Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), housed in a state-of-the-art building in South India’s capital city, Bangalore, opens to the public on 18 February 2023.

MAP’s landmark 44,000 square foot building, located in the heart of Bangalore’s museum quarter is designed by Bangalore based architects, Mathew & Ghosh, and includes four large galleries, a café and a rooftop restaurant with sweeping views across the city, a 130 seat auditorium, a library housing extensive research material on Indian art and culture, freely available to students and researchers, and a conservation laboratory to carry out research and care of the collection.

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, tribal 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 extensive in India with a particular focus on the period from the mid-nineteenth century, a turning point in the history of Britain’s colonial relationship with the region, right up to the present day.

MAP is the brainchild of philanthropist and collector Abhishek Poddar, who also gifted the founding collection. Director, Kamini Sawhney.

Team:

Architects: Mathew & Ghosh

Photographer: Iwan Baan