HELLO! India recognises the finest talent from the Indian art world
HELLO! India hosted the first edition of the HELLO! India Art Awards recently and, looking beyond the world of visual art, the award show recognised new media, appreciated individual and group exhibitions, galleries that curate and showcased excellent artwork in every domain of artistic excellence there is in India today.
The winners were validated and decided by a four-member jury, comprising Bengalurubased art collector Abhishek Poddar, noted art historian Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, founder of the Devi Art Foundation Lekha Poddar and art expert Rahaab Allana.
HELLO! India Art Awards also elicited the advice of
experts such as Shefali Somani and Anahita Taneja of Shrine Empire Gallery, who were consultants for the awards.
It recognised nine winners in categories handpicked by the jury: Best Art-based Initiative during the Pandemic (ABR Circle), Young Artist of the Year (Divya Singh), Artist Book of the Year (Why can’t bras have buttons by Indu Antony), Collaboration of the Year (The Barbil Project), Public Art Initiative (Mandeep Raikhy), Curator of the Year (Bose Krishnamachari), Breakthrough Artist of the Year (Sajan Mani), Exhibition of the Year (Lokame Tharavadu, which translates to The World is One Family) and Critical Voice of the Year (Baaraan Ijlal).
HELLO! India chose three art legends to receive the Art Patron Of The Year (Kiran Nadar), Sustained Promotion Of Arts And Culture (Sabyasachi Mukherjee), and Lifetime Achievement Award (Krishen Khanna) for their support for the arts, body of work, and contribution.
“It is important to acknowledge those whose contributions surpass time and tide, their art-making them live forever,” said Avarna Jain, Chairperson Editorial Board, HELLO! India.
Going forward, 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.