Kala Sakshi at Sehgal Collection, 2024
The young awardees and recipients of the prestigious Kala Sakshi Scholarship visited the Sehgal Private Collection to spend time, learn about the artist’s work, and understand the travails of an artistic journey.
Chef’s Table – From God’s Own Country
Chef Prima Kurien cooked traditional and contemporary Kerala cuisine that was served to our guests in the museum. The dinner included some of her famous and celebrated dishes that complemented the work of our artist.
Tree of Love – A Conversation with Jaya Jaitley
Interviewers Sujata Prasad and Oroon Das, in conversation with Jaya Jaitley, a craft revivalist, activist, and politician, she is known for founding the Dastakaari Haat Samiti and her work with Dilli Haat.
Patron’s Evening, 2024
To celebrate the artist’s birth anniversary at the museum, we organized our annual ‘Patron’s Evening’, to celebrate our journey and work so far with all our collaborators and partners. It brings us immense joy to have our collaborators celebrate the artist’s legacy.
Open House
That’s right! As a part of our celebrations for Amar Nath Sehgal’s birth anniversary and the Jangpura Project, we opened our space to public, specially for everyone in the locality, for the entire day. We had various new faces, lots of conversation and much enthusiasm. This event gave us the opportunity to give full access to people to look at the entire collection in their leisure, with friends, at their own pace. Archives, photographs and hot cups of tea kept us all going through the day.
Kala Sakshi at Sehgal collection
Kala Sakshi Memorial Trust’s annual grant and workshop – residency program included a visit to the museum. As a part of our Young Artist Program, these young artists were invited over to the museum to view and understand the artist’s work and legacy and hopeful spark some inspiration. Their visit allowed us to discuss various aspects of the artists life, such as the struggle to create and innovate or promote their own work, that many resonated with.
Joint Stamp Release: 75 Years of Friendship
The prestigious stamp release event organised by the Embassy of Luxemnbourg along with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India at the Sehgal Private Collection.
Patron’s Night
On the birth anniversary of Sehgal, friends and family of the artist along with the Patrons of the museum who have supported the organisation with unwavering encouragement..
International Group Visit
Organized by Saffron Dreams, a quintessential travel company led by Urmi and Rachit, a group of 30 CEOs and business persons visited the Private Collection from Texas, USA.
100 Years of Sehgal, Book Presentation by the Embassy of Luxembourg
On the occasion of his birth centennial, The Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg held a celebratory event to honor the artist through a presentation of the book…
20 years of the Luxembourg Embassy in India
Amar Nath Sehgal spent over 2 decades of his life in Luxembourg, his second home. In a way to honor the artist and celebrate the Luxembourg Embassy’s 2 decades in India, an event hosted by Her Excellency
Book Launch at the NGMA
“100 Years of Sehgal”, a book launched under the auspices of the National Gallery of Modern Art and the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) to commemorate the Modern artist.
Film screening and online discussion, IIC
On the occasion of Amar Nath Sehgal’s 100th birthday, the Amar Nath Sehgal Private Collection in association with the India International Centre, screened the film “A Portrait”.
Art and Diplomacy
Celebrating the bond between India and Luxembourg, the event of the award of the “Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg” was held at the Private Collection. Hosted by the Ambassador, His Excellency, Jean Claude Kugener in honour of the Honaray Consul of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Mr. Rajat Dalmia from Kolkata. The event has various dignitaries from the government of India as well as other diplomats who were a part of the celebrations.
A Weaver’s Homecoming
In the 80’s and 90’s Amar Nath Sehgal collaborated with a weaver in Panipat to create a unique concept of woven tapestry inspired from the artwork of Sehgal. A master collaboration of two mediums, arts and culture.
A Meeting of Fate
A story full of surprises, the uncanny intersections of the past that revisit us in the present. Dating back to 1946, the meeting of Mrs. Deepti Naval who is the daughter of then artist Himadri Gangahar, with Mrs. Shukla Sehgal. A relation lost to the Partition of India, Amar Nath Sehgal and Himadri Gangahar were studying art at the Lahore College of Art, Lahore till they fled with their individual families to different cities in India. Thanks to our archives and stories from the past there was an important part of two histories that were reconnected, and rekindled a friendship, 75 years later.
NGMA at the Sehgal Collection
Visit from the Director General, Advaita Gadnayak and his wife, artist Nivedita Mishra visited the Private Collection, over an afternoon to look at the collection, and archives and learn about the work we are planning to do for the future. It was an important discussion on the responsibility of society to protect the legacy of an artist.
