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INDIA ART FAIR

30th April, 2022 Art & Culture

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Context: India Art Fair returns to capital after Covid hiatus.

About India Art Fair:

  • It is previously known as India Art Summit.
  • It is an annual Indian modern and contemporary art fair held in New Delhi, India.
  • The fair includes paintings, sculptures, photography, mixed media, prints, drawings and video art.
  • The first three editions of the fair were organized at Pragati Maidan, one of India's largest and oldest exhibitions grounds.
  • First held in 2008, it is India's largest art fair.
  • The art fair includes several pavilions of exhibits by galleries and solo projects by several artists.
  • It focuses on key issues related with the art production, art market and its reception in India.
  • The fair rapidly gained popularity and the first three fairs had a total 146,000 visitors, making it among the world's most popular art fairs.

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