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Kalidas Karmakar’s ‘Holy War’ draws global attention at Sotheby’s auction

Works of celebrated Bangladeshi masters, including Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin (1914-1976), Mohammad Kibria (1929-2011), Rashid Chowdhury (1932-1986), Kalidas Karmakar (1946-2019) and Shahid Kabir (b.1949), have been showcased in this year’s Sotheby’s auction of South Asian Modern & Contemporary Art in London, alongside renowned artists from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Bangaldesh maestro Zainul Abedin's painting fetches Tk 8.27 crore at Sotheby’s auction

In a recent auction organised by renowned auction house Sotheby’s in London, United Kingdom, two paintings by the Bangladeshi art maestro ‘Shilpacharya’ Zainul Abedin fetched record prices, the highest for any Bangladeshi artist in history.