Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

It is associated with India. The record gives 2010 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Its recorded founders are Kiran Nadar. Its recorded seat is New Delhi. It is recorded in the collection of New Delhi and Noida.

• Name — Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) • Type — Modern and Contemporary Art Museum • Founder — Kiran Nadar • Director — Manuel Rabaté - CEO • Curator — Roobina Karode - Artistic Director • Website — https: www.knma.org/

The museum sponsored by the Shiv Nadar Foundation started out as a gallery created in the premises of HCL Technologies in Noida. They opened its doors to the public in January 2010 with an exhibition titled Open Doors. The exhibition comprises extraordinary works of well-known artist Kiran Nadar over the last two decades, signifying the relevant moment in the 20th century art. After a year, the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art moved into South Court Mall at Saket District Centre, inaugurated with the exhibition Time unfolded where artworks of 50 artists were displayed. In 2019, David Adjaye was selected to design a new 1002382 sqft building for the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art near Indira Gandhi International Airport, containing 11 galleries for temporary exhibitions and rotating displays of the collection.

The following is established of the heading itself. Recorded from 2010. It is also recorded that kiran Nadar Museum of Art is associated with India.

The core collection holds historically important works acquired from various sources including celebrated artists, painters like Raja Ravi Varma and M. F. Husain to contemporary blue-chip artists like Anish Kapoor, as well as emerging artists. Other artists include A. Ramachandran, Arpita Singh, F. N. Souza, Jamini Roy, Jogen Chowdhury, Krishen Khanna, Manjit Bawa, N. S. Harsha, Ram Kumar, Rameshwar Broota, S. H. Raza, Subodh Gupta, Tyeb Mehta, and V. S. Gaitonde. Two of the most significant paintings acquired by Kiran Nadar which is currently a part of the museum's permanent collection is Syed Haider Raza's seminal work called Saurashtra. This fetched a record of 16.42 crore ($3,486,965) at Christie's in London in 2010. The second one was in 2015, where she bid 26.41 crore for the monumental 8 ft x 4 ft oil painting Birth (1955) by F.N Souza, a painting considered one of his best. From July 16th to August 21st, 2026, The KNMA will present The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection, an institutional exhibition presented at Christie's King Street, London, as part of Christie's summer exhibition series, extending the museum's international programme and showcasing South Asian art to a wider audience.