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India Art Fair, previously known as India Art Summit, 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. Starting from the 4th edition, the venue was shifted to NSIC grounds, Okhla. 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 also has an art education series with guided walks conducted by curators and students of art history. Simultaneously, there is a speakers' forum with panel of Indian and international experts from the art domain to discuss issues pertaining to the art in the region. It focuses on key issues related with the art production, art market and its reception in India. The first fair targeted over 6000 visitors with 34 exhibiting galleries at the fair, and over 550 contemporary and modern artworks. The fair rapidly gain popularity, and first three fairs had a total visitors of over 170,000, making it among the world's most popular art fairs. In 2011, the India Art Fair was declared a "temporary museum" by the Ministry of Culture in order to promote the art market.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mydigitalfc.com/leisure-writing/india-art-fair-here-again-be-there-or-be-square-622 )〕 The 2012 edition featured 91 galleries and art spaces from 91 countries.〔 ==History== India Art Fair is the biggest fair of modern and contemporary Indian art in the world. Its first three editions attracted over 170,000 visitors and its fourth edition held in 2012 canvassed 98 exhibitors from 20 countries. Over the years the fair has mainly showcased Indian modernists (including Bombay Progressive Artists' Group), Indian diaspora artists such as Anish Kapoor, contemporary Indian art, international artists and art from the subcontinent. Falling in the tradition of the Venice Biennale and other global platforms for art exhibition and sale, Neha Kirpal, Founder and Director of India Art Fair realized 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. It was patronized by prominent Indian artists like Anjolie Ela Menon, S H Raza, Krishen Khanna and Keshav Malik.〔 Phillip Hoffman, chief executive of The Fine Art Fund Group from United Kingdom declared they were raising $25 million for an Indian Fine Art Fund.〔 Since then it has been happening 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「India Art Fair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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