National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore

National Galley of Modern Art (Bangalore)
Established	2009 (2009)
Location	Bangalore
Coordinates	12°59′23″N 77°35′17″E / 12.989705°N 77.588150°E / 12.989705; 77.588150
Type	Art Gallery
Collections	Painting of renowned Indian artists.
Collection size	500
Director	Mr. K.G. Kumar
Owner	Government of India
Nearest car park	On site (no charge)
Website	http://ngmaindia.gov.in/ngma_bangaluru.asp

National Gallery of Modern Art is an art gallery in Bangalore. It was inaugurated in the year 2009. It showcases modern Indian art and houses paintings by Raja Ravi Verma, Jamini Roy, Amrita Sher-Gil, Rabindranath Tagore and a large number of Modern and Contemporary artists.

History

The gallery was being refurbished in 2006 to open as the third site of NGMA. This follows a prolonged period of development and controversy.^[1]

Building

In Bangalore, it is functional in Manikyavelu mansion on Palace road, on a walkable distance from Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium.

Collection

NGMA Bangalore currently houses approximately 500 exhibits that are spread across a corridor, tiny rooms and large spacious halls that span two floors. You could cover this in between 1 and 2 hours. The exhibits have been displayed - classified into broad categories - according to different time periods, art schools and by artists. One can see paintings by Raja Ravi Verma, Jamini Roy, Amrita Sher-Gil, the Tagore brothers and Rabindranath Tagore and a large number of Modern and Contemporary artists.

References

↑ Whose gallery is it, anyway?, The Hindu, Aug 18, 2002

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National Gallery of Modern Art, Bangalore

History

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