THE GUILD ART GALLERY 

The Guild is a three-year-old art gallery catering to contemporary Indian art. It sponsors a show every month, and also stocks a wide range of works from India's prominent as well as promising artists. Some of the artists who have been showcased at the gallery include Akbar Padamsee, M F Hussain, Yusuf Arakkal, Badrinarayan, Arunashu Chowdhury, Iranna, Prabhakar Kolte, Gogi Saroj Pal, and Laxman Shreshtha

Address: 28 B, Pipewalla Building,
58/70, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road,
Above UCO Bank, Colaba, Mumbai-400 005, India.
Phone: 91-22-2287 5839/2287 6211,
Fax: 91-22-2287 6210
E-mail: theguildart@yahoo.com
Url: www.guildindia.com
Timings: 10 am to 6:30 pm (Sundays closed)

 THE ASHISH BALRAM NAGPAL ART GALLERY 

Dealing in modern Indian art, the gallery is owned and managed by Ashish Balram Nagpal, the high profile art dealer, columnist and "art investment Guru". The gallery hosts a "constantly evolving" group show of works called 'The Affordable Art Mela,' showcasing Indian masters as well as new talent. This show has been curated keeping in mind the "investment" angle. The artists featured include Ganesh Pyne, Manjit Bawa, Manu Parekh, Manash Kamal Bishwash, and Prashant Hirlekar.

Address: B-1/AJuhu Lane(Juhu Apartment)
Santa Cruz West, Mumbai-400054.
Phone: 91-22-2660 1967, 2660 9945
Timings: 9 am to 9 pm

 GALLERY 7 

Gallery 7 specialises in Indian, Canadian and international contemporary art. It was established in Bombay in September 1984 and in Toronto, Canada in May 1992. The gallery has often exhibited young and untried artists who have gone on to achieve critical acclaim and add new energy to Indian contemporary art. It has also featured some of the established names like S.H.Raza, M.F.Husain, Krishen Khanna, Bhupen Khakkar, Rameshwar Broota, Ram Kumar, Sudhir Patwardhan and Gieve Patel. The gallery is run by Arun Sachdev, a respected writer and critic, Chandra Doshi, a painter and sculptor in her own right and Michelle Vacca, who handles the Toronto gallery. The works are priced the same at the Toronto and the Mumbai galleries. Gallery 7 attempts to demystify "sacrosanct" art and take it away from "an elitist, intellectual preoccupation, to a wider, more full-blooded one." The gallery also has a membership scheme for art lovers.

Address: 21-A 7 Bungalows, Cuffe Parade
2nd Floor, Colaba, Mumbai-400005.
Phone: 91-22-2218 3996
Timings: 10 am to 6 pm (Sundays closed)

 SAKSHI GALLERY 

The Sakshi Gallery is spread over three separate levels and occupies over 10,000 sq feet in what used to be a textile mill in central Mumbai. The gallery has been designed keeping in mind the possibilities of providing a venue for experimental theatre, film shows or concerts, slide lectures and discussions. The gallery is suitable for large retrospectives or different exhibitions running simultaneously on the various floors. Sakshi stocks paintings, prints and sculptures, ranging from the watercolours of Nandlal Bose and Ara, to oils by Raza, Souza and Husain, to paintings by Nilima Sheikh, Bhupen Khakhar, Nalini Malani, Manjit Bawa and Rekha Rodiwittiya, Anita Dube and Anandajit Ray. It also has an extensive record of the contemporary art scene in India in the form of slides, photographs, newspaper cuttings and exhibition catalogues, and is in the process of building a 3,000-book reference library on art. The gallery lends original works of art to corporate houses and individuals for a fixed period of time. Established in 1984, the gallery also has a branch in Bangalore.

Address: Sakshi Gallery
Synergy Art Foundation Ltd.
Tanna House, Ground Floor,
11-A, Nathalal Parekh Marg,
Colaba, Mumbai - 400 001.
Email: art@sakshigallery.com
Url: www.sakshigallery.co
Phone: +91-22-6610 3424
Timings: 11 am to 7 pm

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