What We Do
We are an art resource providing informed access to the best art and consultancy services for Collectors,Investors,Architects,Interior Designers.
Curating and AcquisitionCurating Paintings, sculptures – and previews. Our shows often begin with the artists in attendance and a brief cultural or entertainment programme themed to the show’s concept. Apart from contemporary art, we also source antiquities and rare heritage pieces. We also curate modern and technology-based media such as light installations: either artworks generating or created by light and colour, whether temporary or permanent, site-specific, fixed or movable.
Read MoreExternal CuratingCurating artworks for public spaces expands the scope and the ways artists and art-lovers can connect. Museums apart, the possibilities that a corporate lobby, a hotel garden, a mall atrium, or an airport terminal offer are tremendous: besides, art has proved to positively impact atmosphere and mood in places like hospital waiting rooms. Curating for public spaces brings all sorts of art and all sorts of audiences together, promoting accessibility and awareness, fostering art in the community it serves.
Read MoreConservationEvery painting is properly authenticated and we call on the services of historians and scholars. Aesthetic considerations aside, estimating an artwork’s market value is a key part of our service suite. Gallery G is a certified valuer and we compile data from peer galleries, fellow curators and consultants, auction houses, collectors and allied market sources to help you make the most informed decisions. You can be assured that it stays in the best possible condition with the assistance of our restorers and preservation experts.
Read MoreAbout Us
Gallery G was started in 2003 by Gitanjali Maini with the idea that art had to be for everybody: it had to be as accessible as much as it had to have value. Above all, it had to appeal, to please, even to challenge.
Innovative, inclusive and prolific, Gallery G exemplifies the contemporary global Indian art gallery, centrally located in a global destination, Bangalore. We are an art resource providing informed access to the best art and consultancy services for collectors, investors, architects and interior designers.
Read MoreOur Theme
Change is the biggest constant and realising fully well the changing needs of the art world, Gallery G, in its 18th year, has set a running theme – Ikigai – for the next two years.
What is Ikigai, and why is it important to us? There are many who know about it but to those who are unaware, Ikigai is a Japanese concept that essentially means “reason for being.” Pronounced (Ick-ee-guy), it is composed of two words: Iki, which means life and Gai which comes from the word Kai, meaning shell in Japanese, which is deemed highly valuable. Derived from there, ikigai means “value in living.”
The Japanese believe everyone has an Ikigai. There is no direct English translation, but it’s a term that embodies the idea of happiness in living. Essentially, ikigai is the reason why you get up in the morning. At Gallery G, the reason why we have embraced Ikigai as the theme from 2020 is the “reason for our being” as we approach our 20th year of inception in 2023.
The Ikigai theme will reflect in everything that we do over the next 24 months, in our interactive sessions, artist notes, foundation programs and will filter down to even the colours that we have primarily chosen as part of the recurring theme.
Testimonials
Paintings, sculptures – and previews. Our shows often begin with the artists in show present and often a brief cultural or entertainment programme themed to the show’s concept. This has become our signature. Here are some comments from our guests, visitors and well-wishers.