Nadira Husain's Berlin Studio and Art Basel Installation Highlight Transcultural Practice

Nadira Husain, an artist born in Paris in 1980 to a French-Basque mother and a Muslim Indian father, maintains a studio in Berlin's Lichtenberg district near the Dong Xuan Center, a multicultural hub. Her work blends diverse influences, including Indian miniature painting from the Mughal era, Belgian comics like The Smurfs, and Islamic mythology, such as the female-faced creature Al-Buraq. In 2025, her large-scale installation 'The Haunted Museum,' addressing colonial-era artifact displacement, was featured in the 'Unlimited' section at Art Basel. Husain's art engages with themes like postcolonial discourse, feminism, and hybridity, reflecting her upbringing across cultures. She splits her time between Berlin, Paris, the Basque Country, and Hyderabad, India. The article also covers other art market news: a 2025 auction at Vichy Enchères saw Lubin Baugin's 'Still Life with Financiers' sell for €440,000, setting a record; the Friends of the Pinakothek der Moderne's November 2025 benefit auction includes Peter Halley's 'Dada Ji,' estimated over €140,000; and a September 2025 Breker auction in Cologne sold a 1941 Hasselblad HK 7 aerial camera for €32,000.