Gaitonde and Jamini Roy feature in star-studded Art Of India e-auction

NEW DELHI: An earthy painting from ‘national treasure’ Jamini Roy, a rare figurative portrait from India’s priciest artist VS Gaitonde, a beautiful hand-knotted carpet from Krishen Khanna featuring one of his signature bandwallahs…These are just a few of the artistic treasures on offer at The Art of India (AOI) online auction on May 18-19. A collaboration between The Times of India and Saffronart, the keenly awaited auction features 65 works from The Art of India festival 2022, a glorious celebration of India’s art legacy spanning 150 years organised recently in Gandhinagar.
After making waves on the country’s art scene with the showcase, AOI 2022 made a splash abroad over the weekend, featuring on the Nasdaq screen of New York’s iconic Times Square. And now, the AOI e-auction, set to go live in a matter of hours, offers you a chance to own some of these masterpieces.

Ranging from abstract expressionism to minimalism, the masterpieces featured on www.saffronart.com allow art lovers ticketless travel to India’s rich art heritage. If there are works from GR Iranna who pushed the boundaries of art, there are traditional Warli paintings, which have made the leap from mud walls of huts in Maharashtra to prestigious art galleries.
These have been carefully curated from AOI, one of the biggest art exhibitions to be ever held in the country with over 400 artworks by more than 250 Indian artists. The Gandhinagar preview was like a who’s who of Indian art with works from FN Souza, Satish Gujral, Nandalal Bose, and Meera Mukherjee to name a few. These are available for viewing on https://theartofindia.in/collections
For the auction, pre-bidding is open. Seasoned collectors as well as first-time buyers across the world can place their bids over a period of 24 hours. For mobile bidding, potential buyers can register 24 hours in advance of the sale on www.saffronart.com and participate in the auction through Android or iOS compatible mobile devices. Potential buyers can view catalogues, place bids and start and stop proxy bids, create a personal auction page and view results while on the move.