The real canvas

The art world had its hands tied in terms of art fairs being held physically, what with the pandemic doing away with that possibility. But in what constitutes signs of change, India Art Fair (IFA) has announced that it will be held in New Delhi between February 3 and 6, 2022, after being organised in a digital avatar last year, and in 2021. The details of the event haven’t been announced yet; only the announcement that the physical edition will return has been made public. Mortimer Chatterjee (in pic), co-founder of city gallery Chatterjee and Lal, who is also part of the selection committee for IFA, confirmed this news with this diarist. “The art ecosystem is a social beast and the act of being physically in the same room as one’s colleagues and collectors is always an important spur for the market, however much we enjoy the virtues of the online space,” he explained.