ONE OF ITS KIND HELLO! INDIA ART AWARDS 2022

HELLO! India recognizes the finest talent from the Indian art world, both emerging and established.

Monday, April 25th, 2022, The Mansion’s Oval Room, Hyatt Regency, Delhi

HELLO! India is all set to host the first edition of HELLO! India Art Awards on 25^th April, 2022. Envisioned as an annual feature marked in the discerning calendar of the magazine, the awards will discover and honour talent in the art field across India. The awards are aimed to precede the INDIA ART FAIR every year.

Instituting awards in various categories, HELLO! India hopes to felicitate and appreciate the works of both established artists and upcoming talent. Looking beyond the world of visual art, HELLO! India Art Awards will recognize new media, appreciate individual and group exhibitions, galleries that curate and showcase excellent artwork and every domain of artistic excellence there is in India today.

Says Ms. Avarna Jain, Chairperson Editorial Board, HELLO! India, “India and its people have inherited a very prolific art legacy which is kept alive both by talented artists and the ecosystem that supports them. As an art sensitive magazine we felt the need to recognize this realm of creative expression.” HELLO! India, published by the RP SANJIV GOENKA Group is part of the group’s initiative to strengthen its focus on contemporary Indian art and to deepen their commitment, by launching the India Art Awards series.

The awards have been validated and decided by a very credible jury of the best names in the world of fine arts. The jury comprises of Bangalore based Art collector Abhishek Poddar, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, a renowned art historian and Director of the Dr BhauDaji, Lad Museum in Mumbai, Lekha Poddar, art collector and founder of the Devi Art Foundation and Art expert Rahaab Allana, a curator and publisher at the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, New Delhi.

HELLO! India Art Awards also elicited the advice of experts like Shefali Somani and Anahita Taneja of Shrine Empire Gallery who are consultants to the awards. Committed to spotlighting emerging artistic voices from South Asia, their Gallery partners with HELLO! to add gravitas and depth to the awards and help build them as the most credible forum to celebrate the exciting and ever evolving Indian art landscape and the artists, individuals, and institutions that make it so.

The art awards will be one of its kind, where every element of the evening will be specially curated to create an extraordinary experience. From the theme to décor to the food, mood and the entertainment, the event is being curated by specialists in the art field, in consultation with renowned art experts.

HELLO! will recognize nine deserving winners who will take home awards in categories handpicked by the jury. Each category resonated with the prevailing eco system of contemporary Indian art and each awardee being the most deserving in their segment.

It is however also important to acknowledge those whose contribution surpasses time and tide, their art making them live forever. HELLO! handpicks three ‘legends of art’, honoring them for their inimitable body of work that is perennial and ours to treasure for posterity.

 ART AWARDS:

1.     Young artist of the year 

2.     Breakthrough artist of the year  

3.     Exhibition of the year

4.     Best art based initiative during the pandemic 

5.     Critical voice of the Year

6.     Curator of the year

7.     Public art initiative

8.     Artist book of the year

9.     Collaboration of the year

HONORING THE LEGENDS:

10.  Art patron of the year

11.  Lifetime achievement of the year

12.  Sustained promotion of arts and culture

The management’s vision in nurturing the arts is long term and while the foundation is laid this year, going forward the HELLO! India Art Awards wants to make a positive impact in enriching the art, the artist and the industry through initiatives, grants, residencies and art camps.