Asia Arts Awards India 2023

The Asia Arts Game Changer Awards India is an annual marquee convening of Asia Society that honors visionaries across the field of art and culture. Through three award categories, namely the Asia Arts Vanguard Award, Asia Arts Future Award (India) and Asia Arts Future Award (International), the ceremony pays tribute to artists and arts professionals who have made a significant contribution to the development of modern and contemporary art in South Asia and who inspire a deeper empathy and understanding of the world through their work. 

Past awardees include: Abir Karmakar, Akbar Padamsee, Arpita Singh, Benitha Perciyal, Gulammohammed Sheikh, Hamra Abbas, Himmat Shah, Jasmine Joseph Nilani, Jyoti Bhatt, Kochi Biennale Foundation, Krishen Khanna, Prabhakar Pachpute, Sohrab Hura, Sumakshi Singh, Sun Xun, teamLab, Tiffany Chung, Vibha Galhotra, Vivan Sundaram, and Yang Yongliang. 

While the Asia Arts Vanguard and Asia Arts Future awards celebrate artists from India, the Asia Arts Future Award (International) recognises artists from across Asia. Over the past two editions, we have consciously decided to spotlight South Asia through this Award, and was therefore presented to an artist from Pakistan and Sri Lanka respectively. This year, we are delighted to pay tribute to Bangladesh as part of this effort. Along with the esteemed arts committee, we are joined by Tanzim Wahab, curator, researcher, lecturer and festival director of Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography, as guest advisor for this category.

Co-chaired by the esteemed Pheroza Godrej, Sangita Jindal, Kiran Nadar and Radhika Chopra, the 2023 Asia Arts Game Changer Awards will see the coming together of major art collectors, artists, gallerists, curators and dignitaries from across South Asia, as well as Asia Society trustees and patrons.

The gala is supported by Bloomberg.