The 12th edition of the Delhi event brings together 81 exhibitors from 20 cities around the world, and displays works from artists including Andy Warhol and Mrinalini Mukherjee
Mrinalini MukherjeeAfter a major retrospective at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Mukherjee has come into public light like never before. The artist, who is known for her signature sculptures made of jute and fabric, also experimented with bronze and ceramics, which will be on view at the 2020 fair. As the daughter of distinguished artist Benode Behari Mukherjee, Mrinalin
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Vasantha Yogananthan Yogananthan will make his debut at the fair this year, with his hand-painted photographs, each of which have a distinctive colour palette, solely based on natural light. Born in 1985, Yogananthan lives and works in Paris. His photographic practice addresses the space between documentary and fiction.His projects are developed over long periods of time, and he works onl
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Andy WarholMarking their fifth year with India Art Fair, presenting partner BMW Group India will return to the fair to exclusively showcase the 4th BMW Art Car, created by Andy Warhol with the BMW M1 in 1979. Andy Warhol is one of the 19 prominent artists from across the world to have created Art Cars using contemporary BMW automobiles of their times, all offering a wide range of artistic
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Madhvi ParekhMadhvi Parekh&rsquos work underscores the rich heritage of folk traditions, such as embroidery and pichwai painting. Her lushly coloured and deceptively simple paintings reflect her preoccupation with childhood and the poetics of everyday rural life, also inspired by a range of Western influences, from Paul Klee to Henri Matisse. Her work, however, refuses to reconcile this t
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Pichwai Tradition Beyond TemplesOn display will be a contemporary celebration of Pichwai paintings, a traditional art form with traces dating back to more than 400 years ago in India.
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Ai Weiwei
Contemporary Chinese artist and activist Ai Wei&rsquos work is sculpted in iron, cast from the roots of giant trees. Ai worked with local artisans and communities across Brazil, visiting Trancoso in the east to locate roots and trunks from the endangered Pequi Vinagreiro tree, typically found in the Bahian rainforest. Elements of these rare tree roots, some of which could b
