Emami Art

Emami Art, one of India’s most significant art galleries, is a key space for cultural production. Located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Emami Art is steadfast in advocating for modern, contemporary and historical material. Focusing on a future-forward, complex, multi-dimensional approach, the gallery creates dynamic, wide-ranging and diverse parallel programming. Our programmes include art fairs, museum projects, seminars, artists-in-residency, art awards, collaborations with institutions, public art projects, and more for emerging, mid-career, and established artists.

In addition to creating dynamic, wide-ranging registers of exhibition making and viewing, Emami Arts core programs include EA Locus in Focus - engagement with the region through ongoing short and long-term projects.  EA Hybrid - integrating the physical and virtual interfaces. EA Learning - mentorship programs, workshops, artist-in-residence opportunities, and innovative educational activities that facilitate artistic development, help build collaborative networks and provide a supportive environment for emerging talent. EA Discourse - Critical discourses, interactions, documentation and exchange, developing and producing original writing, artist’s books, monographs, periodicals and catalogues that focus on artistic, creative and pedagogical materials. EA Communicator - talks, seminars, panel discussions and conversations with artists, curators and key partners provides a space for critical engagement as part of our knowledge-making and archiving process.​

Committed to promoting a regional, national and international agenda through innovative and alternative programming, emphasis on community and socially relevant engagements and more via a multi-year vision for the future, Emami Art is resolute to be a catalyst of change, research, innovation and inclusivity.