NEW DELHI.- India Art Summit™ 2009 - India’s modern and contemporary art fair. Following its inaugural success in August 2008, the second edition of, India Art Summit™ 2009 - India’s modern and contemporary art fair, is slated for the 19th – 22nd August 2009 at Pragati Maidan (ITPO), New Delhi, India.

An astounding 10,000 art enthusiasts walked in to witness India’s First International Art Fair; India Art Summit™ 2008, firmly establishing it as a one stop destination for art in India. With an overwhelming mix of art collectors, artists, critics, curators, students and art enthusiasts from across India and overseas, the Summit achieved exactly what it set out to – making art, and the knowledge of art, accessible to a widespread audience.

The second edition of India Art Summit™ aims not only to make the Summit globally known as the single most important destination for Indian & South Asian Art but also create a platform for galleries from across the world to showcase an array of art that finds appeal among the Indian collectors & investors. The fair will represent the best of Indian art as well as provide a first ever opportunity in this region, for international art to be received by a large & discerning art audience. Together these galleries will showcase a diverse range of paintings, sculptures, photography, installation and digital art by established and emerging artists.

There will also be educational and curatorial components to the fair through a series of Art Projects developed specifically for India Art Summit. In due course, we will share with you a detailed programme of these as well as the various satellite events planned in the city for the duration of the fair.