Art Fare

Curatorial Walks

For beginners,collectors,school students,young artists as well as curators and also for ardent art followers,galleries have been made more accessible. One can participate in 30-40-minute-long curatorial walks,being conducted by Swiss freelance curator Nadia Schneider Willen inside the exhibition tent. Apart from leading individuals and groups through the Curated Walks programme,Willen is also guiding and mentoring students of art history and young curators to lead their respective tours around the fair. The walks are at 2:30 pm,4 pm and 5:30 pm everyday.

Visual Treat

The video lounge has a selection of video artwork,around 46 of them,by established as well as emerging artists from India and abroad. There are works by Bangalore-based Babu Eschwar Prasad and Delhi-based Sumakshi Singh,along side those by Sama Al Shaibi from UAE and Htein Lin from Spain. Today,the video screenings are scheduled from 12 pm onwards,while on Sunday,the screenings will be held from 11.30 am onwards.

Buy Back

For those not wanting to burn a hole in their pockets by indulging in exorbitant artwork,yet wanting to pick up a lasting memory of the fair,there’s an in-house art bookstore. Here,you can get hold of publications from Indian and international galleries,museums and NGOs. The store has more than 200 books,catalogues and magazines. In addition,NGOs such as Khushi and People for Animals have set up stalls inside the venue. While a Khushi kettle with artwork on it can cost up to Rs 3,000,a coffee mug at the People for Animals stall costs Rs 500.