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India is known worldwide for its culture, traditions, art and craft. It is culturally rich as India has a special place in the heart of every art aficionado, collector, enthusiast and student as it has a wealth of artistic creativity and beauty to offer. Indian art has a profound historical relevance and rich cultural ischolar_mains. The study is done to find the major gaps in between the artists and the commoners. Some of the questions covered during the study are: 1. Why artists are not getting the value of art which they deserve. 2. What are the initiative we can take as a commoner to uplift the art society of India. People prefer putting up printed colored papers in the houses or paintings of Gods and Goddesses in their houses. Art piece is merely thought as a decorative piece. In the present research paper, the research is done to find whether this thought process really exists in our society if yes how it can be change it. This research includes interviews of few Artists, gallery owners, investors and curators. The study is limited to Mumbai. The study was able to get view gallery owners and artists. The research covered Art Galleries like Tao Art Gallery, Jahangir Art Gallery, Gallery 7 and Delhi Art Gallery and has also reached out to professors of Nirmala Niketan. The study has also included view of an entrepreneur who has started an online art gallery, Art Up (www.ArtUp.in). During the research few artists, gallery owners and curators were interviewed. According to them India has evolved a lot in art and is yet to evolve a lot more. The mind set of people for Art is very different to what people have it in abroad. Over there they respect their artists and art, they walk down to exhibitions and art gallery to know about art to understand art. Here people are little hesitant to walk down into the exhibitions and art galleries.

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Indian Art, Exhibitions, Galleries, Architecture.

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