Archive · 24 Sep 2026
360 ONE Launches Guide Decoding India's Booming Art Market
360 ONE has published a new guide about India's art market.
The guide is meant to help people who are beginning to collect art.
It says India's art auctions had their strongest turnover in a decade during 2025.
Buyers purchased most of the lots that were offered.
Paintings made up almost half of the works sold.
India also saw more people buying art at international auctions.
The guide studies 15 important South Asian artists, including M.F. Husain and Tyeb Mehta.
It also discusses the most expensive Indian artwork ever sold at auction, which brought in INR 167.2 crore.
360 ONE launched The Collector's Guide 2026, a report on South Asian fine art markets for new collectors.
India's secondary art market reached a decade-high turnover of INR 2,543 crore in 2025, up from INR 792 crore in 2015.
A total of 4,057 of 5,059 auction lots sold, producing an 80% sell-through rate; paintings represented 47.5% of lots sold.
India recorded $194.7 million in auction turnover and 25% growth in buying activity across categories, according to the report.
The guide covers the top-selling works of 15 South Asian artists and highlights a record INR 167.2 crore sale for an Indian artwork.
- Who
- 360 ONE launched The Collector's Guide 2026, with Yatin Shah quoted on the report's purpose.
- What
- The firm published a report analyzing South Asian fine art markets, artists, auction prices and performance metrics.
- When
- The guide was launched in 2026, following art-market results reported for 2025.
- Where
- The report focuses on India and the wider South Asian art market; 360 ONE is headquartered in Mumbai.
- Why
- The guide aims to provide historical price information and performance data for collectors and custodians.
- Report
- The Collector's Guide 2026
- Indian secondary art-market turnover
- INR 2,543 crore in 2025, compared with INR 792 crore in 2015
- Lots sold
- 4,057 of 5,059 lots; an 80% sell-through rate
- Painting share
- 47.5% of all lots sold
- Indian auction turnover
- $194.7 million in 2025
- Record Indian artwork sale
- INR 167.2 crore
- 360 ONE assets
- More than INR 7.8 lakh crore, or $82 billion