Map Museum of Art & Photography Opens in Bengaluru, India

This article was first published on Broadway World.

One of India’s outstanding collections of South Asian art will be revealed with the opening of MAP Museum of Art & Photography, housed in a state-of-the-art building in South India’s capital city, Bengaluru, opening to the public for the first time on Saturday 18 February 2023.

MAP has been developed to act as a beacon for South Asian arts and culture worldwide and is the brainchild of philanthropist and collector Abhishek Poddar, who also gifted the founding collection. The Museum is led by its Director, Kamini Sawhney.

MAP’s collection of more than 60,000 works, ranges widely with a particular emphasis on the modern and contemporary, presenting paintings, sculptures and graphics, alongside textiles, indigenous art, and memorabilia of India’s world-famous Bollywood industry. It deliberately blurs the boundaries between what is regarded as high art and the everyday creativity of the region’s communities. The photography collection is one of the most varied in India with a particular focus on the period from the mid-nineteenth century, right up to the present day.

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