The New Art Walkthrough

Archives, sustainability, memory as loss, memory as hope... Highlights of an art trail of how contemporary art is seen, made and can be thought about in a runup to the India Art Fair. With a lot of help from buzzwords.

In an art fair, some of the most compelling work isn’t inside the main fair tents or behind VIP previews. It unfolds quietly across the city inside a darkened gallery, or among woven cane furniture, or through a room strung with fragile threads, and in an exhibition that treats consumption as both habit and hazard.

Archives, the new gallery