, 2025
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Past Exhibitions4

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Six Stations of a Life Pursued

Vivan Sundaram

Queens Mansion, 3rd Floor

Sep 5, 2025 — Oct 15, 2025

Vivan Sundaram: Re-take of Amrita

Vivan Sundaram

2010 Flora St, Dallas, TX 75201, USA

Jan 1, 2014

Vivan Sundaram: Re-take of AmritaThe Crow Museum at the Dallas Arts DistrictSaturday, January 18, 2014 – Sunday, June 22, 2014

POSTMORTEM (after Gagawaka)

Vivan Sundaram

D-40, Block D, Defence Colony, New Delhi, Delhi 110024, India

Nov 5, 2013 — Dec 4, 2013

Making Strange: Gagawaka + Postmortem by Vivan Sundaram

Vivan Sundaram

Sep 6, 2015

Vivan Sundaram — April 19 – September 6, 2015

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Art Fair Appearances1

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India Art Fair — New Delhi
2025
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Recent Activity14

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Exhibition
Making Strange: Gagawaka + Postmortem by Vivan Sundaram
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Exhibition
Sep 5, 2025
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India Art Fair 2025
Feb 6, 2025
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Sharjah Biennial 2023
Feb 7, 2023
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Art Fair
Sharjah Biennial 2023
Feb 7, 2023
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Vivan Sundaram dies
Jan 1, 2023
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Vivan Sundaram: Re-take of Amrita
Jan 1, 2014
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Nov 5, 2013
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Vivan Sundaram born
Jan 1, 1943
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