New Delhi, April 23 -- Indian art is having its breakout moment-and a new generation of collectors, curators and market makers is leading the charge.

In a matter of weeks, a trio of blockbuster art auctions across New York and Mumbai raked in more than Rs.220 crore, with modern masters like M.F. Husain and Tyeb Mehta smashing records once reserved for Western icons.

The biggest headline came from Christie's in New York, where Husain's monumental Gram Yatra sold for Rs.118 crore-the highest price ever paid for an Indian artwork. Not far behind, Mehta's Trussed Bull fetched Rs.61.8 crore at Saffronart's Mumbai sale, nearly nine times its high estimate. At Sotheby's in New York, Jagdish Swaminathan's Homage to Solzhenitsyn crossed Rs.39 cr...