It is easy to forget the amount of study, discipline and work that goes into the making of an artist. Assimilating experiences and learning about forms and techniques that are often alien to one’s own is a key part of this process. Starting today, the Nine Fish Art Gallery in Byculla will host a four-day event that offers young artists a chance to do just this as part of their growth.

The fifth edition of the annual Art35 extravaganza will see the gallery promote 35 artists under the age of 35 from across the Indian Subcontinent. Curator Gourmoni Das tells us, “We started this programme to bring together young artists — irrespective of their styles, schools or medium — to push the language that they are developing.” For Dr Anurag Kanoria, director of the gallery, the event is an attempt to find and offer young artists a chance to work on their goals in the expensive city of Mumbai.