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As Indian art gets famous, a great chance to diversify your portfolio

With record-breaking sales, Indian art is finding its voice - and value - both at home and abroad. This might be the best time to invest in some great artworks Namrata Kohli Delhi Listen to This Article Stocks are great but you can't hang them on a wall. As if to prove that point, there is a new-found buoyancy in the Indian art market and excitement amongst artists and art collectors. A landmark event was the sale of Maqbool Fida Husain's 1954 painting 'Untitled (Gram Yatra)' for $13.7 million, or about Rs 118 crore, making it the most expensive work of modern Indian art ever sold in a public auction. According to Roshini Vadehra, director of the Vadehra Art Gallery and trustee at the Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art, 'Overall, South Asian art is having a great