Devi Art Foundation
The Devi Art Foundation is a contemporary art museum located in Gurgaon, Delhi, India. The museum opened in September 2008, making it the first contemporary art museum in India. It was founded by Anupam Poddar and his mother Lekha Poddar, whose family businesses include Sirpur Paper Mills and the Devigarh luxury hotel in Rajasthan.
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The Devi Art Foundation is a contemporary art museum located in Gurgaon, Delhi, India. The museum opened in September 2008, making it the first contemporary art museum in India. It was founded by Anupam Poddar and his mother Lekha Poddar, whose family businesses include Sirpur Paper Mills and the Devigarh luxury hotel in Rajasthan.
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The museum hosts permanent and temporary exhibitions of Indian art from the collections of its founders, described by ArtAsiaPacific as "one of India's most important private collections," containing "more than 7,000 contemporary, modern and tribal artworks from across the Subcontinent." Deeksha Nath organized its first exhibition, Still Moving Image, focused on the video and photography of twenty-five Indian artists. The museum's building, designed by architect Aniket Bhagwat, mixes Corten steel with handmade bricks. It also houses the headquarters of Sirpur Paper Mills on its upper floors.
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• Location — Delhi, India • Type — Art museum • Founder — Anupam and Lekha Poddar • Architect — Aniket Bhagwat • Website — deviartfoundation.org
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- 1.Devi Art Foundation Opens in New Delhi. ArtAsiaPacific. September–October 2008.
- 2.Sengupta, Somini. Where Tradition Has Ruled, a Home for Contemporary Art. The New York Times. 25 August 2008.
- 3.Lady of the manor. The Telegraph. 10 April 2011.
- 4.Nicholson, Louise. A family quest. Apollo. 170. 569. October 2009.
- 5.Harris, Lucian. Devi Art Foundation is India's first private museum of contemporary art. The Art Newspaper. 189. 1 March 2008.
- 6.Singh, Devika. Still Moving Image. frieze. 119. 1 November 2008.
- 7.Gregory, Rob. Devi Art Foundation by M/S Prabhaker B Bhagwat, Gurgaon, Delhi, India. Architectural Review. 23 August 2010.
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