Christie’s annual South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art Online auction will take place from 18 March to 1 April, complementing our live sale in New York on 25 March. The catalogue brings together varied artistic traditions and innovative styles developed in South Asia and its diaspora, and includes several works by emerging and established artists, with accessible estimates for both new and seasoned collectors.

This spring, our catalogue features a strong selection of works by three founders of the Progressive Artists’ Group – Maqbool Fida Husain, Francis Newton Souza and Sayed Haider Raza. Other highlights include paintings by Mohan Samant, Avinash Chandra, Sohan Qadri, Homi Patel, B. Prabha and Shanti Dave, as well as notable works on paper and prints by Zainul Abedin, Ivan Peries, Ganesh Haloi and Jogen Chowdhury, among others. These works are complemented by a selection of lots by significant contemporary artists including Jitish Kallat, Nataraj Sharma, Sheila Makhijani, Paresh Maity and Reena Saini Kallat.

Special Notice
From June 2025, EU regulations 2019/880 and 2021/1079 introduce new licensing requirements and regulations relating to the import of cultural goods into the EU. We recommend clients check ahead of the sale whether the lot they wish to purchase and its import into the EU could be impacted by the regulations.

Please note that a select number of lots will be available to view on Friday, 20 March.
Please note that some lots will only be available to view by request.