Prateek and Priyanka Raja, founders of Gallery Experimenter, receive the award for Contemporary Gallery of the Year. Experimenter, in Kolkata, was awarded for highlighting experimental and alternative artists from South Asia
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Sonal Singh, head of sales, Christies India, receives the Auction of the Year award from Louis Sailer, general manager, The Leela Palace. The award was for Christie’s first auction in India on December 19, 2013
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Sanjay Reddy, founder chairman and managing director of GVK receives the Corporate Commitment to Art award for Converting 4,39,000 square metres of space at Terminal 2 of the Mumbai International Airport into a large installation of art work
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Zasha Colah and Sumesh Sharma won the Emerging Curator of the Year award for projects like projects ‘Arranging Chairs for Ai Weiwei’, ‘Experiments with the Magyars’ and the ‘Workshop Model’
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5/12
Ram Rahman and Jessica Moss won the award for Exhibition of Indian Art Curated On An International Stage. They were honoured for ‘The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989’ at the Smart Museum of Art, Chicago
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Sahej Rahal won the Solo Show Debut of the Year award for his show ‘Forerunner’ at Chatterjee and Lal, Mumbai
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7/12
Rohini Devasher receives the award for the Contemporary Artist of the Year (Young) from Lekha Poddar, chairperson of Devi Art Foundation and chairperson of the FIAA jury
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8/12
Suresh Venkat, consulting project editor, Forbes India (centre) conducts a panel discussion on Indian art with (from left) Ranjit Hoskote, Malvinder Singh, Sanjay Reddy, Subodh Gupta, Lord Poltimore and Atul Dodiya
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9/12
Neha Kirpal, founder, India Art Fair, won the award for the Art Entrepreneur of the Year. Under her direction, India Art Fair continues to be one of the world’s most attended art fairs, with over 300,000 people attending it over five editions since 2008
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10/12
Bose Krishnamachari and Riyas Komu won the Special Commendation for Outstanding Contribution to the Cause of Art award for the Kochi-Muziris Biennale
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11/12
Vidya Shivadas, director of Foundation of Indian Contemporary Art receives the Not-for-Profit Art Initiative of the Year award from Dr VC Burman (left), group chairman, Dabur, and Lord Marc Poltimore (centre), Sotheby's, Europe, Russia & Middle East
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The winners of the first ever Forbes India Art Award come together for a group photo