India art fair 2023

The India Art Fair, the premier venue displaying modern and contemporary art from India and South Asia, is held at the NSIC Exhibition Grounds in New Delhi from February 9-12, 2023. The event, which is organised in collaboration with BMW India and places the voices of artists at its core, will feature 85 exhibitors, including 71 galleries and 14 organisations. India’s economy is predicted to develop to be the fifth largest in the world, and with India Art Fair at the head, the country’s art market has expanded concurrently. The 2023 fair will be the most ambitious to date, building on the success of the previous edition. It will feature expanded floorspace to showcase South Asia’s top talent, including cutting-edge contemporary art and modern masters, as well as an expanded studio showcasing the fair’s digital artist in residence programme. The show will serve as a gathering place for curators, collectors, and other art industry professionals, fostering cross-cultural relationships and connections with the global art scene. Jaya Asokan, Fair Director of India Art Fair comments: “The scale and diversity of the fair in 2023 reflects the expansion of the contemporary and modern art market across India and South Asia, as well as burgeoning interest from the international community. We’re particularly proud of all of our artists who are testing the boundaries of contemporary and traditional arts or digital innovation, with many coming from previously unexplored regions of India...

The 14th edition of India Art Fair brings some of the biggest names in the art world back to the capital this week, and the festival, as always, is an unmissable showcase of the best the country has to offer. There’s no substitute for wandering around the fair sans agenda, and discovering new favourites for yourself; but if you need a guide to some of the best the fair has to offer, here’s a list of what we’re AD is most excited about this year. Vadehra Art Gallery Vadehra Art Gallery presents a varied roster of artists grappling with contemporary themes of personal memory, mythology, capitalism, and the socio-political relevance of lived reality. Shilpa Gupta challenges norms of perception and representation with a neon sculpture that reads, “Still they know not what I dream”; Gulammohammed Sheikh considers the arbitrariness of the idea of national progress with a cast and painted weathervane; the late B.V. Doshi’s surreal mixed media canvases depict the preoccupations of old age. Other artists include Anju Dodiya, Atul Dodiya, Biraaj Dodiya, N.S. Harsha, Praneet Soi, A. Ramachandran, Jagannath Panda, Nalini Malani, Paramjit Singh, Rameshwar Broota, Shailesh B.R., Nature Morte A fixture on the New Delhi art scene, Nature Morte will be showcasing the diversity of art mediums it has come to be known for, with an extensive display of paintings, sculptures, mixed media works and more by both established gallery artists and new additions to the roster. The gallery is especiall...

International Performing Arts Festival was held on 10 June, 11 June at Bhakti Kala Kshetra, ISKCON temple Hare Krishna Land, Juhu,Mumbai. Under leadership of Shyam Pandey, IPAF Mumbai was highly successful . The third season of the festival in Mumbai offered some of the magnificent performances from fusion music to Indian classical music and dance. After Mumbai IPAF Kolkata 2023 is being organized on 23rd and 24th June at Indian Museum followed by IPAF Delhi in July 2023. On the day one ( 10 June) of IPAF festival, it was featured a tribute to freedom fighters through music by noted Grammy Award Jury Member( India), GiMA Awardee Pt Prodyut Mukherjee and his band Rhythm Express. His Tabla , vocal Percussion & Chic Drum has a mesmerizing effect creates a space in heart of the audience. The awesome audibility in his tabla , percussion & Mouth Drumming treat to the ears. he brings various outstanding effects in Tabla, such Movement of two train on side by side track and many more followed by Bharatnatyam by Tushar Pramod Sawant. The day 2 of IPAF festival featured a grand celebration of Ritu Rang ( Seasons in India) comprising 75 members) Arpana Rao and group. Performances revolved around the different seasons of the year. Day 2 at IPAF festival was graced by the august presence of Sajid Nadiadwala, Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Sudesh Bhonsle, Lalit Sen and so on. IPAF has been started by Shyam Pandey, asocial Entrepreneur with an aim to create a centralized global network to provid...

India Art Fair 2023 commenced on Thursday with 86 exhibitors, including 72 galleries and 12 institutions. As you enter the NSIC Exhibition Grounds in Okhla, you’ll be met with not just a crowd of eager art lovers but also a breathtaking façade featuring an intricate Warli mural by Vayeda brothers, Mayur and Tushar. Titled ‘Forests of the Future’, it is the artists’ first digital take on the traditional art of Warli painting, which they have been practising for almost 12 years now. The façade aims to celebrate the Warli community and its ancestors with deep research into Warli traditions, mythological stories, and rituals. “It is based and inspired by the nature surrounding the Warli community, especially in the Sahayadri ranges — where we also live. From the outside, growing infrastructure looks good in the name of development. But where we live, we experience all that’s happening around our ecosystem, diversity, forest, community, and culture,” Mayur told indianexpress.com at the India Art Fair, where the brother duo is also presenting a range of their other Warli paintings in association with Ojas Art. The façade aims to celebrate the Warli community and ancestors (Express photo by Chitral Khambhati) This ever-evolving ecosystem and what we need for the future are what’s been brought forward by the Warli façade, the brothers added. Mayur further shared that earlier, people of the Warli community used to paint on caves and mud walls. “After that, paper and canvascame into...

One of the more important art events of South Asia, the India Art Fair, New Delhi this year will take place between February 9-12 at the NSIC Exhibition ground. Led in partnership with BMW, the exhibition will present 85 exhibitors including 71 galleries and 14 institutions. Expected to be more ambitious than previous avatars. IAF 2023 is expected to have an expanded floorspace to showcase contemporary art and modern masters. There will also be an extended studio presenting the fair's Digital Artist in Residence program. The fair will be a meeting ground for collectors, curators, and art professionals, strengthening cultural dialogue and ties with the international art scene. Jaya Asokan, Fair Director of India Art Fair said, “The scale and diversity of the fair in 2023 reflect the expansion of the contemporary and modern art market across India and South Asia, as well as burgeoning interest from the international community. We’re particularly proud of all of our artists who are testing the boundaries of contemporary and traditional arts or digital innovation, with many coming from previously unexplored regions of India. We’re proud of the quality of work they’re producing and powerfully responding to our changing times.” To celebrate design and creativity, the fair will host the launch of RADO’s classic DiaStar watch redesigned by Swiss designer Alfredo Haberli for its 60th anniversary. Art Buzz will support a dedicated Workshop Space for artist-led sessions a...

India Art Fair marks its 2023 edition with the most ambitious showcase to date featuring a multiplicity of cutting-edge contemporary and digital artistic talent alongside modern masters. India Art Fair: NSIC Grounds, Okhla, Delhi, India Fair Dates: 9 – 12 February 2023 Preview: 9 & 10 February 2023 India Art Fair, the leading platform showcasing modern and contemporary art from India and South Asia, takes place from 9 – 12 February 2023 at the NSIC Exhibition Grounds in New Delhi. Led in partnership with BMW India and with artists’ voices at its centre, the fair will present 85 exhibitors, including 71 galleries and 14 institutions. With India set to become the world’s fifth-largest economy, the expansion of its art market has grown in parallel with India Art Fair at its helm. Building on the success of the last edition, the 2023 fair will be the most ambitious to date, with expanded floorspace to showcase South Asia’s greatest talent, spanning cutting-edge contemporary art and modern masters, and an extended Studio presenting the fair’s Digital Artist in Residence programme. The fair will be a meeting ground for collectors, curators and art professionals, strengthening cultural dialogue and ties with the international art scene. Jaya Asokan India Art Fair Director-Courtesy of India Art Fair. Jaya Asokan, India Art Fair’s Director comments “ The scale and diversity of the fair in 2023 reflects the expansion of the contemporary and modern art market across India and South A...

The Focus section at the NSIC grounds showcases solo painter presentations from top contemporary galleries alongside iconic pieces from modern masters. These are focused on a specific medium or display an expanse of work produced over years by a single A visual feast of contemporary masters of traditional Indian arts Like every year, contemporary art galleries like Nature Morte, Gallery Espace, Blueprint12, Emami Art, Gallery Art Exposure and Apparao Galleries have group presentations of their artists at each booth spread out across the NSIC tents. We’re particularly excited about the work of Performances and digital art workshops by India Art Fair artists in residence Nasreen Mohamedi, Untitled, 1980. Ink and graphite on paper. Courtesy Vadehra Art Gallery If you can’t bring yourself to brave the crowd at India Art Fair’s NSIC grounds, a (free) visit to the Young Collector’s Hub at Bikaner House might be more your scene. Gallery XXL’s debut show of urban artists includes Curated talks and outdoor projects Rest your tired eyes from taking in all the art by attending one of the curated talks at the fair’s Auditorium with promising discussions on language barriers in art careers, representation of queer, minority and Also read: Mumbai Urban Art Festival at Sassoon Dock is preoccupied with the water-based transformations humans have wrought