The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) is a private modern and contemporary art museum with locations in New Delhi and Noida.[1][2] Established in 2010, it is India's first private museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art.
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| Established | 1 January 2010 |
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| Type | Modern and Contemporary Art Museum |
| Founder | Kiran Nadar |
| Director | Roobina Karode |
| Website | knma |
History
editThe museum sponsored by the Shiv Nadar Foundation started out as a gallery created in the premises of HCL Technologies in Noida.[3] 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.[4]
After a year, the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art moved into South Court Mall at Saket District Centre,[5][6] inaugurated with the exhibition Time unfolded where artworks of 50 artists were displayed.[7] In 2019, David Adjaye was selected to design a new 9,300 m2 (100,000 sq ft) 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.[8]
Collection
editThe 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.[9] 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.[2] 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 last 2010.[10] 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.[9]
References
edit- ^ "About | KNMA". knma.in. 3 October 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ a b Singh, Pallavi (2011). "The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Tripathi, Shailaja (24 May 2013). "Mission museum". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Open Doors". knma.in. Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ Griselda Murray Brown (22 November 2013), Collector reveals ambitions for her private Delhi museum Financial Times.
- ^ Rachel Spence (8 February 2013), So much for stereotypes Financial Times.
- ^ "Time Unfolded". knma.in. Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
- ^ Kabir Jhala (19 June 2023), For India's biggest private collector, David Adjaye designs his 'most advanced museum concept' yet The Art Newspaper.
- ^ a b Tripathi, Shailaja (29 March 2017). "Mission museum". Apollo Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "People need to start looking at art as an asset class like property: Kiran Nadar - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
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