Akbar Padamsee

Indian | 1928 - 2020

Akbar Padamsee was an Indian Asian Modern & Contemporary painter who was born in 1928.

How much does an Akbar Padamsee cost?

Akbar Padamsee's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 218 USD to 3,106,843 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Akbar Padamsee's most expensive painting?

Since 1999 the record price for this artist at auction is 3,106,843 USD for Woman with Corn, sold at Saffronart Mumbai in 2023. In the past 12 months, their paintings have averaged 152,525 USD, while their sculptures have sold for an average of 13,785 USD.

Where can I see Akbar Padamsee's works?

Their work is currently being shown at Tate Modern in London. Numerous key galleries and museums such as DAG, New Delhi have featured Akbar Padamsee's work in the past.

Akbar Padamsee in the news

Akbar Padamsee has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in February 2025. The artist died in 2020.

Featured for Sale

Untitled ,1992

By Akbar Padamsee

Saffronart Mumbai

Acquired through a Guajarati Gentleman

By Akbar Padamsee

Plakas Auctions

At Auction

Notable Lots

Landscape ,1956

By Akbar Padamsee

+209%

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Mirror Image ,2003

By Akbar Padamsee

-11%

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Greek Landscape ,1960

By Akbar Padamsee

+139%

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Upcoming Lots

Untitled ,1992

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Recent Auction Results

Untitled

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Untitled ,2003

By Akbar Padamsee

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Untitled (Head ,2004

By Akbar Padamsee

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Current Exhibitions

Paper Trails: Glenbarra Art Museum Collection

Vadehra Art Gallery (D-40)

New Delhi | India

Apr 15,2025 - May 17,2025

Electric Dreams: Art And Technology Before The Internet

Tate Modern

Bankside | London | UK

Nov 28,2024 - Jun 01,2025

Past Exhibitions

India鈥檚 Rockefeller Artists

DAG, New Delhi

New Delhi | India

Aug 31,2024 - Oct 12,2024

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Articles

ArtDaily 25/02/2025

Christie鈥檚 celebrates Asian Art Week, a series of six auctions, three live and three online, taking place 12-27 March at Rockefeller Center.

The Art Newspaper 01/11/2024

The seven works were seized by Mumbai customs last year due to their sensitive content.

ArtLyst 23/10/2024

Tate Modern celebrates the early innovators of optical, kinetic, programmed, and digital art, who forged a new era of immersive environments and artworks that engage with new technologies.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Padamsee tried to 'reproduce' one of his own oil paintings using projected light instead of applied pigment, working with tinted filters and stencils to recreate the differently coloured sections of the... 鈥�
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Jhaveri Contemporary

鈥� .. What begins as an attempt to recreate Padamsee鈥檚 lost film, to literally re-member it back into existence, expands into a rumination on the vicissitudes of time and (art) history... 鈥�
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Jhaveri Contemporary