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The '''Devi Art Foundation''' is a [[contemporary art]] museum located in [[Gurgaon]], Delhi, India.

The museum opened in September 2008,<ref name="ArtAsiaPacific 2008">{{cite magazine |title=Devi Art Foundation Opens in New Delhi |url=http://artasiapacific.com/Magazine/60/NewDelhiDeviArtFoundationOpensInNewDelhi |access-date=11 April 2021 |magazine=[[ArtAsiaPacific]] |location=India |date=September–October 2008}}</ref> making it the first contemporary art museum in India.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Somini |title=Where Tradition Has Ruled, a Home for Contemporary Art |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/arts/design/26collect.html |access-date=11 April 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=New Delhi |date=25 August 2008}}</ref> It was founded by Anupam Poddar and his mother Lekha Poddar, whose family businesses include [[Sirpur Paper Mills]] and the [[Devigarh]] luxury hotel in [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Lady of the manor |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/7-days/lady-of-the-manor/cid/400210 |access-date=11 April 2021 |work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] |date=10 April 2011}}</ref><ref name="Nicholson 2009">{{cite magazine |last1=Nicholson |first1=Louise |title=A family quest |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Apollo/2009/October/1-p52586 |access-date=11 April 2021 |magazine=[[Apollo (magazine)|Apollo]] |volume=170 |issue=569 |date=October 2009}}</ref>

The museum hosts permanent and temporary exhibitions of [[Indian art]] from the collections of its founders,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Harris |first1=Lucian |title=Devi Art Foundation is India's first private museum of contemporary art |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/archive/india-s-first-private-museum-of-contemporary-art |access-date=11 April 2021 |magazine=[[The Art Newspaper]] |issue=189 |location=Delhi |date=1 March 2008}}</ref> described by ''[[ArtAsiaPacific]]'' as "one of India's most important private collections," containing "more than 7,000 contemporary, modern and tribal artworks from across the [[Indian subcontinent|Subcontinent]]."<ref name="ArtAsiaPacific 2008" /> [[Deeksha Nath]] organized its first exhibition, ''Still Moving Image'', focused on the video and photography of twenty-five Indian artists.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Devika |title=Still Moving Image |url=https://www.frieze.com/article/still-moving-image |access-date=25 April 2021 |work=[[frieze (magazine)|frieze]] |issue=119 |date=1 November 2008}}</ref>

The museum's building, designed by architect [[Aniket Bhagwat]], mixes [[Corten steel]] with handmade bricks. It also houses the headquarters of Sirpur Paper Mills on its upper floors.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gregory |first1=Rob |title=Devi Art Foundation by M/S Prabhaker B Bhagwat, Gurgaon, Delhi, India |journal=[[Architectural Review]] |date=23 August 2010 |url=https://www.architectural-review.com/today/devi-art-foundation-by-m-s-prabhaker-b-bhagwat-gurgaon-delhi-india |access-date=25 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Nicholson 2009" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|deviartfoundation.org}}

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[[Category:Contemporary art galleries in India]]
[[Category:Art museums and galleries in India]]
[[Category:2008 establishments in Delhi]]
[[Category:Art museums established in 2008]]

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