Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
Founded by Ashna Singh in 2003, Studio Art is a contemporary art gallery based in New Delhi, committed to supporting innovative, material-forward practices from India and the Global South. With a focus on sculptural, installation-based, and process-led work, the gallery champions artists who interrogate personal, political, and spatial narratives through immersive and critically conscious forms.
Studio Art operates at the intersection of materiality and meaning, offering a platform for emerging and mid-career artists whose practices challenge conventional hierarchies of object, function, and aesthetics. Located in the industrial neighborhood of Okhla, the gallery provides a unique space for experimentation and transformation.
Beyond exhibitions, Studio Art is deeply invested in curation, writing, and mentorship, fostering critical dialogue across disciplines. With a curatorial ethos grounded in process, resistance, and reinvention, the gallery is dedicated to amplifying underrepresented voices and reshaping how contemporary art is made, experienced, and understood.
Located in the industrial neighborhood of Okhla, New Delhi, the gallery’s contemporary space provides a unique and versatile environment for the exploration of materiality and meaning. Through its commitment to experimentation and bold programming, Studio Art continues to push boundaries and catalyze critical dialogue in the field of contemporary art.
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
Founded in 2018, the 193 Gallery, based in Paris, Venice and Saint-Tropez, aims to offer a global tour of contemporary art and to showcase the diversity of art scenes worldwide, with a particular focus on Southern scenes (Caribbean, Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia). Guided by the discovery and affirmation of diverse identities, the gallery supports a program aimed at fostering dialogue between different regions of the world, proposing a vision of art that transcends traditional Western interpretations. We are committed to promoting diversity by highlighting unique perspectives and celebrating the cultural richness of each continent.
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
1X1 Art Gallery, founded by Malini Gulrajani in 1996, has been an integral part of the UAE’s cultural landscape, exhibiting modern and contemporary art from the Global South at its Alserkal Avenue location in Dubai. As a space dedicated to intellectual engagement, and through extensive collaborations with local and international artists, galleries, art fairs, museums, curators, and organizations, the gallery has consistently fostered cultural exchange and championed diverse artistic expressions.
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
æquō was founded by Tarini Jindal Handa in 2022, as India’s first collectible design gallery. Under the vision of creative director Florence Louisy, the experimental project based in Mumbai introduces global designers to fine Indian craftsmanship, giving global importance to the country’s artisanal heritage. The studio thrives as an intersection of makers, designers and materials. By inviting global minds to work locally, it adopts and creates new lenses and unique languages to revisit Indian heritage. These makers work with an astonishing sensibility toward India’s varied raw materials and are placed in dialogue with designers to explore what happens when the familiar seeks the unknown. In this grand design adventure, æquō creates unique collectible pieces, each of them carrying a story rooted in India, yearning to be told to the world at large.
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
Aicon is a New York based art gallery serving as a vital platform for modern and contemporary artists from South Asia, Middle East, Africa diaspora to realize their vision in a global, ever-shifting world. Along with in-depth focused solo shows, the gallery presents a programme of curated group exhibitions linking the contemporary with modern, to produce unexpected congruences, highlight multiple modernisms, and complexify the contemporary.
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
An offshoot of the 20 year-old Aicon Gallery, Aicon Contemporary seeks to bridge the Eastern and Western contemporary art landscapes through exhibitions and outreach programmes. Always presenting important, challenging and cutting-edge art and artistic practices, the gallery represents prominent, globally renowned artists such as Adeela Suleman, Abdullah Syed and Promotesh Das Pulak.
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
Founded in 2004 by Reena and Abhijit Lath, Akar Prakar is a modern and contemporary art gallery with spaces in New Delhi and Kolkata.
As part of our gallery programming and extended engagements in the arts, Akar Prakar has hosted several visual art exhibitions through collaborations with international museums and curators, creating a space for indigenous representations of Indian modern and contemporary artists. Operating between its two galleries, Akar Prakar curates narratives drawn from the subcontinent’s modern and contemporary art movements, representing artists such as Ganesh Haloi, Jayashree Chakravarty, C. Douglas, Manish Pushkale, Manir Mrittik and Debasish Mukherjee. Recently, the gallery has extended its roster of artists to Southeast Asia to include eminent Cambodian artist Leang Seckon.
Over the years, Akar Prakar and our artists have participated in art exhibitions at institutions and museums in different parts of the world, including the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi; Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai; Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi; 8th Berlin Biennale; documenta 14; Musée des Arts Asiatiques, Nice; Musée National des Arts Asiatiques Guimet, Paris; DRAF, London; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco; Palazzo Madama, Turin; Museo d’Arte Orientale, Turin; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Berkeley Art Museum
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
Akara is a Mumbai-based gallery dedicated to bridging the legacies of South Asian modernism with the evolving language of contemporary art. Founded in 2015 by Puneet Shah and Meghna Shah, the gallery originally presented a unified programme that brought modern and contemporary practices into dialogue through intergenerational exhibitions.
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
Established in 2004 by Mamta Singhania, Anant Art has played a vital role in shaping contemporary South Asian art. From the outset, the gallery championed innovative practices, supporting artists like Raqs Media Collective, Rashid Rana, and Bharti Kher. After a strategic hiatus, Anant Art returned in 2017 with a renewed vision, expanding its global footprint while fostering critical discourse. Its artists, including Vikrant Bhise, Dhara Mehrotra, and Ghulam Mohammad, have gained recognition at institutions like ICA Miami, Harvard University, and the Victoria & Albert Museum. As one of the few Indian galleries representing voices across the region, Anant Art remains dedicated to cultivating cross-border dialogues and expanding contemporary art’s evolving narratives.
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
Anupa Mehta Contemporary Art (AMCA) shows the work of international mid-career artists with unique vocabularies. We began in 2008 with residencies and studio exhibitions aimed at supporting artists and curators of merit. Over 16 years the gallery has shown the work of several Indian and international artists. Authenticity and integrity are key commitments that inform our curatorial vision and define our position within the contemporary art landscape
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
Apparao Galleries was founded in 1983/84 by Sharan Apparao to exhibit, promote, and encourage contemporary art in Chennai at a time when there was little art activity. Over the years, the well-travelled and well-exposed Sharan evolved the gallery into what it has become today.
Having worked with artists well-known, unknown, and emerging, the gallery has exhibited artists across India in addition to several collaborative exhibitions in London, Paris, New York, and Monaco. As a curator, Sharan Apparao has created exhibitions combining ancient crafts, living artisans, and contemporary artists while continuing to show pure art most times. In the role of a consultant, the gallery and its founder have advised collectors on building collections and following growing trends, in addition to working closely with designers and architects for special projects. In some of these special art projects, artists and designers have collaborated to create site-specific artworks based on the design requirements. The outreach program of the gallery extends to lectures, workshops, courses, and tours all related to the arts.
Today, Apparao Galleries exhibits in locations in Chennai and additionally in Delhi, while working on public art interventions and satellite shows across the country. The gallery also works on site-specific art projects.
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
APRE Art House is a contemporary art gallery in Colaba, Mumbai, dedicated to advancing rigorous artistic practices and meaningful cultural discourse. Founded by Prerna S. M. Jain, an alumna of Christie’s Education, New York, the gallery was formalised in 2022 as a two-level exhibition space committed to both emerging and established voices whose work engages with experimental, socio-political, and gender-oriented concerns. APRE’s reach extends beyond Mumbai, with curated exhibitions in New York and New Delhi, and participation in significant art fairs including the India Art Fair.
Its public programming- spanning panel discussions, performances, and film screenings- reflects a belief in interdisciplinary engagement as central to contemporary practice. The gallery is recognised for its museum-calibre exhibitions, transparency, and long-term relationships with artists, collectors, and institutions.
Extending beyond exhibition-making, APRE operates as a discursive and developmental space through initiatives such as Front Matter- it’s curatorial conversation series, which includes the annual Curatorial Intensive, and Corpus, a performance-focused intensive. The APRE Artist Grant further reflects the gallery’s commitment to supporting research-led and conceptually robust practices. APRE positions itself as a site of serious inquiry within the South Asian contemporary art landscape, contributing substantively to global conversations in art and culture.
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
ARCHER began its journey in 1978 as a small atelier in Ahmedabad. The studio was founded by Anil Relia, a Fine Arts major from M.S. University, Baroda, whose profound passion for art cultivated close, enduring relationships with renowned artists, including M. F. Husain, Jogen Chowdhury and Bhupen Khakhar.
Over the decades, Archer has established itself by producing some of the finest limited-edition graphics for Indian masters, such as M. F. Husain, S. H. Raza, Jyoti Bhatt and many more.
All limited-edition graphics executed by Archer are meticulously examined and hand-signed by the artists, and are accompanied by an official Certificate of Authenticity. Our dedication to superior standards has earned us numerous accolades, including the prestigious 25th National Award from the Government of India for excellence in printing and designing.
Archer has recently undergone a significant expansion, adding a new 5000 sq ft exhibition space. Today, Archer spans more than 25,000 sq ft across three floors, featuring two floors dedicated to the permanent gallery collection and one floor reserved for rotating exhibitions. This makes Archer one of India’s largest art galleries, continuing to host a diverse range of significant shows.
Enable JavaScript for a better site experience
Ardee Foundation, established in 1997, was founded with a clear and enduring mission: to champion excellence in both education and the arts. What began as a vision to create meaningful platforms for learning and cultural exchange has, over nearly three decades, grown into a dynamic, multifaceted institution at the intersection of knowledge, creativity, and community.Today, the Foundation is led by its Chairperson, Ms. Shefali Varma, who also serves on the Advisory Council of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Her leadership brings a deep personal commitment to fostering art, culture, and public engagement, strengthening the Foundation’s presence within one of India’s most influential cultural ecosystems.For over thirty years, Ardee Foundation has remained resolute in its dedication to nurturing independent thought, creativity, and inclusivity. Through The Ardee Schools, it has pioneered progressive educational models that encourage children to question deeply, think critically, and cultivate a lifelong relationship with learning.In parallel, the Foundation has been a steadfast patron of Indian art and culture—supporting artists, preserving legacies, and creating spaces where tradition and modernity meet in meaningful exchange. This cultural vision draws from the legacy of the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), the landmark gallery established by Ashok Varma in the early 1990s.
