100 DAYS OF STEEM : Day 64 - Friday Challenge - The Biggest Event of the Year

The Biggest annual event in India is "Indian art fair" event in terms of modern and contemporary art.

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all about Indian art fair

India Art Fair, previously known as India Art Summit, is an annual Indian modern and contemporary art fair held in New Delhi, India.

India Art Fair is the leading platform to discover modern and contemporary art from South Asia and a portal to the region’s cultural landscape.

The fair includes paintings, sculptures, photography, mixed media, prints, drawings and video art

How it started

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It started in the year 2008 Inaugural edition, known as India Art Summit, opens at Pragati Maidan The first fair targeted over 6000 visitors with 34 exhibiting galleries at the fair, and over 550 contemporary and modern artworks.

Since 2008 then it has taken place every year with the exception of 2010. Neha Kirpal, the current owner of the India Art Fair divested 49 percent of its stake in early 2011 to two stakeholders, Sandy Angus and Will Ramsay, co-founders of the Hong Kong Art Fair, to create a larger network. In 2009 the highlight of the fair was a display of Pablo Picasso's works, exhibited by Beck & Eggeling, a German gallery. The same year Lisson Gallery brought diaspora artist Anish Kapoor's sculptures to India for the first time at the art fair.

Organizers and founders of the IAF

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India Art Fair is the biggest fair of modern and contemporary Indian art in the world. Its first three editions attracted over 146K visitors and its fourth edition held in 2012 canvassed 91 exhibitors from 20 countries. Over the years the fair has mainly showcased Indian modernists Indian diaspora artists such as Anish Kapoor, contemporary Indian artists, international artists and art from the subcontinent.

Following in the tradition of international art fairs and other global platforms for art exhibition and sale, Neha Kirpal, Founder and Director of India Art Fair realised the need for a similar platform in India to respond to the global interest in Indian art. This led to the first ever India Art Summit (IAS) in 2008

When is it held

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Art From India And Around The World At India Art Fair 2020. The twelfth edition of the annual India Art Fair (IAF), which celebrates the best of South Asian modern and contemporary art, was held in Delhi from Thursday, January 30, 2020, to Sunday, February 2, 2020

It will definitely be back again next year in 2021. The schedule for 2021 it will be held from Thu, 14 Jan, 2021 – Sun, 17 Jan, 2021.

Every year around 100k people join this art fair event not just from India but also from the foreign countries.

In the year 2015 which was The seventh edition hosted 91 exhibiting booths and over 80,000 visitors. Sales were up 25% and were reported not just from Delhi, but also from tier-II and tier-III cities such as Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Jaipur. A number of new spaces were launched, including the Design Store located in the new IAF Courtyard, as well as a new rooftop restaurant.

In the year 2016 which was the eighth edition of IAF that year BMW joined as Presenting Partners, and the fair was restructured into 5 main sections: Galleries, featuring leading Indian, South Asian and international galleries; Focus, showing solo presentations which have been curated by participating galleries or institutions; Institutional, showcasing leading international and Indian museums and art foundations presenting elements of their programmes or collaborations commissioned specially for the fair; Platform, representing young emerging artists or collectives from throughout South Asia, open to galleries and foundations within the region; and Projects, showing artworks, including large scale sculptures or site specific installations, at the fair.

I don't have any specific memory with this event.