Month-long Festival begins on February 1 | Unique art district turns 10: Come February, LAD will become a living canvas

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Lodhi Art District (LAD), the patch of Lodhi Colony between Khanna Market and Meherchand Market, will literally come alive next month. The monthlong Lodhi Art Festival beginning February 1 will celebrate 10 years of India’s first public art district, conceived and brought to life in 2015-16 by the nonprofit St+art India Foundation. LAD, which began in 2015 with three murals and an ambition to transform the largely residential neighbourhood into an art district, is home to more than 60 murals today. Story continues below this ad“The idea of an art district was also to think about how our cities can become more walkable. Lodhi Colony has always been pedestrian-friendly, and over the years we noticed how rickshaws in the area began offering informal art tours.