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AVID Event: India Art Festival
   
 
 
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AVID is delighted to present the IAF Speakers' Forum for the India Art Festival, a modern and contemporary Art Fair.

The India Art Festival aims to provide a cultural bridge between Indian artists and art galleries, art collectors and connoisseurs.
Participate in this 4-day extravaganza from 17th – 20th November 2011 at Nehru Centre to witness the coming together of some of the finest personalities from the Art world.

This forum will generate a dialogue, discuss various facts and ideas and create a new set of art collectors from among entrepreneurs, business executives and managers, who wish to increase their knowledge of the art world and passion investment.
 
 
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
  • 2.30 pm to 3.30 pm
    • Inauguration by Chief Guest and Dignitaries
  • 4 pm to 7.30 pm
    • VIP Preview (By Invitation)
18 to 20 November
  • India Art Festival open for all from 11 am to 7pm

Friday, November 18, 2011
  • 11.30 am - 1.00 pm
    • Topic : Locating ourselves - The persistent question of Indianness in shifting global scenarios
    • Moderator: Nancy Adajania, Mumbai
    • Panelists: Sharmistha Ray, Mumbai
      Ratnottama Sengupta, Kolkata
      Arshiya Lokhandwala, Mumbai

  • 2.30 pm - 4.00 pm
    • Topic : India Art market - Present and future
    • Moderator: Maithili Parekh, Mumbai
    • Panelists: Renu Modi, New Delhi
      Nandan Maluste, Mumbai
      Ranjana Mirchandani-Steinruecke, Mumbai

  • 4.30 pm - 6.00 pm
    • Topic : Is criticism in India non-existent?
    • Moderator: Abhay Sardesai, Mumbai
    • Panelists: Girish Shahane, Mumbai
      Johny ML, New Delhi
      Nanak Ganguly, Kolkata
Saturday, November 19, 2011
  • 11.30 am - 1.00 pm
    • Topic : The Collector's Eye
    • Moderator: Phiroza Godrej, Mumbai
    • Panelists: Czaee Shah, Mumbai
      Nitin Bhayana, New Delhi
      Brinda Chudasama Miller, Mumbai

  • 2.30 pm - 4.00 pm
    • Topic : Education in art (Presented by Art Varta, Kolkata)
    • Moderator: Indrapramit Roy, Baroda
    • Panelists: Adip Dutta, Kolkata
      Tushar Jog, Mumbai
      Ritu Khoda, Mumbai

  • 4.30 pm - 6.00 pm
    • Topic : Artists and art critics: Open dialogue on art, aesthetics and commerce
    • Moderator: Shaheen Merali, London
    • Panelists: Prabhakar Kolte , Mumbai
      Baiju Parthan, Mumbai
      Anupa Mehta, Mumbai

  • 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm
    • Visit : Brinda and Alfaz Miller Collection
      (By registration at IAF Venue)
Sunday, November, 20, 2011
  • 11.30 am - 1.00 pm
    • Event: Fusion show

  • 2.30 pm - 3.30 pm
    • Visit: Tao art gallery
    • Conversation: Jasmine Shah Varma with Payal Khandwala

  • 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm
    • Event: Multi-lingual poetry reading
    • Moderator: Menka Shivdasani
    • Participating Poets: Hemant Divate (Marathi), Minakshi Patil (Marathi), Sampurna Chatterjee (English), Mangesh Kale (Marathi), Bodhisatva (Hindi), Tushar Dhaval Singh (Hindi), Dr. Dilip Jhaveri (Gujarati), Kamal Kumar Tanti (Bengali), Anita Thampi (Malayalam), Madhi (Tamil)
 
Faculty
 
Sarmistha Ray, Mumbai
Arshiya Lokhadwala, Mumbai
Ratnottama Sengupta, Kolkata
 
Renu Modi, New Delhi
Nandan Maluste, Mumbai
Ranjana Mirchandani-Steinruecke, Mumbai
 
Girish Shahane, Mumbai
Johny ML, New Delhi
Nanak Ganguly, Kolkata
 
Nitin Bhayana, New Delhi
Czaee Shah, Mumbai
 
Adip Dutta, Kolkata
Tushar Jog, Mumbai
Ritu Khoda, Mumbai
 
Prabhakar Kolte
Baiju Parthan
Anupa Mehta
I.M. More, Jt. Secretary, Urban Development
Ramakant Asmar, Jt. Secretary, Revenue and Forest
Minakshi Patil, Deputy Director, PWD, Mantralaya
Shri Chindhade, Under Secretary, Law & Judiciary
Shomita Biswas, Secretary, Women Commission
Sangita Bedekar, Desk Officer, IT
Jasmine Shah Varma
Payal Khandwala
Hemant Divate, Marathi
Minakshi Patil, Marathi
Sampurna Chatterjee, English
Mangesh Kale, Marathi
Bodhisatva, Hindi
Tushar Dhaval Singh, Hindi
Dr. Dilip Jhaveri, Gujarati
Kamal Kumar Tanti, Bengali
Anita Thampi, Malyalam
Madhi, Tamil
 
 
Event Details
 
When and Where ?
Date: November 17 - 20, 2011
Time: 11am to 7 pm
 
Venue:
Nehru Centre,
Ground and Second Floor,
Dr. A. B. Road, Worli,
Mumbai, India 400018
 
Fees:
Complimentary (Prior Registration Recommended)
 
 
How to Register ?
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Phone: +91 - 9930134972 / 9930134990
Email: register@avidedu.in
Website: www.avidedu.in,   www.indiaartfestival.com
 
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