How DAG’s Ashish Anand is making modern art accessible to all
In March, Ashish Anand, CEO and managing director of DAG, put together one of his most ambitious exhibitions yet. Titled Iconic Masterpieces Of Indian Modern Art, the show, held in the gallery’s two new spaces at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, Mumbai, featured 50 rare works by 50 artists over a span of 200 years. Friends and family warned me of the risk but I was convinced not only about the depth of the Indian market but also of DAG’s ability to build a qualitative collection,” says Anand. “DAG has been growing steadily in the past few years, with the gallery showing a robust growth of 35% compounded in the last two years,” adds Anand. “DAG’s long-term perspective of democratisation of art will remain at the forefront of its activities, whether it’s historical curatorial exercises, its education initiatives for school and college students, its tactile programming for the non-sighted, its publishing and film-making programmes, lively programming of talks and curated walks, and its relationship building with institutions and museums around the world,” says Anand.
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