India Art Fair Delhi announces its 16th edition in 2025 with record exhibitor numbers, strong international participation, expanded design focus and major institutional collaborations
● India Art Fair Delhi 2025 is set to be the most ambitious edition yet, reaffirming the fair’s sustained commitment to celebrating the best of South Asian art and culture
- India Art Fair Delhi announces a record number of 116 total exhibitors, including leading Indian and international galleries for its 16th edition at NSIC Exhibition Grounds in New Delhi from 6 to 9 February
- International participants include Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Galleria Continua, Lisson Gallery and David Zwirner
- Increased focus on design with an expanded design section, new collaborations and a curated showcase of young Indian designers
- The conceptual artist duo CLAIREFONTAINE will create a site-specific LED installation, building upon their celebrated work Foreigners Everywhere. This project, ideated and curated by the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, will be realised in collaboration with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), Khoj International Artists’ Association (KHOJ), and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC). Hylozoic/Desires (Himali Singh Soin and David Soin Tappeser) will present a moving image work, The Hedge of Halomancy, with synchronous installations at Sharjah Biennale, Tate Britain, India Art Fair Delhi and Somerset House
India Art Fair Delhi, the leading platform showcasing modern and contemporary art from India and South Asia, returns for its 16th edition at the NSIC Exhibition Grounds in New Delhi from 6 to 9 February 2025. Led in partnership with BMW India, India Art Fair Delhi 2025 sees a record number of 116 Indian and international exhibitors, featuring 77 galleries and 25 major art institutions. Cementing its position as the meeting point for the global art world in South Asia, the fair line-up features leading international galleries such as Carpenters Workshop Gallery, David Zwirner, Galleria Continua, and Lisson Gallery alongside top Indian galleries including Vadehra Art Gallery, Nature Morte, Chemould Prescott Road, Experimenter, DAG and Jhaveri Contemporary. Following the success of its debut in 2024, the Design section returns with an expanded group of 11 eminent design studios from India and beyond and 1 curated showcase of young Indian designers. Two corporate supporters are platforming process-led unique outdoor projects.
Jaya Asokan, Fair Director, India Art Fair Delhi comments: “The 16th edition of India Art Fair Delhi is due to be our most ambitious showcase of modern and contemporary art and design yet. We have been at the forefront of the growth of South Asian art in the region and internationally, and our next edition will celebrate the region’s leading artistic voices alongside international heavyweights and fresh talent. We are in the midst of an incredible moment for South Asian art globally with ever-increasing museum recognition across the world and the Indian market continuing to grow. As the art scene continues to flourish, India Art Fair Delhi is entering a new phase with our upcoming expansion to Mumbai in November 2025, and we cannot wait to welcome the global arts community to Delhi this February!”
GALLERY HIGHLIGHTS
India Art Fair Delhi 2025 features some of India’s most important contemporary galleries alongside established international names showcasing rare masterpieces and contemporary works, as well as examples drawing from South Asia’s traditional arts heritage.
Top Indian contemporary galleries exhibiting include: Vadehra Art Gallery, GALLERYSKE, Nature Morte, PHOTOINK, Exhibit 320, Gallery Espace, Shrine Empire, Gallery Latitude 28, Blueprint12, Akar Prakar, Art Alive Gallery, Art Heritage (all New Delhi); Chatterjee & Lal, Jhaveri Contemporary, Chemould Prescott Road, Chemould CoLab, Gallery Maskara, Galerie ISA, Project 88, Sakshi Gallery (all Mumbai); Emami Art, Gallery Art Exposure (both Kolkata); Experimenter (Kolkata / Mumbai); Vida Heydari Contemporary (Pune); Apparao Galleries, Gallery Veda (both Chennai); Archer Art Gallery, Iram Art (both Ahmedabad); and Dhi Contemporary, Srishti Art Gallery, Kalakriti Art Gallery (all Hyderabad). Alongside these are modern galleries, including DAG (New Delhi / Mumbai / New York), and Crayon Art Gallery, Dhoomimal Gallery and Chawla Art Gallery (all New Delhi). India Art Fair Delhi also welcomes four new Indian participants, Art & Charlie (Mumbai), KYNKYNY Art Gallery (Bengaluru), Masha Art (New Delhi) and Ashvita’s (Chennai).
Among the international galleries returning to the fair are David Zwirner (New York / Los Angeles / London / Paris / Hong Kong), Lisson Gallery (London / New York / Shanghai / Beijing / Los Angeles), Galleria Continua (San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana / Roma / São Paulo / Paris / Dubai), Carpenters Workshop Gallery (London / Paris / New York / Los Angeles), Aicon and Aicon Contemporary (both New York City), 1×1 Art Gallery (Dubai), Indigo+Madder (London), Galerie Geek Art (Tokyo / New Delhi), Saskia Fernando Gallery (Colombo), and Grosvenor Gallery (London). In addition, India Art Fair Delhi welcomes two new international gallery participants, Unit7. / Prahlad Bubbar (London) and kó (Lagos).
Comprising solo presentations curated by participating galleries, the Focus section showcases mixed media works by emerging and mid-career artists including Teja Gavankar (Sakshi Gallery), Anindita Bhattacharya (Threshold Art Gallery), Arjun Das (Dhi Contemporary), Natasha Das (Marc Straus), Viraj Khanna (Kalakriti Art Gallery), Vipul Prajapati (079 | Stories Art Gallery) and Sandilya Theuerkauf (KYNKYNY Art Gallery).
FOCUS ON DESIGN
Following a celebrated first edition in 2024, the Design section returns with a curated selection of 11 acclaimed design studios comprising Vikram Goyal (New Delhi), Ashiesh Shah (Mumbai), Gunjan Gupta (New Delhi), Studio Renn (Mumbai), DeMuro Das (New Delhi, New York), Jian Yoo (Seoul, New York), Nolwa Studio (Hyderabad), TANIA & SANDEEP KHOSLA (Bengaluru) in collaboration with Mangrove Collective (New Delhi), Studio Raw Material (Makrana, Jaipur), Jaipur Rugs (India, Milan, London, Dubai, Singapore), and Studio Nyn (Mumbai), and a selection of emerging Indian designers curated by Alaiia Gujral in a section titled ‘Shifting Horizons’. An established curator who has directed projects at the London Design Biennale, Alaiia Gujral’s selection will prioritise practitioners juxtaposing India’s craftsmanship traditions with contemporary design sensibilities in their work, and showcase the future of India’s unique design identity.
The fair also expands its long-standing partnership with fashion house Raw Mango to launch a brand new Designer-in-Residence programme. Championing forward-thinking perspectives in sculptural objects, textile, digital and graphic media, photography and film, the programme will support one winning designer to present a creative project during India Art Fair Delhi 2025.
PLATFORM SECTION AND INSTITUTIONAL PARTICIPANTS
Leading institutions in India presenting at the fair include The Gujral Foundation, Karishma Swali and Chanakya School of Craft, Chennai Photo Biennale Foundation, and Prameya Art Foundation (PRAF). International institutions represented at the fair include The Arts Family (UK), Unnati Cultural Village (Nepal), Britto Arts Trust (Bangladesh), the Korean Cultural Centre India, the Australian High Commission and Asian Art Museum (San Francisco) among others.
The Platform section spotlights the rich artistic heritage of South Asia through the works of contemporary masters of traditional arts, including presentations foregrounding the spiritual and mythical roots of these traditions. The participants include: Delhi Crafts Council (DCC) spotlighting artists working with textiles including Mata-ni-Pachedi, as well as Kalamkari painters following traditional techniques and using natural dyes; BOITO supported by Devi Art Foundation showing a sculptural installation exploring the Navagunjara mythical creature and drawing from nine different traditions from Odisha; and Bridge Bharat unveiling collaborative textile installations with visual imagery from the Gond artist Venkat Singh Shyam embroidered in the Chamba Rumal technique by Lalita Vakil and their atelier, and chikankari maestro Naghma and their atelier.
‘THE FUTURE IS BORN OF ART’ COMMISSION
Marking nine years of creative partnership, India Art Fair Delhi and BMW India expand the scale and scope of ‘The Future is Born of Art’ Commission created to platform Indian art and artists on a global stage. In its fourth year, the commission explores the relationship between cutting-edge technology interfaces and ecological systems. The winning artist will present a work on the theme of Ecocentrism, representing a future in which technology and nature are interconnected, and design an installation around the BMW iX1, MINI Countryman and Motorrad CE-02 and CE-04, each notable for its advanced technological capabilities and sustainable design. The selected artist will create a space that harmonises the digital with the natural, showcasing how future technologies can coexist with and enhance the environment.
PROGRAMMING HIGHLIGHTS
India Art Fair Delhi’s 2025 programme welcomes special large scale artist projects, performances by leading artists and a talks programme bringing together key voices from across South Asia, South-East Asia and the Middle East.
India Art Fair Delhi’s Outdoor Art Projects include the large-scale tent facade designed by tattoo artist Mo Naga and supported by MASH (New Delhi). Sculptural artist M. Pravat, brings a multi-layered experience supported by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA). Conceptual artist-duo CLAIREFONTAINE will create an LED installation, building upon their celebrated work Foreigners Everywhere at the 2024 Venice Biennale, and supported by the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre. Inspired by the diverse multilingualism of the country, the phrase ‘Foreigners Everywhere’ will be re-imagined in different Indian languages as part of a series of city-wide interventions in collaboration with Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), Khoj International Artists’ Association (KHOJ), and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) during the week of India Art Fair Delhi. Hylozoic/Desires (Himali Singh Soin and David Soin Tappeser) will present a moving image work, The Hedge of Halomancy, with synchronous installations at Sharjah
Biennale, Tate Britain, India Art Fair Delhi and Somerset House, the presentation at India Art Fair Delhi 2025 is generously supported by Jaiveer Johal, through the Avtar Foundation for the Arts. Earth Under Our Feet, a video installation and interactive performance by Ashwini Bhat will be presented by the Asian Art Museum in collaboration with India Art Fair Delhi. Further outdoor projects specially commissioned for the fair include works by artist Asim Waqif supported by Laxcon Steels (Ahmedabad), and work by emerging artists Mohd. Intiyaz and Yogesh Barve, supported by Method (Mumbai) and Art & Charlie (Mumbai) respectively.
Each year, the fair champions a diversity of young artistic practices and boundary-breaking voices through its Artists In Residence programme. This year’s resident artists include: Imon Chetia Phukan, with a brand-new hand-stitched textile installation presented in partnership with the Royal College of Art; liactuallee, bringing a large-scale soft sculpture, supported by SoulTree; and Umesh S., showcasing his ongoing observations of agrarian life through a large-scale installation of found, reclaimed, and repurposed farming tools from across diverse Indian farming communities and histories.
The India Art Fair Delhi 2025 Talks Programme is supported by JSW and brings together leading names in art and culture for engaging discussions in the Auditorium, placing special emphasis on the place of South Asian art and culture in the world today. A full line-up of speakers will be announced in January.
LEARNING & PARTNERSHIPS
India Art Fair Delhi is delighted to welcome The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art as the official Learning Partner supporting all of the fair’s inclusivity and learning programmes. This includes the fair’s expanded Inclusion Lab with sensitisation and workshops for people of all needs and abilities, programmed by Access for ALL. India Art Fair Delhi also hosts a series of workshops curated by arts education organisation LAND (Learning through Arts, Narrative and Discourse).
In addition to working with BMW India as the Presenting Partner, India Art Fair Delhi continues to build its relationships with longstanding supporters and expand its range of creative partnerships including JSW, RADO, Max Estates, Tarun Tahiliani Design Studio, Sarita Handa and India Sotheby’s International Realty.
For the fair’s public programming, India Art Fair Delhi is pleased to collaborate with leading cultural institutions including The British Council, The Embassy of the Dominican Republic in the Republic of India, and The Embassy of Sweden in India.
2025 EXHIBITORS GALLERIES
1×1 Art Gallery (Dubai)
Aicon (New York)
Aicon Contemporary (New York) Akar Prakar (Kolkata / New Delhi) Akara Contemporary (Mumbai) Anant Art Gallery (NOIDA)
Anupa Mehta Contemporary Art (Mumbai) Apparao Galleries (Chennai / New Delhi) Archer Art Gallery (Ahmedabad)
Art Alive Gallery (New Delhi)
Art Centrix Space (New Delhi) Art Explore (New Delhi)
Art Heritage (New Delhi) Art Incept (Gurugram) Artdistrict XIII (New Delhi) Ashvita’s (Chennai) Blueprint12 (New Delhi)
CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERY (London / Paris / New York / Los Angeles) Chatterjee & Lal (Mumbai)
Chawla Art Gallery (New Delhi) Chemould CoLab (Mumbai) Chemould Prescott Road (Mumbai) Crayon Art Gallery (New Delhi)
DAG (New Delhi / Mumbai / New York)
David Zwirner (New York / Los Angeles / London / Paris / Hong Kong ) Dhoomimal Gallery (New Delhi)
Emami Art (Kolkata) Exhibit 320 (New Delhi)
Experimenter (Kolkata / Mumbai) Galerie Geek Art (Tokyo / New Delhi) Galerie ISA (Mumbai)
Galleria Continua (San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Habana / Roma / São Paulo / Paris / Dubai) GALLERIE NVYĀ (New Delhi)
Gallerie Splash (Gurugram)
Gallery Art Exposure (Kolkata)
Gallery Dotwalk (Gurugram)
Gallery Espace (New Delhi)
Gallery Latitude 28 (New Delhi)
Gallery Maskara (Mumbai) Gallery Veda (Chennai)
GALLERYSKE (New Delhi / Bengaluru) Ganges Art Gallery (Kolkata) Grosvenor Gallery (London) Indigo+Madder (London)
Iram Art (Ahmedabad)
Jhaveri Contemporary (Mumbai) kó (Lagos)
Lisson Gallery (London / New York / Shanghai / Beijing / Los Angeles) Masha Art (New Delhi)
MAG Contemporary (New Delhi) Method (Mumbai)
Nature Morte (New Delhi / Mumbai) Palette Art Gallery (New Delhi) PHOTOINK (New Delhi)
PICHVAI TRADITION AND BEYOND (New Delhi)
Project 88 (Mumbai) Rukshaan Art (Mumbai) Sakshi Gallery (Mumbai)
Saskia Fernando Gallery (Colombo)
Shrine Empire (New Delhi) Srishti Art Gallery (Hyderabad) Studio Art (New Delhi)
TARQ (Mumbai)
Unit7. / Prahlad Bubbar (London) Vadehra Art Gallery (New Delhi) Vida Heydari Contemporary (Pune) Wonderwall (New Delhi)
FOCUS
079 | Stories Art Gallery (Ahmedabad) Dhi Contemporary (Hyderabad) Kalakriti Art Gallery (Hyderabad) KYNKYNY Art Gallery (Bengaluru) Marc Straus (New York)
Sakshi Gallery (Mumbai) Threshold Art Gallery (New Delhi)
PLATFORM
BOITO (Bengaluru) supported by Devi Art Foundation (New Delhi) Bridge Bharat (Gurugram)
Gondwana Art Project (New Delhi) Delhi Crafts Council (New Delhi) Gallery Ragini (New Delhi) Inherited Arts Forum (New Delhi) Ojas Art (New Delhi)
DESIGN
Ashiesh Shah (Mumbai) Gunjan Gupta (New Delhi) Studio Renn (Mumbai) Vikram Goyal (New Delhi)
DeMuro Das (New Delhi / New York) Jian Yoo (Seoul / New York)
Nolwa Studio (Hyderabad)
TANIA & SANDEEP KHOSLA (Bengaluru) in collaboration with Mangrove Collective (New Delhi) Studio Raw Material (Makrana / Jaipur)
Jaipur Rugs (India, Milan, London, Dubai, Singapore)
Shifting Horizons curated by Alaiia Gujral x The Gujral Foundation Studio Nyn (Mumbai)
INSTITUTIONS
Asian Art Museum (San Francisco) Australian High Commission (New Delhi) Birla Academy of Art & Culture (Kolkata) Britto Arts Trust (Dhaka)
Chennai Photo Biennale Foundation (Chennai) Kalakriti Archives (Hyderabad)
Karishma Swali and Chanakya School of Craft (Mumbai)
Korean Cultural Centre India (New Delhi) Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum (Jaipur) Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) (Bengaluru) Neotia Arts Trust (Kolkata)
Prameya Art Foundation (PRAF) (New Delhi) Purushottam Trust for Printmaking (Vadodara) The Arts Family (TAF) (London / Mumbai) The Gujral Foundation (New Delhi)
UNNATI CULTURAL VILLAGE (Harkapur)
Imon Chetia Phukan presented by IAF Artist in Residence Programme (New Delhi) in partnership with Royal College of Art (RCA) (London)
OUTDOOR PROJECTS
Asim Waqif supported by Laxcon Steels (Ahmedabad)
CLAIREFONTAINE curated by Andrea Anastasio produced by Italian Embassy Cultural Centre (New Delhi)
Deborah Fischer presented by Jodhpur Arts Week and the French Institute in India liactuallee supported by IAF Artist in Residence Programme and SoulTree Pravat supported by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) (New Delhi / NOIDA)
Mohd. Intiyaz supported by Method (Mumbai)
Mo Naga supported by MASH (New Delhi) for IAF facade
Umesh S. supported by IAF Artist in Residence Programme
Yogesh Barve supported by Art & Charlie (Mumbai)
The 16th edition of India Art Fair Delhi takes place at NSIC Exhibition Grounds in New Delhi, 6 – 9 February 2025. The inaugural India Art Fair Contemporary takes place at Jio World Garden in Mumbai, 13 – 16 November 2025.
