India, Feb. 3 -- The Lodhi Art Festival returned on Sunday to mark 10 years of Delhi's Lodhi Art District, with French artist Yoann Bourgeois opening the festival's 10th edition with his performance "Elevation". The month-long festival, running from February 1 to 28, is themed "Dilate All Art Spaces" and celebrates a decade since the area became the city's first Public Art District.

"Elevation", staged at Lodhi Colony, featured a wooden staircase leading to an empty platform placed before a colourful mural. In the performance, a man repeatedly attempts to climb the stairs, falling sideways onto a trampoline and bouncing back each time, continuing the cycle of ascent and collapse.

The Lodhi Art District was established in 2016 by the St+...