Devi Art Foundation

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{short description|Art museum in Delhi}} {{Infobox museum | name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | logo = Devi Art Foundation logo.gif | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | map_type = | map_relief = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_dot_label = | coordinates =  | former_name =  | established = | dissolved =  | location = Delhi, India | type = Art museum | accreditation = | key_holdings = | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = | founder = Anupam and Lekha Poddar | executive_director = | leader_type = | leader = | director = | president = | ceo = | chairperson = | curator = | architect = Aniket Bhagwat | historian = | owner = | employees = | public_transit = | parking =  | website = {{URL|deviartfoundation.org}} | network = | embedded =  }} The '''Devi Art Foundation''' is a contemporary art museum located in Gurgaon, Delhi, India.

The museum opened in September 2008,<ref name="ArtAsiaPacific 2008">{{cite magazine |title=Devi Art Foundation Opens in New Delhi |url=http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/60/NewDelhiDeviArtFoundationOpensInNewDelhi |access-date=11 April 2021 |magazine=ArtAsiaPacific |location=India |date=September–October 2008}}</ref> making it the first contemporary art museum in India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Somini |title=Where Tradition Has Ruled, a Home for Contemporary Art |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/arts/design/26collect.html |access-date=11 April 2021 |work=The New York Times |location=New Delhi |date=25 August 2008}}</ref> It was founded by Anupam Poddar and his mother Lekha Poddar, whose family businesses include Sirpur Paper Mills and the Devigarh luxury hotel in Rajasthan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lady of the manor |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/lady-of-the-manor/cid/400210 |access-date=11 April 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=10 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="Nicholson 2009">{{cite magazine |last1=Nicholson |first1=Louise |title=A family quest |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Apollo/2009/October/1-p52586 |access-date=11 April 2021 |magazine=Apollo |volume=170 |issue=569 |date=October 2009}}</ref>

The museum hosts permanent and temporary exhibitions of Indian art from the collections of its founders,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Harris |first1=Lucian |title=Devi Art Foundation is India's first private museum of contemporary art |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/archive/india-s-first-private-museum-of-contemporary-art |access-date=11 April 2021 |magazine=The Art Newspaper |issue=189 |location=Delhi |date=1 March 2008}}</ref> described by ''ArtAsiaPacific'' as "one of India's most important private collections," containing "more than 7,000 contemporary, modern and tribal artworks from across the Subcontinent."<ref name="ArtAsiaPacific 2008" /> Deeksha Nath organized its first exhibition, ''Still Moving Image'', focused on the video and photography of twenty-five Indian artists.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Devika |title=Still Moving Image |url=https://www.frieze.com/article/still-moving-image |access-date=25 April 2021 |work=frieze |issue=119 |date=1 November 2008}}</ref>

The museum's building, designed by architect Aniket Bhagwat, mixes Corten steel with handmade bricks. It also houses the headquarters of Sirpur Paper Mills on its upper floors.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gregory |first1=Rob |title=Devi Art Foundation by M/S Prabhaker B Bhagwat, Gurgaon, Delhi, India |journal=Architectural Review |date=23 August 2010 |url=https://www.architectural-review.com/today/devi-art-foundation-by-m-s-prabhaker-b-bhagwat-gurgaon-delhi-india |access-date=25 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Nicholson 2009" />

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== External links == * {{Official website|deviartfoundation.org}}

Category:Contemporary art galleries in India Category:Art museums and galleries in India Category:2008 establishments in Delhi Category:Art museums and galleries established in 2008