India, Sept. 30 -- After a successful exhibition at the Venice Biennale, the ministry of culture plans to showcase the works of the five artists it displayed there at the India Biennale slated to begin in Delhi on December 4 and go on well into March next year.

The art, architecture and design festival will take place across the city, including in the lawns of the Lodhi Gardens, the Qutub Minar complex, the Agrasen ki Baoli, the Red Fort and the Safdarjung Tomb, as well as other galleries, embassy precincts and private cultural venues.

The ministry's own exhibition is expected to come up at the 16th-century Purana Qila, which will serve as the hub or focal point of the Biennale.

Participants include architecture and design firms as wel...