So here comes one of our favourite events of the whole year: the Indian Art Summit. For four days, Delhi becomes the Indian city of contemporary art: openings, talks, exhibitions are all over town.

Indian contemporary art has boomed over the past couple of years, and the India Art Summit in Delhi is testament to its development both creatively and as a market. This is an impressive summary of the field both in terms of scale and standard, with 84 galleries showing work in a whole range of media.·

Held in a vast exhibition space at Pragati Maidan, this, the 3rd edition of the summit, is a hub of collectors, artists, gallerists and journalists, all rubbing shoulders with a curious general public. The international element gives the summit a global relevance, but it is the sheer number of Indian galleries participating, not just from Mumbai and Delhi but throughout India, with a particularly strong showing from Bangalore, that makes this an event well worth attending.

Indoors, make sure you play with the awesome pool table by Thukral & Tagra: our pick for the most entertaining piece of the summit. We also liked the work selected by GallerySke, Bangalore: take in Bharti Kher's understated yet powerful multi-media triptych and Sudarshan Shetty's clever, utilitarian wooden sculpture.

And don’t miss the outdoor sculpture park adjacent to the venue with its Alice in Wonderland proportions. Sculpture is one of the great strengths of Indian contemporary art and the work here is witty, eye-catching and has an enjoyable immediacy. Gigi Scaria's ferris wheel sculpture is unassumingly charming, while Sudoph Gupta's striking 'Cheap Rice' plays with quotidian objects of Indian life - a rickshaw and brass utensils.

Most importantly, wander amongst the stands, find unsung artistic heroes and develop and discover your own tastes within a contemporary art community that is still largely uncharted territory.