About JNAF

The Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation was set up to take care of one of the richest private collections of modern Indian art. The collection was put together over at least five decades by Jehangir KS Nicholson, who bought his first painting in 1968. He continued building on this collection until his death in 2001.

In his Will, he expressed the desire that a home be found for this collection of 800 artworks, where it would be accessible to the public. The proceeds of his Estate were to go towards supporting the collection and the promotion of related artistic activities. His Executors accordingly set up The Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation.

The JNAF entered into a collaboration with Mumbai’s premier museum Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) in 2007. The collection is on loan to the CSMVS where a gallery bearing Jehangir Nicholson’s name has been created enabling his art collection to be shared with the public, as he had wished. The gallery functions as the modern art wing of the Museum and displays this vast collection through rotating exhibitions.