Museum of Art & Photography

Introduction

The Collections

Pre-Modern Art

Textiles, Craft & Design

Living Traditions

Popular Culture

Photography

Modern & Contemporary Art

The Building

Putting Education & Outreach First

Forging Partnerships & Collaborations

Creating an Inclusive Visitor Experience

Combining Art & Technology to Reach New Audiences

Conservation & Restoration

Governance & Structure

Trustees, Board & Core Personnel

Biographies

Current Major Donors

Timeline

3

5

7

9

11

13

15

17

19

31

33

35

37

39

40

41

43

49

50

Contents

32

The Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) will be South India’s first major private art museum. Situated in Bangalore, MAP’s mission is to take art and culture to the heart of the community making it accessible to diverse audiences. It will achieve this by exhibiting, interpreting and preserving India’s rich artistic heritage. MAP will be a space for ideas and conversations that are initiated through its collection enabling us to engage with audiences in multiple ways.

In addition, MAP is set to be the most inclusive museum in the country, taking a 360-degree approach to accessibility with a special focus on people with disabilities.

MAP’s flagship building will be in the heart of the city and includes galleries, an auditorium, an art and research library, an education centre, a specialised research, conservation facility and a cafe. MAP believes that impacting the next generation is paramount. And MAP’s activities have already expanded beyond the four walls of a traditional museum space by reaching out to the community through a variety of educational programmes. The team is building and scaling up the work done over the last three years, collaborating with schools in the area with the aim of sparking a passion for the arts from a young age. The team is equally committed to the power of global diplomacy by building bridges between the Museum and other cultural institutions.

The following is an introduction to MAP and its mission.

Introduction

54

The Collections

MAP is custodian to a growing collection of over 18,000 works of art, predominantly from South Asia and dating from the 10th century to the present. This is one of the most diverse and important collections in India. A special highlight is its holding of historical and contemporary photography and popular culture, which is rarely seen in an Indian museum. MAP’s collection covers six key areas: Modern & Contemporary, Photography, Living Traditions, Popular Culture & Textiles, Craft & Design and Pre-Modern Art.

Portrait of a Barasingha, 1980–1990Jangarh Singh Shyam

Poster colours on paperH: 137 cm, W: 233 cmMuseum No: PTG.00061

76

PRE-MODERN ART

The Pre-Modern Art collection holds some of the most exemplary works of Indian art. Among its highlights are manuscript paintings, including masterpieces from the Mughal, Jain, Rajput and Pahari school traditions; Chola bronzes; temple art from Southern India; as well as Mysore and Tanjore paintings. MAP’s Pre-Modern Art collection also comprises art works that are generally considered beyond the canonical framework, such as pichwais and paithan paintings, encouraging a broader definition of ‘Indian Art’ and serving to link historical art to contemporary practice.

Brahmani, c. 1250

LimestoneH: 70 cm, W: 44 cm, D: 22cmMuseum No: PMA.00025

Bhagavata Puran, c. 1800Salig Ram of Jaipur Workshop

Opaque watercolour on paperH: 25.5 cm, W: 36 cmMuseum No: PTG.00066

The Poddar Family, who are among the most prominent collectors of Indian art, are the major contributors to the MAP collection, having donated approximately half of the objects currently owned. The rest of their family collection is on permanent loan to MAP and can be included in all exhibitions. This major contribution has encouraged donations of works of art by other individuals and led to the establishment of MAP’s Gifts Programme. One significant addition is the Deepak Puri Collection, a generous gift from the former South Asia General Manager and Photo Editor of Time Magazine. The 195 photographic prints, represent one of the most important private archives of 20th-century photojournalism in the country. MAP welcomes and will acknowledge in perpetuity, further donations of individual works of art as well as stand-alone collections such as Deepak Puri’s. Through its Gifts Programme, MAP is building an encyclopedic collection that tells the story of Indian art and culture in its entirety, both in terms of South India’s diverse and broad geographic expanse as well as its long history.

MAP has also created a Living Cultures Initiative to assemble the finest contemporary examples of Indian textiles, crafts and design. These works have been selected to trace how contemporary versions are transforming traditional practices, motifs and techniques into new artistic expressions and aesthetics. Objects from the Living Cultures Initiative will be used to enhance the Museum’s exhibitions and educational programmes.

MAP’s advanced facility and conservation centre will represent the best standards for the care of artefacts, encouraging the Museum’s global partners, artists and collectors to share their precious collections. This will enhance the quality of MAP’s exhibitions as well as enable audiences to discover previously unseen works of art.

98

TEXTILES, CRAFT& DESIGN

MAP’s Textiles, Craft and Design collection includes important examples of textile traditions such as patolas, chintz hangings, kalamkaris, pahari rumaals, phulkaris and kanthas, in addition to works representative of many other techniques and styles. It is also home to a variety of decorative arts such as furniture, design and jewellery that demonstrate the extraordinary technical expertise of artisans working in these fields.

A model of the Sansad Bhawan, c. 1930s

Silver, coloured glass and electrical wiringH: 25.5 cm, L: 30 cm, W: 30 cm (silver only); With stand – H: 33 cm, L: 34.5 cm, W: 34.5 cmMuseum No: SCU.00369

Detail of a Pichwai, late 18th to early 19th century

Block printed cotton with goldL: 260 cm, W: 200 cmMuseum No: TXT.00589

1110

The Living Traditions Art section of the collection displays a wide range of India’s regional communal artistic practices. Its holdings include relatively under-appreciated traditions such as patua scrolls from Bengal, shadow puppets from southern India, Bhuta idols from Karnataka, and religious terracottas from Tamil Nadu. It also contains works by some of India’s best-known contemporary artists, such as Jivya Soma Mashe’s Warli paintings, the paintings of Jangarh Singh Shyam, and Mithila paintings by Baua Devi.

Untitled Warli Painting, c. 1990sJivya Soma Mashe

Natural pigments on clothH: 64 cm, W: 92 cmMuseum No: PTG.0871

Peacock, c. 1990Jangarh Singh Shyam

Poster colours on paperH: 152 cm, W: 125 cmMuseum No: PTG.00063

Living Traditions

1312

POPULAR CULTURE

Featured among MAP’s collections in this area are examples from India’s printing and advertising industry from the 19th century to the arrival of the digital age in the late-20th century. Woodcut block prints, the oleographs of Raja Ravi Varma, Nathadwara collages, Kalighat paintings, educational charts, textile labels, calendar art, commercial art, and a range of Bollywood paraphernalia from lobby cards to posters are all part of this section.

Textile label depicting a cloth merchant, early 20th century

ChromolithographH: 13.5 cm, W: 10.5 cmMuseum No: POP.01070

A Hindu Mobile Shrine, 1930s

Oleographic prints, wood, fabric and metal fixturesH: 70 cm, W: 54.5, Depth: 26.2 cmMuseum No: POP.00611

1514

PHOTOGRAPHY

The Photography collections of the Museum represent its most extensive area of holdings and includes works from the 19th century by photographers such as Samuel Bourne, John Burke, Francis Frith, William Johnson, Colin Roderick Murray, John Edward Saché, Charles Shepherd, E. Taurines and Raja Deen Dayal to 20th-century prints by such significant photographers as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Marc Riboud, Martine Franck, Raghu Rai and T.S. Satyan. The inclusion of work by contemporary photographers in India today, such as Dayanita Singh, Vivek Vilasini and Gauri Gill make this a comprehensive collection.

Old Mosque at Khairatabad, 1892Lala Deen Dayal

Albumen printH: 19 cm, W: 13 cmMuseum No: PHY.03620-21

Punjab. Kurukshetra. A Refugee Camp, 1947Henri Cartier-Bresson

Silver gelatin printH: 18 cm, W: 24 cmMuseum No: PHY.01764

Two old men, Old Delhi, 1970Raghu Rai

Archival pigment printH: 46 cm, W: 69 cmMuseum No: TC.300

1716

MODERN &CONTEMPORARY ART

The Modern and Contemporary Art holdings offer a wide cross-section of the most significant trends and movements in Post-Independence Indian Art. Among the world renowned artists represented in MAP’s collection are Jamini Roy, Bhupen Khakhar, Jyoti Bhatt, Mrinalini Mukherjee, Ravinder Reddy, Ravi Varma, Rabindranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, Benode Behari Mukherjee, Ramkinkar Baij, M.F. Husain, J. Swaminathan, V.S. Gaitonde, K.G. Subramanian, Atul Dodiya, Jitish Kallat, Mithu Sen and Riyas Komu.

Mother Earth, c. 1980 Meera Mukherjee

BronzeH: 41 cm, Dia: 90 cmMuseum No: MAC.00455

Drummer, 1988Tyeb Mehta

Oil on canvasH: 115 cm, W: 90 cmMuseum No: MAC.00459

1918

The Museum will be housed in a state-of-the-art 44,000 square feet facility that will echo straightforward design and functionality. The five-storey building will be divided into key zones for galleries, library and research, art storage and restoration and educational classrooms. It will also feature an auditorium for programming and a retail space and café. Located on Kasturba Road in Central Bangalore, it is an easy walk from the Cubbon Park, MG Road and Vidhana Soudha metro stations.

The uniqueness of the MAP building lies also in its effort to be as accessible as possible to people with disabilities. Under the expert guidance of the Diversity and Equal Opportunity Centre (DEOC) MAP’s architects have designed a space that will be welcoming to all.

The Building

2120

THE ARCHITECTS AND THE COMMITTEE

The building has been designed by leading Indian architect, Soumitro Ghosh, working under the guidance of the MAP Architectural Committee, led by Rahul Mehrotra. Committee members also include Mahrukh Tarapor and (the late) Martand Singh.

Soumitro Ghosh, Co-Director of the award-winning Mathew & Ghosh Architects Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, is most famously known as the architect who transformed the Central Jail of the city into Freedom Park. He was the Vastu Shilpa Foundation Fellow for Architectural Research at Ahmedabad in 1994. Ghosh has taught architecture at several institutions and has been featured in various publications including Project Review, Inside Outside, Indian Architect & Builder and Domus. Ghosh and his firm, have designed several existing institutional landmarks in Bengaluru including the Max Mueller Bhavan of Goethe Institut and the Bethel Baptist Church.

Rahul Mehrotra is principal of architecture firm RMA Architects (founded in 1990 as Rahul Mehrotra Associates) of Mumbai, India and is Professor of Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) in Cambridge, Mass., USA. He was also executive director of the Urban Design Research Institute (1994-2004), where he is now a trustee.

Mahrukh Tarapor is an Indian museum professional and art consultant, known for her scholarship in museum art, especially Islamic art. Former Associate Director for Exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, and later Director, International Affairs at the Met’s international affairs office at Geneva, she was honoured with the Padma Shri for her contributions to the field of art and arts research in 2013.

Martand Singh (1947 — 2017) served as the Chairman of the INTACH-UK Trust, and as Director of the Calico Museum of Textiles, where he conceptualized and curated the Vishwakarma series of exhibitions. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1986 for his extensive work on handlooms and heritage preservation in India, that has inspired and encouraged a generation of scholars, textile artists, designers, crafts persons and students to develop some of the finest design, technique and aesthetics in the contemporary context.

MAP Architect, Soumitro Ghosh, in MAP’s office in Bangalore

2524

FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR

FLOOR PLANS

LOWER GROUND FLOOR GROUND FLOOR

2726

Drawings courtesy Mathew & Ghosh Architects Pvt. Ltd.Architectural plans show current working proposals, and may not reflect the final building.

GALLERIES

Four large purpose-built galleries will occupy the third and fourth floors of the building. Designed to be highly specialised, yet versatile, these spaces are of world-class standards in terms of lighting systems, modular display systems, security and climate control. With generous and spacious proportions, they will be welcoming and inspiring spaces. In addition to the physical walls of the galleries, they will also be packed with intuitive technology to enhance the viewing experience.

CONSERVATION LAB

The combination of India’s climate and the fragile nature of many artworks, especially textiles and miniature paintings, for example, means that in many private collections and museums across the country, artworks are falling into disrepair. When researching some of the problems with the current museum system, this was a fact of great concern for MAP. In response, MAP has decided to focus on conservation as a key duty. All artworks in the collection deemed of national cultural importance will be subject to specialist repair and upkeep to ensure their safety for future generations. Furthermore, MAP will use this knowledge to help other museums and collections adopt similar practices, slowly reversing hundreds of years of damage to Indian visual heritage as a result of neglect and lack of resources.

LIBRARY

In addition to MAP’s collection of art, the project also has one of the largest collections of books and written research material on Indian art and visual culture. This collection will be made freely available to students, researchers and scholars, and provide a place for those who want to learn and engage more deeply with the collections. More than just a place for displaying art, MAP intends to be a leader in new discoveries and original research on Indian art, stimulating debate and discussion.

AL FRESCO DINING

Cafés and restaurants have formed part of museums’ identities and often become integral parts of their success around the world and their importance should not be underestimated. It is a reality that in today’s day and age, especially for the young, socialising in cafés has replaced cultural activity. By putting together a fashionable and high-quality café in the centre of the city, MAP will further attract new audiences, and act as a hub for Bangalore.

AUDITORIUM

A 130-seater auditorium with state of the art audio-visual facilities will be situated on the first floor of MAP. Designed to be one of the best equipped of its kind in the city, the auditorium will host not only MAP’s programmes, but also be available to other cultural organisations in Bangalore, providing a platform for discussion, innovation and discourse within the arts community. There are also plans to create an arts cinema forum for screenings of arthouse and independent cinema – one of the few such spaces in the country.

TERRACEFOURTH FLOORTHIRD FLOOR

Artist’s impression and model of the Museum building

3130

Putting Education & Outreach First

Education at MAP encourages personal growth through an increased awareness of histories and realities that we may not have learned, been aware of, or perceived before. An intrinsic part of the museum experience, education at MAP is not restricted to formal programmes but will be integrated into the visitor experience through literature, audio guides, walkthroughs, family story trails, as well as curatorial emphasis and exhibition design.

Since 2014 MAP has been actively reaching out to the public, beyond the Museum space, to offer free, engaging and accessible programmes around the city. As part of its effort to be more inclusive and reach the widest audience, MAP has also been delivering programmes in Kannada, the regional language. In 2019, the MAP Education Centre, a site dedicated to the Museum’s educational programmes was launched, as a precursor to the classroom at the Museum.

Students at a free MAP educational workshop in Bangalore

3332

MAP actively builds on relationships and partnerships with local, national and international institutions to share knowledge, collaborate on exhibitions and programming, and advocate for India’s extraordinary cultural heritage. Even prior to the Museum’s launch, an active loans programme has facilitated public access to its collections, and provided MAP with an opportunity to build partnerships with other museums and archival institutions on both the national and international stage. Works of art from the MAP collections have been included in exhibitions at The Met (New York), the Tate Modern (London, UK), the Indian Heritage Centre (Singapore), the Bahrain Museum (Manama, Bahrain) and the Smith College Museum of Art (Massachusetts, USA). The Museum has also loaned its art works within the country to the National Gallery of Modern Art (Bangalore & New Delhi), the Piramal Museum of Art (Mumbai) and the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (New Delhi).

MAP is also committed to actively bringing its collection into the public realm through digital channels to reach the widest possible audience. As sharing is essential to MAP’s philosophy of access and transparency, it has forged collaborations with other digital platforms, such as its current partnership with Google Arts & Culture.

MAP intends to expand these relationships, through the sharing of scholarship and method of practice to ensure that the Museum is abreast of the most current trends and standards in museology. This will be achieved through initiatives such as training partnerships and participation in international programmes that will benefit the team across all departments. Also at the core of these international partnerships will be the development of travelling exhibitions and programming presented at partners and host institutions.

Forging Partnerships & Collaborations

A brocade skirt on loan from the MAP Collection at the Indian Heritage Centre, Singapore, for the exhibition Symbols & Scripts.

3534

Creating an InclusiveVisitor Experience

Through a re-examination of curatorial approaches and categorisations, MAP will innovate new ways for Indian art to become accessible to all. It will develop exhibitions and educational programming that will redraw the lines between art forms, styles, eras and commonly known classifications, integrating them into novel thematic interpretations. MAP believes this will draw new audiences, especially those having no previous exposure to the arts.

MAP’s programming will focus on combining academically challenging and educational content with interactive and engaging experiences. These will be designed to target specific audiences, ranging from cosmopolitan viewers and scholars to first-time visitors and children. Its curatorial interpretations will also employ links between historical and contemporary works of art; and take advantage of multidisciplinary modes, incorporating photography, moving images, and the newest technology in tandem with older works of art.

Students at a free MAP educational workshop in Bangalore

3736

Combining Art & Technology to Reach New Audiences

MAP aims to become the most technologically advanced museum in India. It will use specially designed digital tools to enhance the experiences of its visitors, as well as students and communities through its outreach programmes.

India is a recognised world leader in Information Technology, yet this is not currently reflected in many of the nation’s museums. Through an exploration of the power of technology — and its great potential to engage audiences — MAP will innovate and showcase some of India’s internationally recognised technological talent that will be specially designed for the arts and cultural sectors. At the Museum, computer screens and apps will guide visitors with infographics and interactive learning tools to help them understand the techniques, histories, and practices that are involved in the creation of an object. Further, all the artefacts in MAP’s collections will be digitised, with high-resolution images, and some rendered in 3D. The majority of this digital archive will then be available online — free to anyone in the world to view and study. The MAP website (www.map-india.org) will also contain interactive and supplementary educational content in order to disseminate information about its collections and educate new audiences.

3938

Conservation & Restoration

MAP has set up a state-of-the-art conservation lab, with the support of Tata Trusts. It is run by a team of three specialists, and will move to the new building as it opens. These restoration facilities protect and conserve the current collection while providing expertise and skills that will then contribute to the field of restoration across India.

MAP acknowledges its responsibility to serve as one of the guardians of India’s great heritage. Over the centuries, South India’s climate has been challenging to delicate works of art and many have deteriorated.

Specialists in MAP’s conservation department will be encouraged to engage with colleagues and programmes on an international basis to be apprised of the newest discoveries and techniques. Their crucial work will not only guarantee the conservation of the collection but also provide a preventative programme that will maintain the collection for future generations. MAP will also offer conservation services and consultancies to other institutions in the country, actively preserving India’s cultural heritage in every region.

One of MAP’s archivists, Sneha Kapote, organising artworks from the collection, Documentation Room at MAP’s offices in Bangalore

4140

Governance & Structure

THE ART & PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION The Art & Photography Foundation was established as a Public Charitable Trust in Bangalore in 2011 with registration under section 12AA. It is the legal entity under which MAP is owned and administered. MAP’s budget and donations are also managed by the Foundation. In 2016 the Trust was awarded registration under Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (2010), under Section 11(1) by the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs. The Trustees of the Art & Photography Foundation govern the Foundation and hold the assets, including the land, building, collections and an endowment fund of the Museum of Art & Photography in its trust. Similarly, donations of art to the Museum are entrusted to the Foundation and held under the care of its trustees.

The Foundation is supported by its patrons, sponsors, grant-giving organisations and The Museum of Art & Photography Foundation, Inc., an independent affiliate of the Foundation in the United States. The Founding Grant and a Leadership Gift was donated by the Poddar Family to the Foundation. Its accounts are managed by a chartered accountant and audited by Deloitte. If required, the Trust Deed of the Foundation can be made available on request.

THE MUSEUM OF ART & PHOTOGRAPHY MAP is a not-for-profit institution that currently receives no government funding and is a unit and major project of the Art & Photography Foundation. The land for the Museum was purchased through a donation by the Poddar Family, and the building will be funded by a select group of committed philanthropists and private patrons. Its programming will be funded through private patrons and corporate sponsorship. MAP is governed by its Board of Directors and advised by its International Advisory Committee. MAP’s Board of Directors elect the MAP Executive Committee members, whom they delegate the management of the museum. While many of the Museum’s programmes will be free to the public, any revenues collected through retail or ticketing for entrance fees, special exhibitions, and certain events will be reinvested back to underwriting the Museum’s activities.

THE MUSEUM OF ART & PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION, INC. (USA) The Museum of Art & Photography Foundation, Inc. was established as a charitable corporation under chapter 180 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is registered under Section 501(c)(3) by the United States Internal Revenue Code and is exempt to the greatest extent permissible by law from federal income tax. It is governed by its Trustees as outlined and in accordance with its Articles of Association and Bylaws. The Museum of Art & Photography Foundation, Inc. supports MAP in India, and other charitable projects, through the Art & Photography Foundation in Bangalore.

Trustees, Board and Core Personnel

MAP ADVISORY PANEL

Naman AhujaT. Richard BlurtonJorrit BritschgiAyesha BulchandaniMitchell A. K. CritesVinod DanielVenkat EshwaraRolf Fehlbaum Arundhati GhoshThomas GirstB.N. Goswamy Amin JafferJyotindra Jain Amrita Jhaveri Sanjeev Kumar M. Lakshminarayanan Nick Merriman Lekha PoddarAtul SatijaIreena Vittal

MAP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Abhishek Poddar Founder & President

S. R. KalyanamChief Financial Officer

Kamini SawhneyDirector

Nathaniel Gaskell Director, MAP Academy

MAP ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE

Soumitro Ghosh (Lead Architect)Rahul MehrotraMahrukh Tarapor

ACCESSIBILITY CONSULTANT

Diversity and Equal Opportunities Centre

SENIOR TEAM

Arnika Ahldag Associate Curator

Carolina Artegiani Head of Development

Mayank Manish Head of Technology

Priscilla RoxburghHead of Communication & PR

Shilpa VijayakrishnanSenior Manager, Education & Outreach

Madhura WairkarSenior Manager, Collections & Exhibitions

TRUSTEES OF THE ART & PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION

Arundhati NagAbhishek PoddarRadhika PoddarNirupama Rao

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MUSEUM OF ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

Nathaniel GaskellAjit MohanKiran Mazumdar-ShawSom Mittal (Chairman)Ajit MohanAbhishek Poddar Kamini Sawhney (Director)Ingrid SrinathManasi Tata

TRUSTEES OF THE MUSEUM OF ART & PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION, INC. (USA)

Mukesh AghiRajiv ChaudhriShanay JhaveriDeepanjana KleinAbhishek PoddarNirupama RaoDr. Gursharan Singh SidhuAndrás SzántóSusan Whitehead

4342

Biographies

Mukesh Aghi Trustee, Museum of Art & Photography Foundation Inc. (USA)

Mukesh Aghi serves as the President of the United States-India Strategic Partnership Forum and has extensive experience working with business and government leaders in the United States and India in the strengthening of ties between the two countries. Previously, he served as Chief Executive and Member of the Board at Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd., Chairman and CEO of the Asia-Pacific region at Steria, Inc. (India), and President of IBM India. Aghi holds several degrees including an advanced management diploma from Harvard Business School, and a Ph.D. in international relations from Claremont Graduate University. He has been recognized by Esquire Magazine as a Global Leader and won many awards over the course of his professional career, including the JRD Tata Leadership Award.

Naman P. AhujaMember of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Naman P. Ahuja is a curator of Indian art, Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) and Co-Editor of Marg Publications. He was curator of Indian sculpture at the British Museum in 2001, and contributed to the exhibition and catalogue of Divine Presence: The Arts of India and the Himalayas at Casa Asia in Barcelona in 2003. He has curated a number of exhibitions on classical and contemporary art including the critically acclaimed The Body in Indian Art and Thought (2013) and India and the World: A History in Nine Stories (2018, co- curated with J. B. Hill). His studies on terracottas, ivories and small finds have drawn attention to the foundations of Indian iconography and transcultural exchanges at an everyday, quotidian level. His publications include The Making of the Modern Indian Artist Craftsman: Devi Prasad (2011) and The Art and Archaeology of Ancient India, Earliest times to the sixth century (2018).

T. Richard BlurtonMember of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography T.Richard Blurton is head of the South Asian section in the Department of Asia at the British Museum. Before joining the British Museum in 1986, he was trained as an archaeologist and worked on excavations and research projects in Afghanistan and in southern India. Blurton has curatorial charge of the British Museum’s collections from South Asia, South East Asia, as well as Tibet, and has curated exhibitions and permanent galleries concerned with these regions. A Fellow and Member of Council of the Royal Asiatic Society, and Monographs Editor of the Society for South Asian Studies at The British Academy in London, Blurton has also authored publications such as Hindu Art, Visions from the Golden Land: Burma and the Art of Lacquer, and Burma: Art and Archaeology.

Jorrit BritschgiMember of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Jorrit Britschgi is the Executive Director of the Rubin Museum of Art in New York, dedicated to connecting visitors with the art and ideas of the Himalayan region. He is an historian of Asian art and an experienced museum professional, striving to expand public awareness and appreciation of Asian art and culture. Previously, he served as Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Rubin Museum, Head of Exhibition at the Museum Rietberg in Zurich and Curator of Indian Painting at the Museum Rietberg. An alumnus of the Getty Leadership Institute, he has organized numerous exhibitions and publications and is managing publisher of Artibus Asiae, a leading journal of Asian Art and Archaeology.

Ayesha Bulchandani Member of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Ayesha Bulchandani began her career as an entrepreneur with a focus on fashion accessories under the label Soul & Accent Designs, New York. However, since 2010, she has grown more committed to philanthropic endeavours and been instrumental in pioneering initiatives in education, providing students and young professionals from diverse backgrounds the opportunity and exposure to the visual arts and classical performing arts professions. As a trustee of the Frick Collection, she launched new initiatives for paid graduate and undergraduate internship programs and educational dance and music performances. Bulchandani is also an avid collector of religious Russian Icons; Contemporary Indian art and antiquities; Baroque paintings; as well as 17th and 18th century French and Italian works. She is also a member of the Hirshhorn International Council, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C and a member of the Drawings Committee of the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.

Rajiv Chaudhri Trustee, Museum of Art & Photography Foundation Inc. (USA)

Rajiv is Founder and CEO of Sunsara Capital. His professional experience encompasses over 35 years in the investment management business in a variety of leadership capacities. Prior to founding Sunsara, Rajiv was the Founder and President of Digital Century Capital for 15 years, a research driven, long-short, high-tech hedge fund that managed a peak portfolio in excess of $1 billion invested in both public and private technology companies. He has been an early investor in companies like AOL, Yahoo, EBAY, Inktomi, SanDisk, Blackberry, VMC, PayPal and Google. He was a trusted financial and strategic advisor to Motorola, Texas Instruments, Intel, SanDisk, AMD, Altera, Micron Technology, TSMC, NEC, Toshiba and other Asian high technology companies. His two passions outside of investing are public policy and collecting Indian art.

4544

Thomas GirstMember of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Thomas Girst is the global Head of Cultural Engagement at the BMW Group, a position he has occupied since 2003. Formerly the head of the Art Science Research Laboratory in New York under the directorship of Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University, Girst studied art history, American Studies and German literature at Hamburg University and New York University. In 2016, he was made recipient of the “European Cultural Manager of the Year” award. His prominent publications include Art, Literature, and the Japanese American Internment, The Indefinite Duchamp, The Duchamp Dictionary, BMW Art Cars, 100 Secrets of the Art World.

B. N. Goswamy Member of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Dr. B. N. Goswamy is an Indian art historian and critic, best known for his scholarship on Indian miniature paintings, particularly Pahari painting, and the author of over twenty books on arts and culture including Nainsukh of Guler: A Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill-State, Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India, Painters at the Sikh Court, and Masters of Indian Painting 1100-1900. A recipient of the Padma Shri and the Padma Bushan, Goswamy has previously taught at Punjab University, Chandigarh, where he also developed its Museum of Fine Arts as director. He has also served as visiting faculty at various international universities; been a member of the Governing Committee of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR); chaired the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi; and served as vice chairman of the Sarabhai Foundation that runs the Calico Museum of Textiles.

Jyotindra Jain Member of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Dr. Jyotindra Jain is the former Director of Crafts Museum; Professor and Dean at the School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; and Member Secretary of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, all based in New Delhi. He is currently the Director and Managing Trustee of CIViC: Centre for Indian Visual Culture, New Delhi. Dr. Jain has also served as an Alexander-von Humboldt Fellow, a Homi Bhabha Fellow, a visiting professor at Harvard University, and a Rudolf-Arnheim Visiting Professor at Humboldt University in Berlin. He has extensively published and curated exhibitions on Indian vernacular arts as well as popular visual culture. He is also recipient of the 1998 Prince Claus Award for his contribution to Indian arts and culture.

Amin Jaffer Member of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Amin Jaffer is Senior Curator of The Al Thani Collection, an encyclopaedic holding of over 6,000 works of art. Previously Senior Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and International Director of Asian Art at Christie’s, he has authored Furniture from British India and Ceylon (2001), Luxury Goods from India (2002), Made for Maharajas: a Design Diary of Princely India (2006). Jaffer was co-curator of the exhibitions Encounters: the Meeting of Asia and Europe, 1500–1800 (2004) and Maharaja: the Splendour of India’s Royal Courts (2009) at the V&A, and co-editor of the associated books. He was also co-curator of From the Great Mughals to the Maharajas: Jewels from The Al Thani Collection at the Grand Palais, Paris (2017) and curator of Treasures of the Mughals and the Maharajas: The Al Thani Collection at the Doge’s Palace, Venice (2017) and Treasures from The Al Thani Collection(2018) at the Palace Museum, Beijing.

Amrita JhaveriMember of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Amrita Jhaveri has been working in the field of Modern and Contemporary Indian art since 1993. Having established Christie’s presence in India in the mid-1990s, she moved to London in 2000 and began to build her private collection of art from which she has loaned to museums worldwide. She has worked as an independent advisor, creating and managing private and corporate art collections; ambitious artist’s projects and large-scale commissions. In 2010, she established Jhaveri Contemporary, a gallery of Modern and Contemporary art, in Mumbai. Her research interests have resulted in exhibitions such as Thinking Tantra and South Asian Modernists, 1953- 63, and she is the author of 101: A Guide to 101 Modern and Contemporary Indian Artists.

Shanay JhaveriTrustee, Museum of Art & Photography Foundation Inc. (USA)

Shanay Jhaveri is Assistant Curator, International Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. A graduate of Brown University, and Jhaveri holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art. His recent exhibitions include Companionable Silences (2013) at the Palais de Tokyo, Everything we do is music (2017) at the Drawing Room, and film programs for the Dhaka Art Summit, the Film at Lincoln Center, and Tate Modern. His books include Western Artists and India: Creative Inspirations in Art and Design, Outsider Films on India: 1950–1990, and America: Films from Elsewhere. He has published widely in various art journals. Jhaveri organised the 2018 Roof Commission, Huma Bhabha: We Come in Peace, and curated Phenomenal Nature: Mrinalini Mukherjee at the Met Breuer in 2019.

Mitchell A. K. CritesMember of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography

Mitchell A. K. Crites is an American art historian, who has lived, researched and worked in India and across the Islamic world for more than forty-five years. His primary focus has been the revival of traditional South Asian and Islamic arts and crafts, about which he regularly writes and lectures. He has coordinated a number of prestigious art and architectural projects, working with thousands of artists, carvers and calligraphers to realise them, including Lakshmi Mittal’s home in London, the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi and the restoration of the historic Jal Mahal Water Palace in Jaipur. Crites also serves as senior cultural advisor to the Turquoise Mountain Institute for the revival of traditional Afghan and Saudi arts and crafts.

Vinod DanielMember of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Vinod Daniel is an internationally recognised museum expert. He holds a number of positions including as Chairman of the Board for AusHeritage, Board Member of the International Council of Museums, CEO of Daniel Aspac Pty Ltd and Chief Executive Officer and Managing Trustee of the India Vision Institute. He has been a Board Member of the Australia India Council (1995 – 2011) and Vice Chairman of the International Council of Museums-Committee for Conservation (2008 – 2014). He was awarded the Indo-Australian Award for Meritorious Service by the Indo Australian Association in 2009, the International Council of Museums Australia award for International Relations in 2011 amongst others. He had worked with the Getty Conservation Institute (1990-95), the Australia Museum (1995-2010) and on other museum-related projects in over 60 countries, published and presented over 70 papers and has been featured extensively in media articles related to museums.

Venkat EshwaraMember of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Venkat is Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations at Ashoka University. He has been with Ashoka since its inception and works closely with its Founders, Board of Trustees and Governing Body. Venkat’s responsibilities include fundraising, developing and implementing strategy, providing leadership and heading alumni relations at the institution. He formed and led the team that has raised the largest collective philanthropic fundraise in India. Venkat also ideated and helped create the Ashoka Archives for Contemporary India, which now possesses a formidable collection of documents and papers from eminent people across the world. Prior to joining Ashoka, he spent 21 years in building and growing start-ups in financial services and related sectors. Ashoka is his fifth association with a start-up and early stage venture. His core strengths lie in building, growing and managing geographically diverse operations. Venkat is an alumnus of St. Xaviers College, Calcutta and is fluent in four languages. He has a deep and abiding interest in wide-ranging musical genres and writes a blog on fundraising, organisation building and strategy.

Rolf FehlbaumMember of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Rolf Fehlbaum is Chairman Emeritus and active Member of the Board of Directors of Vitra, a family-owned furniture company with headquarters in Birsfelden, Switzerland. Before becoming CEO and later Chairman of Vitra, Fehlbaum was active in the production of art editions, documentary films and architectural education. During his tenure at Vitra, he established relationships with many of the world’s leading designers and developed projects with Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, Nicholas Grimshaw, Alvaro Siza, Herzog & de Meuron and SANAA, all of whom designed buildings for the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein. An avid collector of twentieth-century furniture, Fehlbaum founded the Vitra Design Museum in 1989, which is now considered one of the foremost institutions in its field.

Nathaniel GaskellAssociate Director, Museum of Art & Photography Nathaniel Gaskell is a writer and curator, specializing in the history of photography and visual media from the Indian subcontinent. Before moving to India in 2010, Gaskell worked for Eric Franck in London and Source Photographica in Australia as an archivist and researcher. As the director of Tasveer in India, he has played a key role in the gallery’s publishing program and in the development of the marketing, and awareness of, South Asian photography. He studied fine art photography at AUCB, UK, and holds a Master of Research degree in Cultural Studies from the London Consortium.

Arundhati Ghosh Member of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Arundhati Ghosh is the Executive Director of the India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) and sits on various Boards and Advisory Panels including those of the Beyond Sight Foundation and the Seagull Foundation for the Arts. In 2010, Ghosh received the first Global Fundraiser Award instituted by Resource Alliance International. She is also a recipient of the prestigious Chevening Gurukul Scholarship for Leadership and Excellence at the London School of Economics, London; and was awarded the Chevening Clore Leadership Awards for 2015-2016, working with the National Theatre in London to recommend a strategy for their national reach over the next three to five years

4746

Arundhati Nag Trustee, The Art & Photography Foundation

Arundhati Nag is a prominent polyglot actor and theatre personality, who has been involved with multilingual theatre in India for over 25 years. She is the founder and Managing Trustee of the Sanket Trust that runs Ranga Shankara, a theatre in Bangalore. Nag has also been involved in several television and film projects, and has received both the Karnataka State Film Award (1985) and the National Film Award (2010). She has been presented the Padma Shri (2010) by the President of India for her untiring efforts and tremendous achievements in the Arts, and also conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Theatre Acting (2008) by India’s National Academy of Music, Dance and Theatre.

Abhishek Poddar Founder & Trustee, Art & Photography FoundationTrustee, Museum of Art & Photography Foundation Inc. (USA)

Abhishek Poddar is a businessman and a prominent collector and patron of the arts in India. He has been collecting art since high school and has created a significant collection of South Asian art, craft and antiquities, including modern and contemporary art and photography. Poddar is involved in various family group companies with diverse interests and serves on the advisory committees of several cultural institutions including the Deccan Heritage Foundation, FIND (Foundation Inde-Europe de Nouveaux Dialogues or the India-Europe Foundation for New Dialogues) and the Lincoln Center Global Council, USA.

Radhika Poddar Trustee, Art & Photography Foundation

Radhika Poddar is a patron of Indian art and design, and has been an important part of the formation of the Museum of Art & Photography and the documentation of its core collection. Mrs. Poddar is involved in the running of various family group companies, as well as being the vision behind Cinnamon, a lifestyle store with branches in Cochin and Bangalore. Through Cinnamon she promotes Indian design by retailing and commissioning collections created by traditional craftspeople as well as contemporary Indian designers.

Lekha Poddar Member of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography

Lekha Poddar is a philanthropist, businesswoman and art collector. Among other initiatives, she is recognised for her instrumental role in setting up ‘Textile Arts of India’, an organisation created to promote excellence in traditional handloom weaving in the country. With friends, she restored and set up the Neemrana Fort Palace Hotel near Alwar, Rajasthan. In 2000, along with her son, Anupam Poddar, Devigarh—an 18th century Fort Palace outside Udaipur, Rajasthan—was also restored and launched as a hotel. Harnessing her passion for South Asian art, Poddar further founded the Devi Art Foundation with her son. Established in 2008, the Devi Art Foundation has held fourteen major exhibitions till date, and is now involved in arts education to a smaller scale.

Som Mittal Chairman of the Board of Directors, Museum of Art & Photography Som Mittal is a prominent international figure in the field of Information Technology and recipient of a lifetime achievement award for outstanding dedication to the growth of the Global ICT industry by the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA). He has also been awarded the Rotary International Business Leader of the Year. Mittal has more than three decades of experience in the IT and automotive sector, including stints in several multinationals such as Hewlett Packard and Wipro. Formerly Chairman and President of NASSCOM, he is now on the boards of several companies, educational institutions, and social organiszations.

Ajit MohanMember of the Board of Directors, Museum of Art & Photography As Vice President and Managing Director, Facebook India, Ajit Mohan spearheads the company’s India charter. His team is focused on enabling Indians to connect with people, communities, and the things they care the most about. Prior to Facebook, Ajit was CEO at Hotstar, which he built into India’s leading streaming platform. Ajit spent five years at McKinsey & Company, first in New York in its media practice and two years as a McKinsey Global Institute Fellow, where he co-authored India’s Urban Awakening in 2010. Ajit has worked extensively on social initiatives, such as child nutrition in Bihar, anti-sex selection programmes in New Delhi and in improving access to government welfare in New York for a programme run by the Robin Hood Foundation. He is a graduate of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University; the Wharton School, Pennsylvania; and holds a BASc, Computer Engineering from NTU, Singapore.

S.R. KalyanamChief Financial Officer, Museum of Art & Photography

S.R. Kalyanam is the Group CFO of Matheson Bosanquet, a tea plantations management and consultant company, with a profound knowledge and rich experience of over four decades in the fields of accounts, finance, taxation and general management. A post graduate in Commerce, a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (FCS), and an Associate Member of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India (ACMA), Kalyanam has made many tangible contributions towards the establishment of the Art & Photography Foundation.

Deepanjana KleinTrustee, Museum of Art & Photography Foundation Inc. (USA)

Deepanjana Klein is the International Head of the Department for Contemporary Indian & Southeast Asian Art at Christie’s. Previous to this position she was an independent curator in New York City, where she curated numerous exhibitions of contemporary Indian art. Klein has taught art history, theory, and aesthetics at the Leicester School of Architecture in England and at the Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies in Mumbai. She also regularly writes on contemporary Indian art for various journals, and was one of the five women chosen as the Power 2016: High-Wattage Women by Blouin Art & Auction.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Member of the Board of Directors, Museum of Art & Photography Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is the Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon Limited. In 2014 she was awarded the ‘Othmer Gold Medal’ by the U.S.-based Chemical Heritage Foundation for her outstanding contributions to the progress of science and chemistry and received the coveted ‘2014 Global Economy Prize for Business’ by Germany-based Kiel Institute for the World Economy. She is a member of the Board of Governors at the Indian School of Business and the first woman to head the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. She has been conferred the Padma Shri (1989) and Padma Bhushan (2005) for her innovative efforts in Industrial Biotechnology. She has also been featured in TIME Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, as well as featured on the Forbes’ list of the most powerful women and ‘The Financial Times Top 50 Women in Business’ list.

Nick MerrimanMember of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Nick Merriman is the Director and CEO of the Horniman Museum and Gardens, a nationally-funded museum of world culture and environments in London. Formerly the Director of the Manchester Museum (2006–2018), Merriman doubled the number of its visitors through focusing its mission on promoting understanding between cultures, refurbishing most of the permanent galleries, and spearheaded the development of a major new wing including a large gallery on South Asian history and culture. He is an Honorary Professor of Museum Studies at the University of Manchester, and has published widely on museum topics. He has also served as Chair of the International Council of Museums (UK, 2001–2004), President of the Council for British Archaeology (2005–2008), Chair of the University Museums Group (2009–2013), Convenor of the Museums Association’s Ethics Committee (2008–2014) and Chair of the Collections Trust (2014–2017).

Sanjeev KumarMember of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Sanjeev Kumar is a respected numismatist and author whose encyclopaedic book on the coinage of the Gupta Empire is widely-referenced for the history of gold coins from the 4th-6th century AD. As an expert on ancient coinage of India, Kumar provides guidance to museums worldwide. He is Chairman of the Shivlee Trust, which supports the preservation and study of Indian history, art and artefacts. Prior to his retirement, Kumar spent 32 years in international finance and private equity as Chairman and Managing Director for Shivlee Holdings Ltd., which owned and operated companies in USA, Canada, China and India. He is also a founding trustee of the Bharatiya temple of Northwest Indiana, USA as well as a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain.

M. Lakshminarayanan Member of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography M. Lakshminarayanan is the former Managing Partner (Tax) for Deloitte India (2007–2015). A graduate in mathematics from Kerala University and a Chartered Accountant by qualification, Lakshminarayanan joined Fraser & Ross, a legacy firm of Deloitte in India as an intern in 1971. During his 44 year tenure with Deloitte and its legacy firm he accumulated a variety of experiences, including leading multiple financial advisory and forensic projects. Prior to taking on the role of Managing Partner (Tax), he served as Audit Partner, Chief Ethical Officer/Risk & Reputation Leader and Managing Partner (Bangalore office). He was also a member of the Board of Deloitte India, Deloitte India Executive Committee and Deloitte Asia Pacific Tax Executive Committee and served as the Chairman of the International Tax Council of ASSOCHAM.

4948

András SzántóTrustee, Museum of Art & Photography Foundation Inc. (USA)

András Szántó, Ph.D. is the founder of New York-based Andras Szanto LLC, which provides strategic counsel to museums, cultural organisations, commercial brands, and educational institutions worldwide in all phases of the conceptualisation and implementation of strategic plans and cultural initiatives. András is also an influential writer and researcher in the fields of art, media, cultural policy, arts sponsorship, and philanthropy. Author and editor of numerous books and research reports, he has been a contributor to The Art Newspaper, The New York Times, Artforum, and many leading publications. András has taught art business and marketing at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art and served as director of the National Arts Journalism Program and the NEA Arts Journalism Institute, both at Columbia University

Manasi TataMember of the Board of Directors, Museum of Art & Photography Manasi Tata was recently appointed as the first United Nations in India Young Business Champion for the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). Her appointment focuses on the role of business in development and on issues such as climate change, use of plastic and women empowerment. Manasi set up ‘Caring with Colour – a Manasi Kirloskar Initiative’, an education-related non-profit organisation that aims to improve the in-classroom teaching-learning process through activity-based and arts-integrated learning. It is working with 10 government schools in Karnataka. She also, along with her mother, has set up a 310-bed, multi-speciality hospital in Bangalore.

Nirupama Rao Trustee, Art & Photography FoundationTrustee, Museum of Art & Photography Foundation Inc. (USA)

Nirupama Rao is the former Indian Foreign Secretary (2009–2011) and Ambassador of India to the United States of America (2011-2013). Working in the Indian Foreign Service from 1973 to 2011, she has served in various capacities in several countries across the world, and was the first woman to be appointed as the Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Ambassador to China. Mrs. Rao has been a fellow at Harvard University and Brown University. In 2014 she received the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship in connection with her ongoing book project on the diplomatic history of relations between India and China.

Gursharan Singh Sidhu Trustee, Museum of Art & Photography Foundation Inc. (USA)

Dr. Gursharan S. Sidhu holds degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras) and Stanford University. After a long career in academia and the technological sector (Apple Inc. and Microsoft) he now focuses on his passion for the arts of India. He and his wife collect traditional and vernacular paintings from India and art from Mexico. Dr. Sidhu was formerly Co-Chairman of the Board of the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer and Sackler Galleries and is currently on the Board of Trustees of the Seattle Art Museum, as well as the Acquisitions Committee of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.

Susan WhiteheadTrustee, Museum of Art & Photography Foundation Inc. (USA)

Susan Whitehead is Vice Chair and life board member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT. In addition to being a lifetime trustee of MIT, she currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Berklee College of Music, and on the boards of the Museum of Science in Boston and Horizons for Homeless Children. She is also the former Chair of Horizons for Homeless Children, the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Bayview Correctional Facility in NYC, and Whitehead Institute. Previously a trial attorney in Boston, Whitehead also has experience as an assistant district attorney in New York City and directed a clinical program at Brooklyn Law School. She has had a lifelong passion for the visual arts, particularly photography.

Atul Satija Member of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography

Atul Satija is the Founder & CEO of The/Nudge Foundation. After 17 years of starting, scaling and turning around various businesses in some of the largest and most respected organisations globally, he started The/Nudge Foundation to fulfil his passion of working on inequality and social issues facing India. Previously their Chief Business Officer, responsible for global sales, marketing, business development and operations, he now serves as the CEO of The/Nudge as well as GiveIndia. Satija has also served in various general management, business development and sales roles across telecom and technology companies including Adobe, Samsung and Infosys; and as Chairperson for EndPoverty, a non-profit working on various poverty-related issues including water, sanitation, education, skill-development, sustainability and women empowerment, whose board he remains on. He was named in the #40underForty list by The Economic Times in 2017.

Kamini SawhneyDirector, Museum of Art & Photography

Kamini Sawhney is the director of the Museum of Art and Photography. Before this, she headed the Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, the modern and contemporary wing of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (formerly the Prince of Wales Museum). In addition to her role as curator, Kamini played an active part in initiating collaborations and programming at the Museum. She was the Chief Project Coordinator for the landmark exhibition India and The World: A History in Nine Stories, presented in 2017-18 by the CSMVS in collaboration with the British Museum and the National Museum, New Delhi. Since 2011, she has helped bring to the public realm a series of exhibitions structured around the collection including a special focus on women artists – Voicing a Presence. She was awarded the first Brook Fellowship at the Tate Modern in 2014. She has also been a journalist and television anchor with NDTV where she was bureau chief, Mumbai covering political and cultural events.

Ingrid Srinath Member of the Board of Directors, Museum of Art & Photography

Ingrid Srinath is the Founder-Director of the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy (CSIP) at Ashoka University. CSIP has produced path-breaking research on philanthropic flows, the impact of changes in foreign funding, the non-profit ecosystem and regulatory reform. A graduate of the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, Ingrid transitioned from her 12-year career in advertising to the non-profit sector in 1998 with CRY (Child Rights and You), where she was CEO from 2004-08. She was Executive Director of CHILDLINE India Foundation, India’s emergency helpline for children in distress and, subsequently, CEO of Hivos India. She has also served on numerous advisory boards including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Development Co-operation Forum (UN DCF), the World Economic Forum (WEF) amongst others. She has been a passionate advocate for human rights, social justice and civil society for over 20 years.

Ireena VittalMember of the Advisory Panel, Museum of Art & Photography Ireena Vittal is an independent strategic advisor and director on the boards of some of India’s best-known companies. After 24 years in the business sector, she currently works on issues related to Indias’ urban agenda and agri-markets. Previously, she has held the position of a Partner at McKinsey & Co for 16 years, where she served global companies on issues of growth and sustainable scale-up. She has also worked with Nestle and MaxTouch. One of India’s most respected consultant and advisor, Ms Vittal has co-authored several studies relating to agriculture and urbanization. She has served government and public institutions to design and implement solutions core to India’s development in the areas of inclusive urban development and sustainable rural growth. Ms Vittal currently serves as a board member of Wipro, Zomato, Titan Company Limited, The Indian Hotels Company Limited, Godrej Consumer Products Limited, HDFC Limited, Compass Plc and non-profit organizations such as Vidhi Legal, Wateraid and Educate Girls, among others.

5150

Current Major Donors

We are truly grateful for the generosity of those who have shown their faith in MAP so far. Their contributions are fundamental to the Museum and we would not be able to continue on this journey without them.

The Poddar family has contributed Leadership Gift of INR 50 crore, in addition to a donation of 7,000 artworks.

FOUNDING CIRCLE

MAP’s Founding Circle members have all pledged a minimum of INR 1 crore to the museum. They currently include:

Ananth NarayananAprameya RadhakrishnaArjun & Anu AggarwalAshok & Pooja ReddyAshok Kumar NedurumaliAtul AgarwalBarbara Levy KipperCentum Electronics LimitedDrs. Anmol S. & Surjit K. Mahal FedExFord FoundationGaurav & Priyanjili GoelGeeta Premnath KhandelwalHarsh NeotiaIn Memory of KP PoddarIn Memory of Mr & Mrs SanghiJayshree and US BhartiaMariam RamMindtreePrashanth PrakashRahul & Lavina BaldotaRamani SastriRISTRoopa & G V RavishankarSamit Ghosh

IN KIND PATRONSThe following companies and individuals have gifted substantial materials and services to the construction and interiors of the museum, including specialist equipment and artworks.

AccentureAlufitDjena Sunavala Euclideon HolographicsFacebook Featherlite Office Furniture Jamshyd & Pheroza GodrejJSL Foundation Kirloskar Electric CompanyKone Microsoft OpEzeePrashant BhatnagarSaint GobainSomany CeramicsSonata Software Xarpie

GIFTS OF ART

The following individuals have all contributed to the MAP collection by gifting artworks.

Abha DalmiaAdrian Wilson Anju Poddar Anmol S. & Surjit K. MahalBarbara Levy KipperDeepak Puri Harsha and Srilatha ReddyJyoti Bhatt Kenneth Robbins Michael Abbott Richa & Jamshed ChinoySuresh Punjabi/Studio SuhagThe Family of Jaithirth RaoThe Family of TS SatyanThe JP Singhal Photography Collection The Travellers CollectionUma RaoUmah AgarwalWaswo X Waswo

FOUNDING PATRONS

MAP’s other Founding Patrons have all pledged a minimum of USD 1 million to the museum. They currently include:

Citi H.T. Parekh Foundation (HDFC Ltd)Infosys FoundationKiran Mazumdar-Shaw Manipal FoundationMphasis F1 FoundationPuneet & Avantika DalmiaSasken Technologies Sunil MunjalTata TrustsWipro Foundation

Sangeeta & Mahendran BalachandranSaranya GogineniSom & Vidhu MittalSonata SoftwareSusan WhiteheadTariq AnsariThe Family of Jaithirth RaoVani KolaVenkat VardhanVT & Sree Yogen Dalal

5352

Timeline

2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 3 2 0 1 4 2 0 1 5

MAP is conceived of, and the Art & Photography Foundation is established to begin planning the museum.

MAP launches its first free public lecture on the arts at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru, delivered by India’s preeminent art historian, Dr. B. N. Goswamy.

MAP Board is established and its first meeting held.

The Poddar family dedicates their family collection to the management of the Foundation. MAP begins archiving and digitising these works.

MAP works with Indian creative agency, TSK Design, to create its brand identity.

The MAP website is launched.

The Foundation receives FCRA certification.

MAP receives its first major donation artworks: The Deepak Puri Collection is established.

2 0 1 6

MAP team travels to Washington DC for talks and advisory sessions with the Smithsonian.

MAP begins working with local schools in Bengaluru to deliver free workshops for children.

MAP partners with Google Cultural Institute and launches its page on their platform.

The Poddars raise 35 crores for the museum through selling works from their private collection at a Christie’s auction.

2 0 1 7 2 0 1 8 2 0 1 9 2 0 2 12 0 2 0

Land is secured for MAP’s flagship building and the MAP Architectural Committee is established to oversee planning and construction.

MAP’s first major donors and founding patrons, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and Sasken Technologies, come on board.

MAP launches the MAP Foundation USA to forge oversea partnerships, which receives 501(3)C status.

MAP holds its first special event to introduce the museum project to interested stakeholders.

Groundbreaking ceremony for the Museum is officiated.

MAP adds Tata Trusts & Citi to its list of Founding Patrons.

MAP introduces the project at a Christie’s event in New York, during Asian Art Week.

The Poddar family donate over 7000 artworks to the museum collection.

MAP launches workshops for educators as part of its new education programme.

MAP opens to the public

Online exhibitionslaunched

Research on MAP’s potentialaudiences initiated

Work on MAP’snew website begins

MAP curates first season of exhibitions in preparation forthe opening

MAP building - superstructure at fourth-floor level and ongoing

ART (is) Life Festival launched

MAP Digital Museum launched

MAP Art & CultureLecture series launched

Conservation Centre setup with the help of a grant from Tata Trusts

MAP’s first director - Kamini Sawhney joins the team

MAP’s begins planning and execution of first season of exhibitions

MAP building - basements completed in RCC and steel frame superstructure continued.

MAP building - excavation completed, basement RCC levels begins

MAPSua House26/1 Kasturba Cross RoadBangalore 560 001, India

+91 80 4053 5217hello@map-india.org

map-india.orgmapbangalore