When Hugo Weihe resigned as International Director Of Asian Art at Christie’s, The Telegraph UK reported that the auction house had lost its leading light. Dinesh and Minal Vazirani, founders of the Indian auction house Saffronart, however, saw this as an opportunity and grabbed it. Weihe is considered an expert in the field of Asian art, internationally, having built the Indian and Southeast Asian Art department at Christie’s from scratch.

Indian visitors view the paintings of artist Jatin Das on display at the Amdavad Ni Gufa Gallery in Ahmedabad on April 13, 2011. Das is one of India’s most prolific figurative painters. Pic/AFP