PURPOSE   The aim of the program was to create a civic space for promoting interaction and exchange of ideas & experiences in diverse cultural environments between fine artists from India and Germany.   To reflect on the current state of art concerns Sharing and promoting techniques & styles Provide opportunities for future collaboration The final days and exhibition coincide with the Arts Haat Fair and Festival DATES   Forum:       5 - 12 November 2017 Exhibition:  11/12 November 2017 Arts Haat:   11 - 14 November 2017 The Indo-German Art Forum 2017 was jointly planned and managed by the Arts Acre Foundation, Kolkata, and GDIZ Gesellschaft für Deutsch-Indische Zusammenarbeit e.V. (German-Indian Association), based in Munich / Germany. It was sponsored by the German Government - Federal Foreign Office and the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Science and the Arts and supported by the Consul General of India in Munich in a welcome message: