2nd India Art Festival Begins in Mumbai

The second edition of India Art Festival began at MMRDA Ground in Mumbai on Nov. 28, 2012. The festival will exhibit more than 3,000 works by over 500 artists from 50 cities. It will conclude on Dec. 2.

The artworks have been selected from 40 galleries in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. The festival also represents the work of 310 individual artists from Mumbai, Delhi, Manipur and Assam.

The festival includes a master's section with works of MF Husain and FN D'souza.

Also on offer is a two-day series of free panel discussions, convened by cultural theorist and curator Ranjit Hoskote on Nov. 29 and Nov. 30. The discussions will cover topics such as studio practices and growth of museums.

Panellists will include artists Atul Dodiya, Baiju Parthan and Sudhir Patwardhan and museum directors Sabyasachi Mukherji, Tasneem Mehta and Rajeev Lochan.