DAG — Attraction in New Delhi

Delhi Art Gallery, in the midst of Hauz Khas Village, is a free entry gallery space that’s a Mecca for every art lover. Established in 1993, this gallery focuses on representing the range of styles, themes and art practices undertaken since the modern period {that’s 20th century onwards}. In addition, they showcase works of some of the most celebrated travelling European artists, Bengal School of Art, Progressive Artists Group as well as leading contemporary painters. Their extensive collection includes artworks from renown artists, like M.F.Husain, J.P. Gangoogly, Amrita Sher-Gill and Laxma Goud. {A previous exhibition had a rendition of The Last Supper with an Indian touch – fascinating stuff}. Aiming to make art a more frequent {and relevant} topic of conversation, they are quite active about reaching out to diverse audiences through organising activities like informal chat sessions, curated walkthroughs, movie screenings, workshops and so on. Believers in the fact that art leaves no one behind, they also organise a tactile experience called Abhas for people with special needs, especially the visually impaired. This allows them to experience select works of art through tactile aids, as well as through a book written in Braille. The artwork they display keeps on rotating from time to time, and is usually varying enough in theme to keep things interesting – so, every visit ends up being as good as the first. Also, you can find a list of all the artists and paintings they have in their collection on their website. So, collectors of fine art, feel free to contact them and they’ll help with what you need. Their sales unit will guide you through it. DAG is India’s largest and best known repository of Indian art. DAG has its flagship gallery in New Delhi and another gallery space in Mumbai, in the historic Kala Ghoda area. We opened our first international location in New York in 2015, in the historic Fuller Building in Manhattan where it continues to hold exhibitions to great success. Expanding our global and national presence, DAG is committed to take Indian Art to new audiences and present significant, historical world class exhibitions. In the art business since 1993 when we got established, our definitive collection represents the expanse of Indian art practice over the 20th century, covering periods, styles, themes and artistic concerns. The collection showcases artists from early twentieth century, the range of significant modern practices from all significant art centres of the country, whether Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Baroda and the many centres of the south. While the focus is on the modern period, the DAG art collection also showcases the work of some of the most celebrated travelling European artists from the seventeenth century onward.

The gallery’s Indian modern art collection closely follows contemporary Western art movements, tracing thematic parallels. The DAG collection charts a historic continuum: from artists such as Raja Ravi Varma, early century academic artists trained in Bengal and Bombay, those as J. P. Gangooly, N. R. Sardesai and others. The modern period is led by those such as Amrita Sher-Gil, the Bombay Progressives, including the likes of F. N. Souza, M. F. Husain, S. H. Raza, K. H. Ara, associates as Krishen Khanna, Ram Kumar, Akbar Padamsee, V. S. Gaitonde or Tyeb Mehta; modernists from Bengal such as Ganesh Pyne, Chittaprosad, Ganesh Haloi, Bikash Bhattacharjee; significant modernists from Baroda, such as Gulammohammed Sheikh or Jyoti Bhatt; those from the south such as K. C. S. Paniker, Laxma Goud, P. T. Reddy or T. Vaikuntham, or names such as J. Swaminathan and Avinash Chandra. Our extensive collection provides a critical link for art lovers, academicians and researchers, to collectors and investors.

DAG has utilised this extensive collection to mount acclaimed artist retrospectives and thematic exhibitions noted for their historicity and rigour of research. These include first-ever retrospectives of artists such as Chittaprosad, Avinash Chandra,...

The place is very beautiful from both outside and inside. The building, lighting, and setup are all very nice to look at.

But I’m giving a low rating because of one painting on the first floor that really felt wrong to me. It was placed right near the entrance, and from far it looked like a normal art piece. But when I went closer, I saw that it showed naked women surrounding Kanha Ji. I may not understand art deeply, but I truly feel this kind of painting is not right. Even my friend, who follows a different faith, noticed it and felt uncomfortable.

The staff was also not very polite. There was a small sitting area inside, a bit away from the main museum. We asked the guard if we could go there before entering, and he said yes. But later, a lady (possibly a receptionist) came and told us it’s a private area and we can’t sit there. When we explained that the guard had allowed us, she simply said okay but you can't go inside.

The place is beautiful, but I hope they remove such artwork and train their staff to communicate more politely...

Delhi Art gallery or DAG is contributing to the contemporary and modern art of our country by showcasing the great work of some legend artists like MF Hussain, Raja Ravi Verma, Tyeb Mehta, Amrita Shergil and many leading artists of our country since 1993.with its three galleries one in Hauz Khas Delhi, Kala Ghoda in Mumbai and New York, they are certainly giving a great variety and choice to true art lovers. Whenever i have visited their gallery in Hauz Khas, i have alwys witnessed some great work of our legendry artists all across the country. Even Modern art finds a space and is accepted widely by their clients all over the world. They even deliver the art work at your doorstep. Their business includes like Art Advisory, Valuation, Archiving etc and they are truly expert in them as they have a great team to do so.They are truly taking the Indian art globally and showcasing the world what our great Indian artists are capable of. My regards to the the Founder Mr. Ashish Anand and...