10th India Art Fair kicks off, focus on art galleries

NEW DELHI : The 10th edition of India Art Fair opened here on Friday with a “refreshed and expanded programme” and a continued focus on South Asian arts. With Jagdip Jagpal as the new director, this year’s fair promises to test new ideas with participation from galleries, artists, private foundations, arts charities, artists’ collectives, and national institutions.

A total of 78 art galleries are attending the four-day festival at NSIC Grounds with a “strong representation of Indian galleries, enabling deeper engagement with artists from the local scene”.

Indian galleries returning to the fair include Chatterjee & Lal, Jhaveri Contemporary, The Guild, Threshold Art Gallery, Latitude 28, Kalakriti Art Gallery, Chemould Prescott Road, and Vadehra Art Gallery.

While DAG and Dhoomimal Gallery among others are showcasing the region’s modern masters, younger galleries including TARQ and Anant Art, alongside first-time participants like Samara Art Gallery and ZOCA, focused on the region’s cuttingedge emerging art scene.

Besides the focus on regional artists and galleries, the fair is also hosting international galleries including David Zwirner, Karla Osorio Gallery, Mo J Gallery and Richard Koh Fine Art participating for the first time.

Other international galleries like Sabrina Amrani, Aicon Gallery, baudoin lebon, 1X1 Art Gallery and Lukas Feichtner Galerie have returned. Institutions including Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art, Floodlight Foundation and B M Anand Foundation, Gujral Foundation, Devi Art Foundation and KHOJ will engage with international institutions like Korean Culture Center, and the Institut français en Inde.