NFTs to offline shows: How 2021 marked a turning point for India’s post-COVID art world
The Hindu
If the rediscovery of love and friendship was a theme of pandemic-influenced art, so were the return of the physical exhibition and the rise of NFTs... here are the highlights of the art industry for 2021
“The pandemic has been very productive for the reinvention of the art space,” says Myna Mukherjee, co-curator of Hub India: Maximum Minimum, a show that presented over 300 works of Indian gallerists, institutions and contemporary artists at Artissima 2021 in Turin, Italy, in November.
According to Myna, the developments in 2021 ranged from artists producing more, growth of a new art market, the impact of technology on art to pandemic-related visualisation in artworks.
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