Triumphs Of Indian Women Artists

While the art of doyens such as V.S. Gaitonde, M.F. Hussain, Tyeb Mehta and Atul Dodiya, among others, have been celebrated by academics and collectors alike, a new and encouraging trend is emerging. Exponential increase in inquiries with regards to the artistic accomplishments of India’s women artists has led to numerous high-profile exhibitions and grand retrospectives at reputed institutes and museums in the recent past. Be it Arpita Singh’s retrospective ‘Six Decades of Painting’ that took place at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi, or Nalini Malani’s retrospective at the Centre Pompidou, Paris. At the same time, stupendous auction results achieved for works by women artists have made the collector community sit up and take note. These triumphs, celebrating the mastery of women artists, indicate that the eco-system of the art market in India is...