Ancestors | पूर्वज

Stories by artist Sahej Rahal 
in connection with the exhibition Ancestors 

Canvas to Plate

Can food be art? We think yes!

For our series, #CanvastoPlate we asked artists, chefs and food bloggers to respond to artworks from our collection.

#ColourFromHome

Beat the Covid-19 stay-at-home blues with this #ColourFromHome kids colouring challenge and win some exciting prizes!

It’s Complicated: Mehlli Gobhai’s Relationship with Colour – Ranjit Hoskote & Nancy Adajania

Colour, as we see when we walk through the galleries of the NGMA Mumbai, was voice to Gobhai: a voice that announced itself in varying registers, now con brio, now sotto voce, now forte, now pianissimo. It was never silent, never absent.

Women’s History Month Picks

In March, for Women’s History Month, our team shares their selection of an artwork from the Collection!

V.S. Gaitonde, The Silent ObserverBy Dadiba Pundole

Mulling over my memories of Vasudev S. Gaitonde over the years, both consciously and sub-consciously, I am convinced that he was without doubt the finest creative individual I have been fortunate to have known…

Mehlli Gobhai, JNAF Advisor Passes Away

The trustees and the staff of the JNAF are deeply saddened by the loss of Mehlli Gobhai, a great artist and a valuable member of the  advisory council of the Foundation.

FAREWELL MEHLLIBy Kamini Sawhney

It is so hard to say good bye to Mehlli Gobhai—one of the finest abstractionists this country has seen and one of the most gracious human beings I have known. 

Artist Mehlli Gobhai Passes Away At 87By Ekta Mohta

A leading abstractionist, an easy-going man and a much revered name in art circles, passes away at 87.

Ranjit Hoskote in conversation with Laxman Shreshtha

Essay: The Journey is the DestinationBy Kamini Sawhney