India, Nov. 13 -- From a more than 200-year old scroll containing all 18,000 verses of the Bhagavata Purana written in Sanskrit to sculptures by subcontinental artists such as Adeela Suleman, Tayeba Begum Lipi, Madhvi Parekh and Meera Mukherjee to an exhibition of more than 40 Tyeb Mehta canvases that bring some of the celebrated Modernist's most iconic pieces under one roof for the first time since he made them, Art Mumbai's visual registers will span centuries, countries, materials and medium.

Starting Thursday, the third edition of the city's own art fair begins at the Mahalaxmi racecourse. The four-day fair will show 82 gallery exhibitors -64 Indian and 18 international - 17 of whom are first-time participants. The exhibitors include...