Crimson Art Gallery
28, II Floor, Safina Plaza,
Infantry Road, Bangalore 560001. Tel- 2559 2251, 2558 3996
Open 11am to 7:30pm.
Closed on Sunday. Email-
sillao_d@hotmail.com
Crimson Art Gallery is one of the
oldest surviving galleries in the city. It was established in 1989.
The monsoon sale held in the month of July is a crowd puller. About
eight exhibitions are annually hosted here. Artists like Anwar Khan
and Yusuf Arakal have exhibited there work here.
Fluid Space
S-105 Manipal Centre,
Dickenson Road.
Bangalore- 560042. Tel- 2509 2305.
Open 11am to 6 pm. Website-www.fluidspace.org
Done tastefully in glass and steel,
the gallery gives the right kind of settings for arts display. The
gallery has leapt all inter-cross and cross-cultural boundaries and
has invited corporate sponsors in the past. Big names as well as young
have displayed their work here.
Gallery Sumukha
24/10 BTS Depot Road
Wilson Garden, Bangalore-27. Tel- 2229 2230
Open 10am to 6pm. Closed on Sunday. Website- www.sumukha.com
Stretching to 2,500 Sqft, the gallery is more
like a warehouse with a Mezzanine Floor. The floor is used for smaller
works. While the huge space available exhibit paintings, sculptures
and installations as well as for workshops or discussions. The emphasis
is again on Indian contemporary art. Artists like Vasudev, Akbar Padamsee
and Ajit Dubey have exhibited here.
Gallery g
38 Maini Sadan,
7th Cross, Lavelle Road,
Bangalore-560001. Tel- 2221 9275.
Open 11am to 7pm.
Closed on Sunday except during exhibitions. Website-www.gallerybangalore.com
One of Bangalore’s youngest
art galleries, this gallery showcases the artwork of lesser known
artists and relatively affordable artwork. It’s not just paintings
and sculptures that find their way here but antiques, handicrafts
and furniture too are regular items of interest. The gallery is naturally
lit and offers 1,800 sqft of space. It is centrally air-conditioned.
Gallerie Sara Arakkal
156, 4th Main Road, BEML Layout
ITPL Road, Bangolore-560066 Tel- 5116 2622 Website-www.artincrafts.com
Situated on the outskirts of Bangalore, Sara
Arakkal is located at picturesque Brookefields. This gallery attracts
artists from across the country, especially those from the south.
The gallery aims to promote young and fresh talent. Artists are helped
from scratch that is right from creation of a portfolio till final
display. A division of Arts in Crafts, this gallery showcases contemporary
Indian Art. Affordability is a primary concern here.
A collage of exhibits from well known Indian painters and sculptors
are displayed across 1,500sqft.
The works of eminent artists like Yusuf Arakkal, SG Vasudev, Laxman
Goud, Balan Nambiar, Basuki Dasgupta, Anuradha Nalapat, Babu Namboodri,
Jatin Das and Surekha have been featured here. Available at the gallery
are limited editions of acclaimed paintings that have been reproduced
in different media. Gallerie Sara Arakkal also has an art museum.
Exhibitions are held once in three months.
Masters Gallery
1209- 100ft. Road, Indiranagar,
HAL II Stage, Bangalore-560038 Tel- 2520 3535
Open 9:30 am to 9:30 pm Email-masters-gallery@eth.net
Renaissance Gallery
104 Westminster,
13 Cunningham Road,
Bangalore 560052 Tel- 2220 2232
Open 10:30am to 7pm.
Closed on Sunday. Email-renaissancegallerieys@hotinail.com
Renaissance sells art in the range
of Rs 1,500 to Rs 1, 00,000. Sudeep Roy, Milind Nayak and Suresh Jayaram
are some of the famous artists who have exhibited here. The gallery
is committed to encourage new talent. Atleast work of one or two new
artists is promoted here every year. On an average six exhibitions
are held annualy.
Time and Space
55 Lavelle Road, Bangalore-01 Tel- 2207 5163
Open: 11am to 6pm and 11 am to 2.30 pm
On Saturday. Closed on Sunday. Email-timeandsprnce@lycos.com
The gallery was founded in August 2003 by Renu
Geor. The gallery hosts up to six exhibitions every year. Work of
both seasoned and fresh talent excelling in contemporary art are given
preference. Dhiraj Chaudhury, Yuriko Lochan and Mohan Singh are few
of the artists who exhibited here. On display are antiques. Usually
affordable art pieces are on display than the expensive ones.
Venkatappa Art Gallery
Kasturba Rand,
Bangalore 560001 Tel- 2286 4483
10 am to 5pm. Closed on Monday.
The government-owned Venkatappa Art Gallery is set in spacious ground
bordering Cubbon Park. One has to make way through a moat to enter
the gallery.
The entire first floor of this spacious gallery is dedicated to the
paintings of the artist after whom the gallery is named. K Venkatappa
was a famous artist of the 20 century. He hailed from a family of
court painters and during his time received patrons from the Mysore
royal family. Its central location and affordable cost makes it an
ideal choice for student artists. The first floor permanently exhibits
sculptures by Major Rajaram. Scholarships in his name are offered
to art students. The second floor exhibits the work of the late K
K Hebbar and his excellent line drawings.
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