As the spell of global recession recedes, the curtains are set to go up on the second edition of the Indian Art Summit in August. It is the largest showcase event of Indian contemporary art supported by Sotheby’s. It aims to provide an open international platform for Indian artists and also raise the awareness levels about art in the country.

This Contemporary Art Fair is much larger in scale and scope; with 55 top galleries from India, the Asian region, Middle East, Europe and the United States showcasing a range of artworks in a four-day summit to be held in Delhi at Pragati Maidan from August 19.

It is more on the lines of an India art fair with workshops, art camps, auctioning and sale of artefacts, Akar Prakar Gallery. The second edition of India Art Summit plans to showcase some carefully selected art films that will give visitors an insight into important aspects of art over the ages.

This year the art fair will showcasing the most diverse range of modern and contemporary paintings by Indian artists sculpture, photography, mix media, prints, dry pastel paintings, Indian Oil Paintings and video art by established and upcoming artists. The Project has been conceived and designed to cover all genres and media of contemporary art gallery It is designed to offer the visitors an opportunity to interact with and contemplate a wide range of modern & contemporary art.

Curated by independent art critic and curator, Gayatri Sinha, the Purple Wall project aims to showcase the best of Indian Contemporary Art. The Purple Wall Project spreads over three or four interconnected spaces. Distributed over the central foyer and the outer fringes of the display sites of the Indian Art Summit, it involves mainly sculptural installations and photographs which allow the viewer a palpable difference in the way the works are experienced.