Delhi's gallery scene may be at the cusp of a renaissance, thanks tin no small measure to the buzz that contemporary Indian art is a blue-chip investment.we hear the tills are ringing merrily especially in upmarket galleries that sell the big names. New galleries are coming up too to plug into this demand and some of the older ones are beginning to wake up to this exciting-jif somewhat challenging- reality.

At any given time, the Lalith Kala Academy may play host to several exhibitions. The Triveni Kala Sangam, which houses its own galleries as well as the reputed Art Heritage, is very active too. Triveni is also the winter home of the Apparao Galleries, headquarted in Chennai. In a tiny corner of its basement you will find Nook, which exclusively exhibits works in ceramics and glass.

Both the IHC and the IIC (in its Annexe building) have generous amounts of gallery space. Among foreign institutions, The Alliance Françoise has the most active gallery. Two of the oldest galleries in town are Virendra Kumar Jain’s Kumar Gallery and Uma Jain’s Dhoomimal Collectors Gallery in Connaught Place, set up in the 1950s. In South Delhi Hauz Khas has been one of Delhi’s prime galleries locations, boasting of Village Gallery, Art Kosult, Delhi Art Gallery (DAG) and Domus.

In Terms of Exhibition space and lighting, one of the most attractive newer galleries is Art Alive in Panchsheel Park, while the ultrachic Turner Morrison- owned Bodhi Gallery in the Qutub Institutional Area will take the prize for the most appealing surroundings. The Voluntary Health Association of India runs Gallery Freedom in the same area.
Some galleries have taken to publishing art books and print reproduction of the works of artists. Vadhera Art Gallery was among the first to turn to publishing. It was also notably the first commercial gallery to collaborate with the National Gallery of Modern Art to represent Indian art abroad by tying up with Christie’s.. More recently it held a very successful Picasso exhibition.

Another veteran dealer, RN Singh, has built his own collection of big names and recently opened the Progressive Gallery in Defence Colony. Among the works here are a drawing by Rabindranath Tagore, marked at 3lakh, a just-sold Swaminathan for 60 lakh and a canvas with Husain’s horses marked at one crore.

DELHI ART GALLERY

Founded in 1993, Delhi Art Gallery. made a modest start by showcasing works of a few young and upcoming artists. Having taken over the responsibility from his mother in 1996, Ashish Anand as the Director realized the huge disparity in terms of prices and public recognition between the well established and frequently circulated names of artists and yet unrecognized but significant artists across generations.

Today, as part of their collection, Delhi Art Gallery showcases a very comprehensive selection of 20th century Indian art. The gallery showcases modern and contemporary art of India from several regions where urban art practice has had its dynamic presence.

Delhi Art Gallery has defied the generic model of an art gallery which is acquisition, display and selling of artworks in its space. The gallery has gone ahead to initiate a new model that incorporates documenting, archiving and serious research as part of its activities.

Delhi Art Gallery has an ongoing commitment towards creating a greater awareness of Indian art. The gallery at the moment has an in- house research & documentation cell, with a team of Art historians, and are in the process of archiving & developing a full fledged Documentation centre, which will facilitate students, artists and art scholars with archival, library and research material. A plan for a central resource library with visual and textual information is to be implemented in the coming years. For this serious undertaking, DAG is collaborating with prominent academicians, art historians and scholars for research and publications
Works of historical importance, the rare old masters and unrecognized talents that had been overshadowed for various reasons, became the stimulant for the Gallery. It took the onus on themselves to collect artworks which were neither easy to source, access or buy. The Gallery has organized various researched and curated exhibitions over the years.

Delhi Art Gallery
11 Hauz Khas Village
Phone: 011-26967619, 26568166
Website: delhiartgallery.com
Curator: Ashish Anand Timings: 10.30am-7pm Sunday Closed

Callery Espace

Established in 1989, Gallery Espace is one of the most prestigious and well-established galleries in the capital today.

For Renu Modi, the Gallery patron, Espace has been a labor of love and passion. Renu admits that she opened the gallery only after India’s leading artist M.F. Husain, provided inspiration and creative support.

The Gallery opened after Husain Sahab, as he is often referred to, consented to display his autobiographical series at its inaugural exhibition. And there has been no long back since that day.

The journey has seen a wealth of art shows and exhibits each characterized by innovative thought and hard work. Gallery Espace has showcased some of India’s most renowned artists and had helped launch the careers of many established artists of our generation.

In its commitment to showcasing fine trends in contemporary styles and idioms, Gallery Espace even pioneered the concept of “curated shows”which is now prevalent in every show mounted in the country. This marked Renu Modi as a visionary within the art circles of the country and combined with her discerning eye for art, truly set her apart.

Gallery Espace
16, Community Centre, New Friends Colony
New Delhi 110065
Tel: +91 11 26326267, 26922947
fax:+91 11 41628057
E-mail: art@galleryespace.com

DIASPORA CULTURAL RESOUCE CENTRE

Cultural Informatics Lab, which applies technology tools for cultural preservation and propagation; and Sutradhara, the administrative section that acts as a spine supporting and coordinating all the activities.

The Member Secretary is the Executive head of both academic and administrative divisions.

AIMS

To serve as a major resource centre for the arts, especially written, oral and visual source materials;
To undertake research and publication programmes of reference works, glossaries, dictionaries and encyclopaedia concerning the arts and the humanities;

To establish a tribal and folk-arts division with a core collection for conducting systematic scientific studies and for live presentations.

To provide a forum for a creative and critical dialogue through performances, exhibitions, multi-media projections, conferences, seminars and workshops between and amongst the diverse arts, traditional and cotemporary; To foster dialogue between arts and current ideas in philosophy, science and technology, with a view toward bridging the gap in intellectual understanding between modern sciences and arts and culture;

To evolve models of research programmes and arts administration more pertinent to the Indian ethos; To elucidate the formative and dynamic factors in the complex web of interactions between diverse social strata, communities and regions;

To promote an network with national and international institutions; and To conduct related research in the arts, humanities and culture.

KUMAR GALLERY

Established in October 1955, Kumar Gallery stood as a lonely landmark in the Capital's nascent 'art world'.

It stood at the beginning of beginning, witnessing and participating in an unprecedented upsurge of artistic creativity that encountered a new socio-economic situation within a decade of Independence.

It is almost impossible to mention any early Indian modernist or any important artist of generations that followed-from the 'fifties to the late 'nineties-whom Kumar Gallery has not promoted. And in the process, Virendra Kumar and his brothers got immersed in the amazingly colourful 'happenings' in modern Indian art.

If we care to go through the long list of prestigious publications of Kumar Gallery, we will discover the origin and growth of a kind of philosophical approach to modern Indian art, which took in what was past and extinct, what was traditional but is still extant, along with what has been iconoclastic, vigorous and contemporary.

The profound observation of Henri Foncillon-"survivals and anticipations ... slow-moving belated forms existing alongside bold and rapid forms"- is also echoed by the sequence of titles. From Tantra Art and Miniature Paintings, through more than 20 titles on art and culture of Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan, and Chakra, a Journal of Yoga and Philosophy, to Modern Indian Paintings. All these besides two films produced by Kumar Gallery on classical Indian music Dhrupad and Sacred Lama Dances of Tibet.

Address:
11, Sunder Nagar Market
New Delhi-110 003, INDIA
Tel:
91-11-2435 8875, 2435 1113
Fax:
91-11-2435 1195
Website: kumargallery.com
Email: info@kumargallry.com
Timings: 11am-6pm Sunday Closed

GALLERIE GANESHA
Creativity and talent have always been rewarded in time but I would like to bridge the time gap between creativity and recognition atleast in the world of Art, through my gallery. A price line which offers good value for money to the Buyer/collector on the one hand and adequate reward for artists' creative talents would be ideal. "Promises Shobha Bhatia, an Artist herself, who started the Gallerie Ganesha in 1989.

The Gallery aspires to:
Promote young and promising talents.
Generate awareness for art by constant exposure to high quality works of Art.

Sculptures:
Give exposure to skilled and dedicated Artists of yesteryears who went unnoticed due to lack of media attention and galleries.
Provide a platform for interaction between the artist and the viewer.
After more than a decade of its existence, the Gallery can with some measure of pride, take credit for achieving the above objectives and specially for having successfully promoted two young artists-Paresh Maity and Neeraj Goswami who are now nationally recognised as young artists of repute.

With its annual shows of works of "Old Masters" the gallery has created an awareness of the great artists of yesteryears who had gone unsung and deserved recognition today.

Gallerie Ganesha today offers a large selection of Paintings-Sculptures-Drawings-Lithographs-Serigraphs-Prints-Etchings-Photographs etc. created by artists of fame and promise

Some of the important Art Galleries in New Delhi are listed below:

Gallerie Ganesha: E-557, Greater Kailash-II Phone: 011-26447306 Website: gallerieganesha.com Timings: 11am-8.30pm Sunday by appointment only

The Village Gallery: 14, Hauz Khas Village Phone: 011-26853860 Email: thevillagegallery@hotmail.com
Curator Dolly Narang Timings: 10.30am-6.30pm Sunday Closed

LTG Gallery Copernicus Marg Phone: 011-23384111

Eicher Gallery 14, Commercial Complex, Greater Kailash-II Phone: 011-26445521

Art Konsult 23, Hauz Khas Village Phone: 011-26523382 Curator: Bhavna Kakkar Timings:10.30am-6.30pm Sunday Closed

Art Indus Santushti Complex, Opp. Samrat Hotel Phone: 011-26883738

AIFACS Gallery Rafi Marg, New Delhi Phone: 011-23711315

Academy of Fine Arts and Literature 4, Siri Fort Institutional Area, New Delhi Phone: 011-26438070

Dhoomimal Art Gallery 8 A, Connaught Place and G42- Outer Circle, Connaught Place, Phone: 011-23328839
Email: info@hotmail.comdhoomimalgallery.com, Udayjain11@hotmail.com Website: Dhoomimolgallery.com
Timings: 11am-7pm Sunday Closed

Art Today A 1 Hamilton House, Connaught Place Phone: 011-23320689

Art Heritage Triveni Kala Sangam, Tansen Marg Phone: 011-23719470 Email:artheritage@bol.net.in
Curator: Roshan AlkaziWebsite: Timings: 11am- 7pm Sunday Closed

Triveni Kala Sangam No 205 Tansen Marg Phone: 011-23718833 triveniks@vsnl.net Timings: 11am-7pm Sunday Closed Five Galleries Sridharani, Triveni, Garden Gallery, Art Heritage and Nook- in one complex
Garhi Studio Kala Kutir, East of Kailash Phone: 011-26432225

Lalit Kala Akademi Rabindra Bhawan, Firoz Shah Road Phone: 011-23387241/ 43 Email:lalitkala.gov.in
Timings:11am-7pm Sunday Closed Eight galleries here

National Gallery of Modern Art Jaipur House, India Gate Phone: 011-23382835

Marwahs Fine Art Dealers 12 AB Community Centre Safdarjang Enclave Phone: 9811039741

M.E.C. Art Gallery # 70-B First Level Khan Market Phone: 24635266,24601025

Ashokartgallery I-24(A),Shbhash Chowk Phone: +919312879421

Anant Art Gallery D-299, Defense Colony Phone: 011-5155475, 76

Jharokha Art Gallery 24, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi Phone: 011-26864638

India International Centre 40 Lodi Estate, Max Muller Marg Phone: 011-24619431
Gallery 42 D 42, Defence Colony Phone: 011-24621289

Aurobindo Gallery Aurobindo Market, Aurobindo Marg Phone: 011-26862593

Art Motif A1/178, Safdarjang Enclave Phone: 011-26165433

Apparao Gallery: Near Bengal Market ADD: Trivani Kala Sangam, N-205, Tansen Marg, Tel: 32441114
11am- 7pm Sunday Closed.

Gallery Romaine Rolland: Add: Alliance Francaise, 72-lodhi Estate, Tel: 41012091—04, Email: afdeho@afdelhi.org Web: afdelhi.org, 11am-8.30pm Sunday closed.

IIC Annexe: Near INTACH, 40- Max Mueller Marg, Tel: 24619431, Email: programme.iic@nic.in,: Web: iicdelhi.nic.in 11am- 7pm Sunday closed.

Nook Artists Gallery: Near Bengal Market, Add: Triveni Kala Sangam,N-205, Tansen Marg, Tel: 65671675
Email: artglacehi@gms.ncl, 11am- 6.30pm Sunday closed.

Rahul& Art: Near Khan Market, Add: 21-Golf Links, Tel: 24635641- 42 Web: rahulart.com, Email; info@rahulart.com, 11am- 6pm. Sunday closed.

Visual Art Gallery: Add: India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, Tel: 24682001—09 Web: indiahabitat.org,
Curator: Dr.Alka Pande, 10am--8pm Sunday closed.

Art Alive: Add: 221 Panchsheel Park, Tel: 41639000—8050 Web: artaliveindia.com, Curator: Sunaina Anand, 11am—7pm, Sunday closed.

Buddha Gallery: Add; B-25, Qutub Institutional Area, Tel; 26564111, Web; bodhiart.in, 11am-7pm Sunday closed.

Gallery Freedom: Add: Voluntary Health Association Of India, 40—Tong, Swasthya Bhavan Qutub Institutional Area, Tel: 26518081, Email: vhai@vsnl.com, Web; vhai.org, 9.30am—5.30pm Sunday closed.

Vadhera Gallery: Add: A-40, Defense Colony, Tel; 65474005—06, Web: vadheraart.com, 11am—7pm, Sunday closed