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With global emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches, the (imagined) barriers between Design, Technology and Craft have blended even more. Gunjan Gupta (Designer, Founder & Creative Director, Studio Wrap & IKKIS), Maria Cristina Didero (Independent Design Curator & Author), Meneesha Kellay (Senior Curator, Victoria & Albert Museum, London), in conversation with moderator Megha Kapoor (Independent Editor & … Continued
February 8, 2025 2:00 pm — 3:15 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds
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Responsible patronage is one of the biggest contributors to the growth of the arts and cultural ecosystem. Rising art scions — Nupur Dalmia (Director, Ark Foundation for the Arts, Baroda), Jaiveer Johal (Founder, Avtar Foundation for the Arts, Chennai), Samyukta Nair (Co Founder & CEO, LSL Capital, London/Mumbai) and Akshita Bhanj Deo (Editor-in-Chief, Travel+Leisure India … Continued
February 8, 2025 3:15 pm — 4:30 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds
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In mapping the world, veteran artist Gulammohammed Sheikh has been able to engage with the triumphs and challenges of freedom of expression in the many Indias he has witnessed. This conversation is between him and Indrapramit Roy (Associate Professor, Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda) with independent art critic & curator Gayatri Sinha … Continued
February 8, 2025 4:30 pm — 5:45 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds
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Artists Jiten Thukral & Sumir Tagra, artist Tarini Sethi, visual artist & designer Amrit Pal Singh (Founder, Amrit Pal Design) and Zeenat Kulavoor (Design Director, Bombay Duck Designs) come together to address the tough balance of creating art authentically while remaining true to why one wants to create, and ensuring the long term sustainability of … Continued
February 9, 2025 10:15 am — 11:30 am
Auditorium | NSIC Grounds
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With greater strides being mandated in inclusivity and accessibility requirements in institutional stakeholdership, we need to understand how to hold ourselves accountable for building robust, consistent and inclusive public programming. To understand best practices that ensure this process is in place and continues, Rein Wolfs (Director, Stedelijk Museum, Netherlands), Chris Saines CNZM (Director, QAGOMA, Australia), … Continued
February 9, 2025 11:30 am — 12:45 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds
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Naomi Beckwith (Deputy Director & Jennifer and David Stockman Chief Curator, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA and Artistic Director, Documenta 16, 2027), Tasneem Zakaria Mehta (Managing Trustee & Director, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, India), Ferran Barenblit (Independent Curator, former Director, MACBA and CA2M, Spain), Azu Nwagbogu (Curator & Founder, African Artists’ … Continued
February 9, 2025 12:45 pm — 2:00 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds
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Ushmita Sahu (Director & Head Curator, EMAMI ART, Kolkata) will be conversing with India Art Fair Artists-in-Residence 2025 — Imon Phukan, liactuallee and Umesh S. about their artistic practices, which touch upon intangible cultural heritage, agrarian complexities of rootedness and how craft can be the language of speaking across generations. They try to understand how … Continued
February 9, 2025 2:00 pm — 3:15 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds
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Curators Zasha Colah (Curator, 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, 2025), Tarini Malik, (Curator, Contemporary Art, Royal Academy of the Arts, London & Shane Akeroyd Associate Curator of the British Pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale 2024), Yina Jiménez Suriel (Adjunct Curator, 14th Mercosul Biennial 2025) and Prabhakar Kamble (Independent Curator, Artist, Cultural Activist, Convener … Continued
February 9, 2025 3:15 pm — 4:30 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds