Kiran Nadar Museum to Take Over Christie's London for South Asian Art Show
From 16 July to 21 August 2025, Christie's London headquarters will host a non-selling exhibition titled 'The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection,' presented by the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA). This exhibition showcases 180 pieces from 60 artists hailing from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, featuring notable figures like Nalini Malani and Maqbool Fida Hussain. Part of Christie's summer series, the event will be free for attendees. Meanwhile, KNMA is preparing to move to a new 100,000 sq. m facility near Delhi airport, designed by David Adjaye, with an opening scheduled for 2028. In February, Manuel Rabaté was appointed as the director, while collector Kiran Nadar aims to enhance cross-border connections and develop a digitized archive.
Key facts
- Kiran Nadar Museum of Art will take over Christie's London headquarters from 16 July to 21 August 2025.
- The exhibition is titled 'The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection' and is non-selling.
- 180 works by 60 South Asian artists from the 1950s to present will be displayed.
- Artists include Nalini Malani, Anwar Jalal Shemza, Sadequain, Zainul Abedin, Francis Newton Souza, Sayyed Haider Raza, and Maqbool Fida Hussain.
- The exhibition is part of Christie's series of summer shows of global Modern art in partnership with private foundations.
- KNMA's new 100,000 sq. m building near Delhi airport, designed by David Adjaye, is about 60% finished and set to open in first half of 2028.
- Manuel Rabaté, former director of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, was appointed KNMA director in February 2025.
- Kiran Nadar is gathering archival material to create a free digitized resource.
Entities
Artists
- Kiran Nadar
- Nalini Malani
- Anwar Jalal Shemza
- Sadequain
- Zainul Abedin
- Francis Newton Souza
- Sayyed Haider Raza
- Maqbool Fida Hussain
- Raghu Rai
- David Adjaye
Institutions
- Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
- Christie's
- Louvre Abu Dhabi
- The Art Newspaper
Locations
- New Delhi
- India
- London
- United Kingdom
- St James's
- Delhi
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Venice
- Italy