pierre huber who showcased the delhibased artists trademark stainless steel kitchenware at the frieze art fair in 2005 christies owner pinault is also a gupta fan already the proud owner of very hungry god a oneton sculpture of a skull made of metal pots pinault bid on another gupta work fire at the recent sothebys sale he lost out to art plus an investment group which bought it for 102500 nearly four times the estimate sothebys maithili parekh says she wasnt the least bit surprised at the keen competition india is now being showcased to a wider audience and it is about time this was the first time the auction house had included indian works in its international contemporary art salesexposure at international auctions as well as large curated exhibitions have done a world of good says art expert mortimer chatterjee the last eight months have seen a marked increase in the number of international collectors though the interest is almost exclusively in contemporary art rather than the modernsand it looks as if this trend will continue later this year the serpentine gallery in london will stage an indian art show and next february arco the spanish art fair has india as its guest country the canvas keeps getting bigger neelamraajtimesgroupcom