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India Art Fair Delhi, the leading platform showcasing modern and contemporary art from India and SouthAsia, returns for its 16th edition at the NSIC Exhibition Grounds in New Delhi from 6 to 9 February 2025. Led in partnership with BMW India, India Art Fair Delhi 2025 sees a record number of 116 Indian and international exhibitors, featuring 77 galleries and 25 major art institutions. Cementing its position as the meeting point for the global art world in South Asia, the fair line-up features leading international galleries such as Carpenters Workshop Gallery, David Zwirner, Galleria Continua, and Lisson Gallery alongside top Indian galleries including Vadehra Art Gallery, Nature Morte, Chemould Prescott Road,Experimenter, DAG and Jhaveri Contemporary. Following the success of its debut in 2024, the Design section returns with an expanded group of 11 eminent design studios from India and beyond and curated showcase of young Indian designers. Two corporate supporters are platforming process-ledunique outdoor projects.
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Jaya Asokan, Fair Director, India Art Fair Delhi comments: “The 16th edition of India Art Fair Delhi is due to be our most ambitious showcase of modern and contemporary art and design yet. We have been at the forefront of the growth of South Asian art in the region and internationally, and our next edition will celebrate the region’s leading artistic voices alongside international heavyweights and fresh talent. We are in the midst of an incredible moment for South Asian art globally with ever-increasing museum recognition across the world and the Indian market continuing to grow. As the art scene continues to flourish, India Art Fair Delhi is entering a new phase with our upcoming expansion to Mumbai in November 2025, and we cannot wait to welcome the global arts community to Delhi this February!”
GALLERY HIGHLIGHTS
India Art Fair Delhi 2025 features some of India’s most important contemporary galleries alongside established international names showcasing rare masterpieces and contemporary works, as well as examples drawing from South Asia’s traditional arts heritage. Top Indian contemporary galleries exhibiting include: Vadehra Art Gallery, GALLERYSKE, Nature Morte, PHOTOINK, Exhibit 320, Gallery Espace, Shrine Empire, Gallery Latitude 28, Blueprint12, Akar Prakar, Art Alive Gallery, Art Heritage (all New Delhi); Chatterjee & Lal, Jhaveri Contemporary, Chemould Prescott Road, Chemould CoLab, Gallery Maskara, Galerie ISA, Project 88, Sakshi Gallery (all Mumbai); Emami Art, Gallery Art Exposure (both Kolkata); Experimenter (Kolkata / Mumbai); Vida Heydari Contemporary (Pune); Apparao Galleries, Gallery Veda (both Chennai); Archer Art Gallery, Iram Art (both Ahmedabad); and Dhi Contemporary, Srishti Art Gallery, Kalakriti Art Gallery (all Hyderabad). Alongside these are modern galleries, including DAG (New Delhi / Mumbai / New York), and Crayon Art Gallery, Dhoomimal Gallery and Chawla Art Gallery (all New Delhi). India Art Fair Delhi also welcomes four new Indian participants, Art & Charlie (Mumbai), KYNKYNY Art Gallery (Bengaluru), Masha Art (New Delhi) and Ashvita’s (Chennai). Among the international galleries returning to the fair are David Zwirner (New York / Los Angeles / London / Paris / Hong Kong), Lisson Gallery (London / New York / Shanghai / Beijing / Los Angeles), Galleria Continua (San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana / Roma / São Paulo / Paris / Dubai Carpenters Workshop Gallery (London / Paris / New York / Los Angeles), Aicon and Aicon Contemporary
(both New York City), 1×1 Art Gallery (Dubai), Indigo+Madder (London), Galerie Geek Art (Tokyo / New Delhi), Saskia Fernando Gallery (Colombo), and Grosvenor Gallery (London). In addition, India Art Fair Delhi welcomes two new international gallery participants, Unit7. / Prahlad Bubbar (London) and kó (Lagos). Comprising solo presentations curated by participating galleries, the Focus section showcases mixed media works by emerging and mid-career artists including Teja Gavankar (Sakshi Gallery), Anindita Bhattacharya (Threshold Art Gallery), Arjun Das (Dhi Contemporary), Natasha Das (Marc Straus), Viraj Khanna (Kalakriti Art Gallery), Vipul Prajapati (079 | Stories Art Gallery) and Sandilya Theuerkauf (KYNKYNY Art Gallery).
FOCUS ON DESIGN
Following a celebrated first edition in 2024, the Design section returns with a curated selection of 11 acclaimed design studios comprising Vikram Goyal (New Delhi), Ashiesh Shah (Mumbai), Gunjan Gupta (New Delhi), Studio Renn (Mumbai), DeMuro Das (New Delhi, New York), Jian Yoo (Seoul, New York), Nolwa Studio (Hyderabad), TANIA & SANDEEP KHOSLA (Bengaluru) in collaboration with MangroveCollective (New Delhi), Studio Raw Material (Makrana, Jaipur), Jaipur Rugs (India, Milan, London, Dubai, Singapore), and Studio Nyn (Mumbai), and a selection of emerging Indian designers curated by Alaiia Gujral in a section titled ‘Shifting Horizons’. An established curator who has directed projects at the London Design Biennale, Alaiia Gujral’s selection will prioritise practitioners juxtaposing India’s craftsmanship traditions with contemporary design sensibilities in their work, and showcase the future of India’s unique design identity. The fair also expands its long-standing partnership with fashion house Raw Mango to launch a brand new Designer-in-Residence programme. Championing forward-thinking perspectives in sculptural objects, textile, digital and graphic media, photography and film, the programme will support one winning designer to present a creative project during India Art Fair Delhi 2025.
PLATFORM SECTION AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPANTS
Leading institutions in India presenting at the fair include The Gujral Foundation, Karishma Swali and Chanakya School of Craft, Chennai Photo Biennale Foundation, and Prameya Art Foundation (PRAF). International institutions represented at the fair include The Arts Family (UK), Unnati Cultural Village(Nepal), Britto Arts Trust (Bangladesh), the Korean Cultural Centre India, the Australian High Commission and Asian Art Museum (San Francisco) among others.
The Platform section spotlights the rich artistic heritage of South Asia through the works of contemporary masters of traditional arts, including presentations foregrounding the spiritual and working with textiles including Mata-ni-Pachedi, as well as Kalamkari painters following traditional techniques and using natural dyes; BOITO supported by Devi Art Foundation showing a sculptural installation exploring the Navagunjara mythical creature and drawing from nine different traditions from Odisha; and Bridge Bharat unveiling collaborative textile installations with visual imagery from the Gond artist Venkat Singh
Shyam embroidered in the Chamba Rumal technique by Lalita Vakil and their atelier, and chikankari maestro Naghma and their atelier.
‘THE FUTURE IS BORN OF ART’ COMMISSION
Marking nine years of creative partnership, India Art Fair Delhi and BMW India expand the scale and scope of ‘The Future is Born of Art’ Commission created to platform Indian art and artists on a global stage. In its fourth year, the commission explores the relationship between cutting-edge technology interfaces and ecological systems. The winning artist will present a work on the theme of Ecocentrism, representing a future in which technology and nature are interconnected, and design an installation around the BMW iX1, MINI Countryman and Motorrad CE-02 and CE-04, each notable for its advanced technological capabilities and sustainable design. The selected artist will create a space that harmonises the digital with the natural, showcasing how future technologies can coexist with and enhance the environment.
PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS
India Art Fair Delhi’s 2025 programme welcomes special large scale artist projects, performances by leading artists and a talks programme bringing together key voices from across South Asia, South-East
Asia and the Middle East.
India Art Fair Delhi’s Outdoor Art Projects include the large-scale tent facade designed by tattoo artist Mo Naga and supported by MASH (New Delhi). Sculptural artist M. Pravat, brings a multi-layered experience supported by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA). Conceptual artist-duo CLAIREFONTAINE will create an LED installation, building upon their celebrated work Foreigners Everywhere at the 2024 Venice Biennale, and supported by the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre. Inspired by the diverse multilingualism of the country, the phrase ‘Foreigners Everywhere’ will be re-imagined in different Indian languages as part of a series of city-wide interventions in collaboration with Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), Khoj International Artists’ Association (KHOJ), and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) during the week of India Art Fair Delhi. Hylozoic/Desires (Himali Singh Soin and David Soin Tappeser) will present a moving image work, The Hedge of Halomancy, with synchronous installations at SharjahBiennale, Tate Britain, India Art Fair Delhi and Somerset House, the presentation at India Art Fair Delhi 2025 is generously supported by Jaiveer Johal, through the Avtar Foundation for the Arts. Earth Under Our Feet, a video installation and interactive performance by Ashwini Bhat will be presented by the Asian Art Museum in collaboration with India Art Fair Delhi. Further outdoor projects specially commissioned for the fair include works by artist Asim Waqif supported by Laxcon Steels (Ahmedabad), and work by emerging artists Mohd. Intiyaz and Yogesh Barve, supported by Method (Mumbai) and Art & Charlie (Mumbai) respectively. Each year, the fair champions a diversity of young artistic practices and boundary-breaking voices through its Artists In Residence programme. This year’s resident artists include: Imon Chetia Phukan, with a brand-new hand-stitched textile installation presented in partnership with the Royal College of Art; liactuallee, bringing a large-scale soft sculpture, supported by SoulTree; and Umesh S., showcasing his ongoing observations of agrarian life through a large-scale installation of found, reclaimed, and repurposed farming tools from across diverse Indian farming communities and histories.
The India Art Fair Delhi 2025 Talks Programme is supported by JSW and brings together leadingnames in art and culture for engaging discussions in the Auditorium, placing special emphasis on the place of South Asian art and culture in the world today. A full line-up of speakers will be announced in January.
LEARNING & PARTNERSHIPS
India Art Fair Delhi is delighted to welcome The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art as the official Learning Partner supporting all of the fair’s inclusivity and learning programmes. This includes the fair’s expanded Inclusion Lab with sensitisation and workshops for people of all needs and abilities, programmed by Access for ALL. India Art Fair Delhi also hosts a series of workshops curated by arts education organisation LAND (Learning through Arts, Narrative and Discourse). In addition to working with BMW India as the Presenting Partner, India Art Fair Delhi continues to build its relationships with longstanding supporters and expand its range of creative partnerships including JSW, RADO, Max Estates, Tarun Tahiliani Design Studio, Sarita Handa and India Sotheby’s International Realty. For the fair’s public programming, India Art Fair Delhi is pleased to collaborate with leading culturalinstitutions including The British Council, The Embassy of the Dominican Republic in the Republic of India, and The Embassy of Sweden in India.
NOTES TO EDITORS About India Art Fair Delhi India Art Fair Delhi is the leading platform to discover Modern and Contemporary art from South Asia, offering a unique access point to the region’s thriving cultural scene. Taking place annually in India’s capital, New Delhi, the fair reflects the city’s fast-developing local arts scene, while offering curated insights into the cultural landscapes of neighbouring countries. The fair’s programme – which draws together galleries and artists, private foundations and arts charities, artists’ collectives, national institutions, cultural events and festivals – enables international audiences to engage in innovative ways with the cultural history and development of the region. The fair is committed to supporting arts education and professional development opportunities, recognising the crucial need to support the development of the local arts scene, and provide dedicated exhibition space to emerging galleries and arts organisations. The fair aims to run an extensive programme of events, including education initiatives, artist commissions and pop-up programmes, aiming to increase audiences for the arts within India. India Art Fair Delhi is owned by Angus Montgomery Arts, a division of Angus Montgomery Ltd. About BMW’s Cultural Commitment For over 50 years now, the BMW Group has initiated and been engaged in hundreds of cultural co-operations worldwide. The focus of its long-term commitment is set on modern and contemporary art, classical music, jazz and sound, as well as architecture and design. Along with commissioning iconic BMW Art Cars and co-initiatives, such as BMW Tate Live, the BMW Art Journey and the ‘Opera for All’ concerts in Berlin, Munich, Moscow and London, the company also partners with leading museums and art fairs as well as orchestras and opera houses around the world. The BMW Group guarantees absolute creative freedom, as this is just as essential for ground-breaking artistic work as it is for major innovations in a successful business. Since its inception, BMW India has participated in leading cultural engagements across the country. In 2007, two BMW Art Cars embellished by world-renowned artists Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein were presented at the Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai. BMW Art Car by Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Sandro Chia and Cesar Manrique have been exclusively showcased at various editions of the India Art Fair. Since 2012, BMW has partnered with Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the contemporary art exhibition, which brings international artists to India and creates a global platform for Indian artists. In 2012-13, the innovative BMW Guggenheim Lab came to India. Based at Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum and conducted at six different venues in Mumbai, the lab organised six weeks of free programmes with diverse audiences and communities addressing the challenges and conditions of the urban city.
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