Art shows lined up in Mumbai in 2010

This is indeed one of the most exciting times for Mumbai’s art fraternity, mentions Riddhi Doshi of The DNA in a news report, ‘Colouring up 2010’ .

The era which was ruled just by signatures seems to be in the distant past now and one look at the art calender of a few city galleries ensures that 2010 will be quite an eventful year for the art frat in Mumbai, the report adds. Here are the shows lined up in Mumbai in 2010.

• The most popular art gallery in the city, the Jehangir Art Gallery, will host renowned artist Satish Gujral’s solo exhibition in February. This comes after a long time.The show will be followed by Rini Dhumal’s show in September. Work will begin on setting up artist Jayasri Burman’s show by Art Musings.
• Art lovers will get to see the collection of theillustrious Tata family at Coomaraswamy Hall of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sanghralaya. in April. Curator of the museum, Vandana Prapanna, states, “In this exhibition we will display the art collection of the Tata family since 1922. And soon after that there will be a huge exhibition on miniature art based on the 17th and 18th century poetry of Lord Krishna.”
• As every year there will be the Master Artists’ show at the Nehru Centre gallery. It will see a huge exhibition of works of about 108 new and emerging artists. The show is among the highlights of Nehru Centre.
• Richard Wilson’s 20:50 reinstalled at Duke of York’s HQ is originally created in 1987. This one makes its presence felt in the city in January at the Sakshi art gallery.
• Art expert Ranjit Hoskote along with artist Bose Krishnamachari are doing an interesting art project titled Kali Pilli based on the cabs in the city. This will be held at the Rachana Sansad.
• In October one may look forward to artist Arzan Khambatta’s works that can be mounted on the walls. Accompanying him in the exhibition at the Jamaat art gallery will be artist Sunil Padwal.