Devi Art Foundation

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{{short description|Art museum in Delhi}}

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The Devi Art Foundation is a contemporary art museum located in Gurgaon, Delhi, India.

The museum opened in September 2008,{{cite magazine |title=Devi Art Foundation Opens in New Delhi |url=http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/60/NewDelhiDeviArtFoundationOpensInNewDelhi |access-date=11 April 2021 |magazine=ArtAsiaPacific |location=India |date=September–October 2008}} making it the first contemporary art museum in India.{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Somini |title=Where Tradition Has Ruled, a Home for Contemporary Art |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/arts/design/26collect.html |access-date=11 April 2021 |work=The New York Times |location=New Delhi |date=25 August 2008}} It was founded by Anupam Poddar and his mother Lekha Poddar, whose family businesses include Sirpur Paper Mills and the Devigarh luxury hotel in Rajasthan.{{cite news |title=Lady of the manor |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/lady-of-the-manor/cid/400210 |access-date=11 April 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=10 April 2011}}{{cite magazine |last1=Nicholson |first1=Louise |title=A family quest |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Apollo/2009/October/1-p52586 |access-date=11 April 2021 |magazine=Apollo |volume=170 |issue=569 |date=October 2009}}

The museum hosts permanent and temporary exhibitions of Indian art from the collections of its founders,{{cite magazine |last1=Harris |first1=Lucian |title=Devi Art Foundation is India's first private museum of contemporary art |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/archive/india-s-first-private-museum-of-contemporary-art |access-date=11 April 2021 |magazine=The Art Newspaper |issue=189 |location=Delhi |date=1 March 2008}} described by ArtAsiaPacific as "one of India's most important private collections," containing "more than 7,000 contemporary, modern and tribal artworks from across the Subcontinent." Deeksha Nath organized its first exhibition, Still Moving Image, focused on the video and photography of twenty-five Indian artists.{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Devika |title=Still Moving Image |url=https://www.frieze.com/article/still-moving-image |access-date=25 April 2021 |work=frieze |issue=119 |date=1 November 2008}}

The museum's building, designed by architect Aniket Bhagwat, mixes Corten steel with handmade bricks. It also houses the headquarters of Sirpur Paper Mills on its upper floors.{{cite journal |last1=Gregory |first1=Rob |title=Devi Art Foundation by M/S Prabhaker B Bhagwat, Gurgaon, Delhi, India |journal=Architectural Review |date=23 August 2010 |url=https://www.architectural-review.com/today/devi-art-foundation-by-m-s-prabhaker-b-bhagwat-gurgaon-delhi-india |access-date=25 April 2021 |language=en}}