Museum of Art & Photography

The Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) is an art museum based in Bangalore, India that will manage collections of Indian art, textiles, photography, craft and design objects spanning from the 12th century to the present.[1]

Currently under construction, it will open in 2021 as a private art museum.[2]

In December 2020, MAP launched a Digital Museum that challenged the traditional idea of a museum by offering a virtual interactive experience to viewers.[3]

Collections

MAP has over 20,000 artworks,[4] predominantly from the Indian subcontinent in its collection which are organised into six departments: Modern & Contemporary Art, Photography, Folk & Tribal Art, Popular Culture, Pre-Modern Art and Textiles, Craft & Design.

In 2017, Abhishek Poddar, one of the founders of the MAP,[5] donated over 7000 artworks to the museum.[6]

Publications

In December 2018, MAP published a book on Gond-Pardhan artist - Jangarh Singh Shyam written by Dr. Jyotindra Jain.[7][8] The book includes transcripts of his final letter to his wife, Nankushiya, and his mother, Adharabai, a few days before his death to try and explain his frame of mind.[9]

Building

The museum is located on Kasturba Road in Bengaluru.[10] The designs for the 44,000 square feet museum include 5 galleries, an auditorium, research library, classroom, restoration lab,[11] storage and sculpture garden.[2] Designed by Mathew & Ghosh Architects,[12] the construction is overseen by an architectural committee that includes Rahul Mehrotra, Mahrukh Tarapor and the late Martand Singh.[13]

Art (is) Life Festival

In December 2020, MAP launched their Digital Museum with a week-long, online festival called Art (is) Life that opened with a virtual, sensorial exploration of the museum building through an amalgamation of art, poetry and dance, features known cultural figures like Javed Akhtar, actor Shabana Azmi, classical dancer Malavika Sarukkai, film and theatre professional Arundhati Nag, art historian B N Goswamy, filmmaker Nandita Das, visual artist Jitish Kallat and singer Kavita Seth.[14]

The remaining days of the festival featured a daily 45-minute programme that took viewers through an aspect of the MAP collection on each day and featured stories from the collections, performances and collaborations with international museums.[15]

References
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  2. Ramdev, Darshana (5 August 2017). "Now in the heart of Bengaluru, it's Namma 'Guggenheim'". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. "Museum of tomorrow: Are we heading for a digital reset of the museum?". The Financial Express. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  4. Iyengar, Radhika (9 September 2018). "How the Museum of Art & Photography is preserving Bengal's printing history". Livemint. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. Bhuyan, Avantika (31 January 2019). "India Art Fair 2019: The Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) displays an exceptional collection". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  6. "Inside What Will Be India's Biggest Photography Museum". Man's World India. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  7. "A Conjurer's Archive: Jangarh Singh Shyam's art gets its due in thought-provoking exhibition - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  8. Tripathi, Shailaja (3 January 2019). "A new book exploring the oeuvre of the much-celebrated artist Jangarh Singh Shyam". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  9. "Music in the dots: Jangarh Singh Shyam and the mythic dimensions of his work". The Sunday Guardian Live. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  10. Karthik, Aparna (18 March 2018). "Bengaluru to house world class art, photo museum". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  11. Tripathi, Shailaja (10 August 2019). "The Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru is opening a photography conservation centre". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  12. Bhasti, Deepa (20 April 2016). "Artists Protest Collector's Takeover of Indian Museum". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  13. "Bangalore To Get India's First Art & Photography Museum With 15,000 Artworks Over 4 Floors | LBB". LBB, Bangalore. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  14. S, Gowri (3 December 2020). "Bengaluru's Museum of Art & Photography launches digitally with a virtual festival". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  15. Behrawala, Krutika (10 December 2020). "Museum of Art & Photography goes virtual". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 December 2020.

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