India Art Fair Confidential: What’s Hot, Who’s Buying, and Why It Matters

🎙 New Episode | Don’t Run Into Glass “Art Matters” — with Umah Jacob & Saurabh Wasson of India Art Fair India’s art world is no longer an insider’s club. The market is booming, the audience is evolving, and the gatekeepers are—sometimes—stepping aside. In this episode, we speak with Umah Jacob, Director of External Relations & Outreach, and Saurabh Wasson, Director of Exhibitor Relations at the India Art Fair, about what it really means for an art scene to emerge, who gets to participate, and why words like “curated” and “immersive” have lost all meaning. We explore how the Young Collectors Programme is quietly reshaping the economics of the art world, whether India’s art schools are still producing risk-takers, and who the real actors are in this increasingly visible but still uneven ecosystem. And then we ask the bigger questions: Why should art be part of a common person’s life? What does it reveal about contemporary society? And is art, in the end, our most enduring timekeeper? Hosted by Anica Mann—making a return to her collector roots—and Gayeti Singh, who once mistook a sculpture for a step.