Galerie 88 Kolkata

“Not "Seeing is Believing," you ninny, but "Believing is Seeing." For modern art has become completely literary: the paintings and other works exist only to illustrate the text.”

- Tom Wolfe

Modern Indian art is frequently shown at Galerie 88, Kolkata and for those with an insatiable appetite for Indian contemporary art can get the best deal at this classy art gallery in Kolkata.

Galerie 88, Kolkata, apart from exhibiting the works of various artists also organizes several art camps to promote young and talented artists from various parts of the country. One such art camp organized by Galerie 88, which was a great success story, was the 8th Art-In-Industry Camp in association with Tata Steel. After the camp, there was an exhibition-cum-sale of the paintings at the Main Hall, Beldih Club at Jamshedpur.

Various Galerie 88 Publications:

  -  M F Husain
''A book on M F Husain's 88 Oil Paintings''
Published by Galerie 88

  -  A Pilgrim in the Dominion of Shadows
''A book on Ganesh Pyne''
Published by Galerie 88

  -  Representing the Bengal Modern
''A book on Dharmanarayan Dasgupta
(1939-1997)''
Published by Galerie 88

Artists whose work have been exhibited in Galerie 88, Kolkata

  -  Akbar Padamsee
  -  Akhilesh Amal Ghosh
  -  Ashok Bhowmik
  -  Badri Narayan
  -  Bharti Kher
  -  Bibekananda Santra
  -  Chandra Bhattacharjee
  -  Chittrovanu Mazumdar
  -  Dipak Banerjee
  -  Ganesh Pyne
  -  Jayashree Chakravarty
  -  Jogen Chowdhury
  -  K Muralidharan
  -  Kanchan Dasgupta
  -  Krishna Reddy
  -  Lalu Prasad Shaw
  -  M F Husain
  -  Manish Pushkale
  -  Paresh Maity
  -  Paritosh Sen
  -  Partha Shaw
  -  Sakti Burman
  -  Samit Das
  -  Yusuf Arakkal

Contact Details of Galerie 88, Kolkata

Address: 28-B, Shakespeare Sarani,
Kolkata- 700017 (India)
Telephone - (91) 033- 2290 2274/2283 5394
Fax - (91) 033- 2283 5394