Sotheby’s Sets 12 Records for South Asian Artists in a Single Sale

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 records for artists from the region. The sale was headlined by Vivan Sundaram's 1967 painting 'Inbetweeness,' which sold for $896,000 and more than doubled his previous annual auction total, and M.F. Husain's 'Second Act,' which fetched $5.1 million.