Delhi: CIMA Art Mela opens at India Habitat Centre on November 12

Artworks priced from ₹5,000 will be on view at the CIMA Art Mela, opening at the India Habitat Centre’s Visual Arts Gallery on November 12.

The six-day show brings together more than 80 artists, with works ranging up to ₹6 lakh. The line-up includes Arpita Singh, Ganesh Pyne, Jogen Chowdhury, Lalu Prasad Shaw and Swarna Chitrakar, alongside modern masters Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Paresh Maity and Jayasri Burman.

The selection also includes emerging artists and traditional art practitioners from Bihar, Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. A significant number of works come from the CIMA Art Awards, a triennial programme for emerging artists.

Rakhi Sarkar, director and curator of Kolkata’s Centre of International Modern Art, said the mela is intended to make buying art more feasible for first-time collectors. “If you can get something for a few thousand rupees, perhaps you will come forward and buy it,” she said.

The mela is on from November 12 to 17, 10am to 8pm, at the Visual Arts Gallery, Gate No. 2, India Habitat Centre.