- Hurun Report India in association with ArtPrice.com on May 15, 2019 unveiled the first edition of Harun India Art List. The list included 24% women artist.
- The Hurun Research Institute has ranked the top fifty Indian artists alive based on the sales of their works at public auction from April 2018 to March 2019.
- Contemporary sculptor Anish Kapoor has topped the list. His sales are estimated at Rs. 168.25 crore. U.K.-based Mr. Anish Kapoor is known for using granite, marble, limestone and plaster to make geometric structures. He is the only artist to own the exclusive right to use the ‘blackest black’ pigment in the world developed by Vantablack. Mr. Kapoor, 65, received knighthood during the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2013 for his contribution to visual arts.
- He is followed by artists Akbar Padamsee and Krishen Khanna, whose works were sold for 45.84 crore and 9.48 crore respectively. Mr. Padamsee sold 38 works last year. Mr. Khanna, has sold 44 of his works in the past year. One of his most valued pieces is his contribution to Tash ke Patte (Deck of Cards), a collaborative work by over 100 artists that collectively made $365 million in 2017.
- Jogen Chowdhury, 80, comes fourth in the list, backed by sales of 7.78 crore for his works.
- Subodh Gupta, New Delhi-based contemporary artist and sculptor, takes the fifth place with a sales estimate of 6.55 crore.
