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CIMA Art Mela in Delhi offers works from ₹5,000 to ₹6 lakh
The CIMA Art Mela brings art within reach of more buyers with works priced from ₹5,000 to ₹6 lakh.
It takes place at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi from November 12 to 17, with work by more than 80 artists.
The exhibition includes established artists such as Arpita Singh and Jogen Chowdhury, as well as emerging artists and traditional practitioners from several Indian states.
The wide price range is intended to help first-time buyers who may find art collecting too expensive.
The event grew from concern that rising prices in India’s art market had pushed many interested people out of collecting.
CIMA launched the mela in 2008, drawing inspiration from an art fair started by Rabindranath Tagore in Shantiniketan in the 1920s.
Visitors can see and buy the works during the six-day exhibition in Delhi.
The CIMA Art Mela will run from November 12 to 17 at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi.
The exhibition features works by more than 80 artists, with prices ranging from ₹5,000 to ₹6 lakh.
It aims to make art collecting more accessible, particularly for first-time buyers.
Artists include Arpita Singh, Ganesh Pyne, Jogen Chowdhury, Lalu Prasad Shaw and Swarna Chitrakar.
The 2026 edition includes established artists, emerging artists and traditional art practitioners.
- Who
- The Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA) is presenting the mela, which features more than 80 artists.
- What
- An exhibition and sale of artworks, with prices from ₹5,000 to ₹6 lakh.
- When
- November 12 to 17, 2026.
- Where
- India Habitat Centre in Delhi.
- Why
- To make art collecting more accessible, including for first-time buyers.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Rabindranath Tagore started an art mela in Shantiniketan, bringing together artists associated with Kala Bhavana.
CIMA launched Art Mela, with its first edition focused on artists from Bengal.
Rakhi Sarkar recalled meeting a newly married couple who were teachers at the Delhi edition.
The CIMA Art Mela is scheduled to take place at the India Habitat Centre in Delhi.
- Dates
- November 12–17, 2026
- Venue
- India Habitat Centre, Delhi
- Artists
- More than 80
- Artwork prices
- ₹5,000 to ₹6 lakh
- First edition
- 2008, focused on artists from Bengal
What people are saying
But if you can get something for a few thousand rupees, perhaps you will come forward and buy it.
It is important for the art to go to your place because you understand the nuances of art much more than a person who is just doing it to decorate his house.
This was a wonderful idea which we thought we should rejuvenate.