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Home to internationally-renowned artists, musicians, movie-makers and filmstars, Mumbai attracts some of the top talent in the country.

With its thriving art scene, Mumbai is home to many of the country's premier artists. Celebrate the extraordinary vitality and range of Mumbai's art in this section. Our special zoom effects allow you to see stunning close-ups of paintings from Jehangir, Piramal, Chemould, Lakeeren, Cymroza, Tao, Sakshi and many more..

FEATURES

The Imprint of the Instinct

When gold meets glass

Indulge your fancy for just about any kind of music you crave. Music Shops in the city include Hiro Music House, Rhythm House, Chords, Chandani, Hi Hat Music Shop and more.

Learn Jazz, Hip-Hop, Afro Jazz and Salsa at Shiamak Davar's Institute for the Performing Arts (SPIDA).

Art Works - An exhibition by Madhvi Subramanian

Floral Futures - Art in its nontraditional form

Organisations:

'The Art Club ' from ArtWorks

Morarka Centre for Crafts

Indian Music Group: St Xaviers College's student-run organisation holds baithaks, courses and workshops.

An exclusive look inside statues of the British era with Mumbaibest photojournalist Vinayak Prabhu

Mumbai's playhouses: Rangbhavan, Sophia Bhabha Auditorium, the Nehru Centre for Performing Arts and more.

Personalities:

Bhiva K Punekar - Converting the abstract into the real

Interview with Mahesh Mahbubani

Babban Khan's Adrak-Ke-Panje

Naozar Rusi Daruwalla - 'You can do a gamut of things when it comes to painting'

Ulrike Arnold after The Big Bang!

Nature as perceived by Shilpa Nikam

Saumen and Falguni - The husband and wife duo.

"I cannot imagine life without music" - Hindustani classical singer, Padmashri Shubha Mudgal

Art cannot flourish in a vacuum - Rakhee Sarkar, Curator, CIMA.

An artist's dreams on display at Sans Tache Ajay Sharma

Madhavi Parekh's art has a deep rooted secularism - Peter Nagy

Judy Frater's 'Mission Kutch'

Caring & Sharing: That's Ved Nayar and Gogi Saroj Pal

Guru of Art Investment: Ashish Balram Nagpal

Exploring the frontiers of Art with Baiju Parthan

Nemai Ghosh documents icon's life

Kuchipudi maestro Vijay Shankar's lecture-demonstrations in Indian Classical dance forms are popular in the city.

Parvez Doctor founded the Bombay School of Music 27 years ago