IAF 2024 - India Art Fair

Overview

India Art Fair, the leading platform showcasing modern and contemporary art from India and South Asia, held its 15th edition. The fair brought together galleries, collectors, institutions, artists, designers, organisations and visitors, fostering opportunities for dialogue, discovery and exchange.

Dates & Venue

• 1–4 February 2024
• NSIC Exhibition Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Exhibitors

The fair featured a record line-up of 109 exhibitors, including 72 galleries, 23 institutions and 7 debut design studios.

Partnership

Led in partnership with BMW India for the eighth time.

Attendance & Visitors

Strong attendance from major private collectors and representatives from local, regional, and international art institutions. VIP attendance on the opening day saw an increase of 30%. Visitors included curators from the Deichtorhallen Hamburg, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard University, and senior representatives from the Tate, Ishara Art Foundation, Asia Society Museum New York, and Seattle Art Museum, among others.

Talks Programme

The Talks Programme, titled Art Across—, platformed leaders from across the art, design and architecture industries. Speakers included Klaus Biesenbach (Director, Neue Nationalgalerie), Michael Govan (CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, LACMA), Prof. Dr. Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung (Director and Chief Curator, Haus der Kulturen der Welt), Rebecca Lyons (Director of Collections and Learning, Royal Academy of Arts), Pooja Sood (Director, Khoj International Artists' Association), and Mónica Bello (Head of Arts, CERN).

Design Section

The inaugural Design section showcased limited edition and handmade collectible design by 7 pioneering studios exemplifying the thriving design scene in South Asia: Vikram Goyal, Ashiesh Shah, Gunjan Gupta, Rooshad Shroff, Studio Renn, de Gournay, and Karishma Swali & Chanakya School of Craft.

Institutions Section

The fair welcomed presentations from more than 15 leading cultural festivals, collectives and foundations. Highlights included Antumbra, an immersive installation by artist Jitish Kallat drawing from Nelson Mandela's long imprisonment, jointly presented by the Foundation of Indian Contemporary Art (FICA) and JSW Foundation.