Participation
In four years, the fair has managed to exhibit and facilitate the sale of many world renowned artists like Picasso, Dalí, Auguste Rodin, Miró, Mark Chagall, Marina Abramovic, M. F. Husain, S H Raza, F.N. Souza, Anish Kapoor, Damien Hirst, Anjolie Ela Menon and Thota Vaikuntam. The 2012 art fair exhibited 98 galleries and artists from 20 countries namely India, Latvia, Germany, England, Norway, U.S.A and others. In Indian participation, Delhi galleries make up for 75 percent of the total exhibits and the rest consists of galleries from Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. Despite the fluctuations in global art markets and the economic meltdown, Neha Kirpal, the owner and manager of the fair claimed that 50% of the galleries exhibiting in 2009 had sold at least one item at the end of the first day. The Indian Art market has been estimated at a little over Rs 2000 crore and to help promote revenue generation, a Collector's circle has been launched as the art fair's spin off. KHOJ also organizes annual events parallel to the India Art Fair. In 2011 it organized an interview marathon session with Hans-Ulrich Obrist and several Indian artists.
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