Where to shop in Delhi, while at India Art Fair 2026

During India Art Fair week (IAF), Delhi runs on overlap. If you’re in town, the big moments move easily between art on the wall and what you wear on your body. Picture a Tyeb Mehta retrospective at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art or Entangled and Woven, a global textile exhibition shaped by the National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy, the Whitworth in Manchester and the Cheongju Craft Biennale in Korea. Artists and designers like Sumakshi Singh and Péro are in the mix, putting craft squarely inside contemporary culture. Between booths, walkthroughs and all the inevitable fair catch-ups, a different rhythm kicks in. 

Beyond the fairgrounds, you’ll find spaces where designers think like artists and process is on full display, where design spills into floors, furniture and the way you move through a room. Call them studios in disguise; the gaps between shows are where the good stuff happens.

11.11/eleven eleven by Shani Himanshu and Mia Morikawa

When Brad Pitt wore 11.11 /eleven eleven’s Tangaliya shirt at the F1 premiere and Dev Patel lingered at their Delhi store for a scarf, it felt like recognition, not hype. At the label’s store in Delhi, craft, research and design gather before the garment appears. Indigo grounds the brand, less a colour than a system—technical and cultural.

Step inside Basement, a concept store and atelier, and the philosophy becomes tactile. Off-white and indigo panels hang overhead, jars of natural dye and patchwork upholstery set the tone. Look closer for hand-painted details, reclaimed fabrics and Ajrakh. Clothing racks are dotted with bandhani, tie-dye, handlooms sweatshirts, khadi denim, silk dresses and unisex separates.

The Nod recommends: Visiting 11.11/ Basement during IAF to see the indigo vat in action, a walkthrough of 15 years of the brand’s evolution from traditional knowledge to contemporary form, and a display of Indigo Paste artworks from the Serendipity Arts show

Address: Basement, B 305, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase 1, New Delhi 110020. Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm. Call +91 97118 63919 to book a tour

Studio Medium by Ridhhi Jain and Dhruv Satija

Studio Medium, helmed by textile designer Riddhi Jain and filmmaker Dhruv Satija, works from material curiosity rather than seasons. Since 2017, it has been best known for tie-dyed, hands-free saris with armhole pallus, worn by Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and Kiran Rao. Alongside clothing runs a wider practice spanning installations, upholstery, and new textile surfaces developed from pre-consumer thread waste.

Inside the store, retail slows to studio pace. Circular white marble inlays sit within the Kota stone floor; steel spheres cap clothing racks. Tools double as furniture. Steel pateelas punctuate the room, bagasse boards soften concrete and Arashi dyeing pipes reappear as table bases, stained by use. On the mezzanine, a lightbox holds fabric in plain sight, revealing weave, surface and process.

The Nod recommends: Eyes Are Open, an installation at IAF’s YCPA hub, reappears in the store window, where textiles answer John Berger’s Ways of Seeing

Address: Dhanmill Compound, 60ft Road, Chattarpur, New Delhi 110074. Open daily, 11 am to 7:30 pm

Dhruv Kapoor

Kapoor isn’t just a surname here. In Dhruv Kapoor’s hands, it’s become a fashion signal, stitched onto shirts, etched into accessories, worn by country’s movers and shakers. The Delhi flagship gives that status form: white floors, raw marble, mirrored walls and calibrated light, with custom scent and sound shaping the experience.

Familiar forms return with a twist—dad shoes, slouchy nineties fits, flared denim, jorts, cotton sheets reworked into jackets. Tailoring stays sharp but layers soften, gender lines receding once worn. Fabrics are chosen for feel rather than flash: cotton poplin, glazed nylon, recycled suiting. Details reveal themselves slowly: elasticated waists, painted grids, collage prints and a recurring bunny motif.

The Nod recommends: Limited-edition The Seeker micro bag with braided handle, sharp curves, and limited-edition edge

Address: The Corridors, 100-ft Road, Chattarpur Enclave, New Delhi 110074, open 7 days a week, 11 am to 8 pm

INCA by Amit Hansraj

INCA took shape in 2020 around textiles in Amit Hansraj’s hands, each piece chosen for its story and the work it carries.

Housed inside a 1970s baraat ghar, once a community hall, the studio mirrors Hansraj’s way of working. He prefers searching with kabadiwalas over antique shops, drawn to objects marked by time and use, like an Art Deco mirror from Café Churchill in Mumbai. Pahadi miniatures, old Delhi maps, Uzbek ikat and Kutchi kambals gather quietly here. The clothing reflects this eclecticism, rooted in Corbusier’s grids, favouring geometric cuts, heart-shaped shibori and an ease long favoured by the artistic community.

The Nod recommends: One-of-a-kind jewellery from found materials and heirloom pre-partition Punjab phulkari shawls

Address: F 301, Ground floor, Chaudhary Prem Singh Lane, Lado Sarai, New Delhi 110030. Monday to Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm

Claymen by Aman Khanna

Artist Aman Khanna, trained in information design, lets Claymen announce itself before you enter. There’s no signboard, just a sculpted head hanging from a tree branch, half-hidden, childlike and mid-thought. Inside, the space opens in layers: a front room of characters, a long skylit corridor, and an open studio where clay is shaped and fired in full view. Sound shifts as you move through it, quiet at the entrance, old Hindi melodies near the potters. Each figure carries a name—Bounce, Heart, Poured–Face Drop, Big Feelings & Big Hug, Plot Twist—like passing thoughts made solid. Together, they form a small ecosystem, where making and watching happen side by side.

The Nod recommends: Fountain of Hope, a fibreglass seated figure in automative paint, designed as a fountain

Address: Shed 2A, The Dhan Mill, 60ft Road, Chattarpur, New Delhi 110074, open daily, 10 am to 7 pm

Almost Gods by Dhruv Khurana

Almost Gods flagship sprawls across 4,200 sq ft, mixing streetwear label and hangout. Step through the griffin wings façade and find merch woven into the space, not just stacked on racks. Founder Dhruv Khurana built the space for people to connect, not just shop. Film screenings, album listening parties, and art events keep things lively. Drop by on February 6 during IAF to see Harsh Nambiar’s Felt Thorn Bloom—nine large-scale works, altar-framed and drawing from gothic and mystical rituals. The night also features a live sound set, before things settle into a chill mixer. The show runs until February 15.

The Nod recommends: Destruction as Ecstasy (S/S 2026), inspired by Bacchus, Roman god of wine and revelry, and the wild idea that breaking art can be joyful, even freeing. Look for reverse-batik jackets developed with craft clusters in Gujarat and a new in-house camo, available in-store first

Address: Dhan Mill compound, Shed 8, 60 ft Road, Chhatarpur Hills, Pocket D, New Delhi 110074. Open daily, 12 noon to 8 pm

Cord by Pranav Guglani and Neha Singh

Cord, run by husband-and-wife duo Pranav Guglani and Neha Singh, designs clothing that feels gathered than built. Rooted in travel, memory and craft, the label moves fluidly across dress for him, her and kids, where appliqué, smocking and quilting do the heavy lifting, finished in colours that nod to the past without dwelling there.

That instinct carries into the flagship. Long and linear, it reads like a vintage train carriage, where Cord textiles travel beyond the racks into upholstered seating and surfaces, gathering patina and softening the line between garment and room. Puppets stand in for mannequins at the windows, shifting focus from display to narrative. Bags and collectibles complete the space, with a café soon to follow.

The Nod recommends: Vintage jewellery and watches curated with Beg Borrow Steal, including rare Gucci and Chanel finds

Address: D-56, 100 Feet Rd, Pocket D, Dr Ambedkar Colony, Chhatarpur, New Delhi 110074. Open daily, 11 am to 8 pm

Siddhartha Bansal

The Siddhartha Bansal label is all colour, craft, and joyful excess, and the flagship invites you straight into the designer’s imagination.

Every inch of the 750 sq ft space channels his old Delhi home and nearby lanes, layering memory, pattern and movement everywhere you look. A Kamadhenu cow keeps watch at the window, a giant mandala spins behind mannequins, paisley-shaped loveseats curl across the floor. Twin trial rooms glow with blinking hearts, while life-size mirrors borrow tricks from local barber shops, stretching the room into a kaleidoscope. Clothing, accessories and trousseau trunks share the floor, and even the paisley seats are up for grabs. When Karisma Kapoor wore one of Bansal’s floral looks on MasterChef India, it confirmed how easily this high-colour maximalism travels beyond the store.

The Nod recommends: Paisley fabric trousseau trunks with leather trim and pom-pom tassels

Address: 64 A, 60-ft Rd, D-Block, Pocket D, Dr Ambedkar Colony, Chhatarpur, New Delhi 110074. Monday to Saturday, 11 am to 7:30 pm