In Delhi, five-star hotels are of the luxury and style one would expect from one of the world’s largest cities. A cosmopolitan fantastic dream, and a gorgeous and heady mix of old-world manners and new-world style and pace, there is much for the traveler to see and do in this city. The hotel should be at the center of the journey, as a place to re-invigorate at the end of exciting and colorful days.
Rich in tradition and innovation, the art scene here reflects and predicts the cultural patterns of the city. One of the most-cutting edge organizations, testifying to the liveliness of Indian art, is the Khoj International Artists Association . This artist-run organization is a visual arts community whose interests are in developing new art works in some of the more experimental forms, such as video installation, sound, media art, and community based artworks. Their focus is intensely, but not exclusively, on Southern Asia. Artists they’ve worked with have been from India, of course, and also from Africa, Indonesia, Japan, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, Brazil, and Argentina. This mix of local and international provides for a lively mix in which to begin conversations about the nature of art-making in the modern world.
Khoj International Artists’ Association is closely connected with dozens of fascinating projects, residencies, and symposia. Their long commitment to their central mission is proven by the quality of the projects, as well as their international reputation. Having recently celebrated their first decade as an organization, they organized Khoj Live 08 Delhi’s first International Performance Art Festival. Featuring some of the most fascinating works of live performance and time-based art, the festival was held in multiple venues over the course of a week, to establish Delhi as an important center for making and curating live art.