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Indian art dhoom in Dubai

Highlights include Rameshwar Broota's 'Numbers', which features three torsos with numbers painted on them, arms hugging them tight.

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Christie's to have its first sale of contemporary art next month.

Art buyers will pour into Dubai from across the globe when Christie's auction house has its first sale of modern and contemporary Western, Indian and Middle Eastern art there on May 24. Rival auction house Sotheby's will hold its first sale dedicated solely to Indian art since 1997 a day earlier, on May 23, in London.

"This is the first time that Christie's has had an auction of modern and contemporary art from the Middle East. It points to an increase in international interest," says Ganieve Grewal, Christie's India representative.

The sale's highlights include works by progressive artists MF Husain, SH Raza and FN Souza. Raza's 'Sourya' (Sun) is expected to sell for $400,000-600,000 (Rs 1.79 cr-Rs2.69cr), while Husain's 'Equus' and 'Mother Teresa' are both expected to sell between $200,000 (Rs 89.9 lakh) and $250,000 (Rs 1.12cr). Souza's 'Goa Landscape', a serene landscape of his childhood home, is estimated to sell between $200,000 (Rs 89.9 lakh) and $250,000 (Rs 1.12cr).

Other highlights include Rameshwar Broota's dichromatic 'Numbers', which features three torsos with numbers painted on them, arms hugging them tight. It is estimate to sell between $80,000 (Rs 35.9 lakh) and $120,000 (Rs 53.9 lakh). Among the Pakistani artists whose works are on sale is Sadequain, whose work has been inspired by the poems of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

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