The fair promotes cultural engagement through a broad and exciting programme of artist talks and discussions, collecting masterclasses and performances, as well as screenings and live events. Taking place in the Forum, the programme will introduce the most important themes and debates in South Asian art right now. This year’s Forum programme has been put together by our guest curator Sitara Chowfla — a writer, researcher and curator based between London and New Delhi.
January 31, 2019 -
FR5 | Hall 2
The substance of life is as fragile and vulnerable as fabric that needs mending from the wear and tear of daily existence. Priya Ravish Mehra’s…
Forum Project | Presence in AbsenceJanuary 31, 2019 -
FR4 | Outdoor location
Satyabhama Majhi’s sculpture, made of metal and fabric, is inspired by the phrase “temple city”. Taking the idea of the somewhat contradictory coexistence of these…
Forum Project | Temple CityJanuary 31, 2019 -
FR3 | Forum
Nepal Photo Library presents the The Feminist Memory Project, which seeks to create a visual archive of women’s movements in Nepal. The project will gather…
Forum Project | Nepal Picture LibraryJanuary 31, 2019 -
FR2/F07 | Hall 2
The St+art India Foundation is bringing posters, prints, photographs and videos to their booth at India Art Fair, in order to replicate the experience of…
Forum Project | St+art India FoundationJanuary 31, 2019 -
FR1/A12 | Hall 1
Encased in pure gold leaf, a vintage Indian taxi meter is transformed into a modern-day reliquary. However, rather than containing a sacred relic, Ghiora Aharoni’s When…
Forum Project | When All Roads Are OneJanuary 31, 2019
3pm onwards
Sudarshan Shetty, Mangalore born conceptual artist and curator of the latest edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, will be launching a catalogue of the event at…
Book Signing | Sudarshan ShettyFebruary 1, 2019 -
12pm – 2pm & 4pm – 6pm
Amol Patil’s conceptual practice reflects on the issue of class and caste divisions that continue to exist in India’s urban spaces. For his performance, Patil…
Performance | Take the CityFebruary 1, 2019
2.30pm – 3.15pm
Thomas Girst, Head of Cultural Engagement at the BMW Group, introduces David Hockney’s stunning 1995 BMW Art Car with Edith Devaney, Curator at the Royal…
The Hockney Talk