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Founded in New York's East Village in 1982 and closed in 1988, Peter Nagy revived Nature Morte in New Delhi in 1997 as a commercial gallery and a curatorial experiment. In the early years, Nature Morte became synonymous in India with challenging and experimental forms of art; championing conceptual, lens-based, and installation genres and representing a generation of Indian artists who went on to international exposure. Today, Nature Morte is the leader in its field in India with increasing visibility around the world, representing many of the most accomplished contemporary artists working in India today, fostering the most promising new talents, and introducing the works of international artists to the country. The gallery now has two exhibition spaces in New Delhi: the main gallery is located at the Dhan Mill complex in the Chhatarpur area, in a 400-square-meter space on the ground floor at the center of the complex. In addition, a secondary gallery is in the neighborhood of Vasant Vihar, measuring 70-square-meters and used for smaller shows. The Vasant Vihar space also houses the gallery’s offices, private viewing rooms, and expanded storage. A permanent gallery space in Mumbai was opened in Colaba in 2024. The gallery has maintained multiple branches in various locations: Berlin (2008-2014), Calcutta (2006-2009), and at the Oberoi Gurgaon hotel (2011-2014) and is owned by its co-directors: Aparajita Jain and Peter Nagy.

A global company with deep Indian roots, Saffronart was founded in 2000 on the strength of a private passion. Remaining committed to this passion and personal values, today Saffronart is a strong and successful international business that both embraces and drives change. With over ten years of experience in auctioning Indian art online, Saffronart is committed to serving the growing community of Indian collectors, and creating a cultural bridge to India for the global Indian diaspora and the international community at large. Providing a platform that enables access to view, purchase and become involved in the development of Indian art and collectibles globally, Saffronart has set global benchmarks for online auctions and was recently the subject of a case study at Harvard Business School. With online auctions, a host of technology enabled services for clients, and a global presence in Mumbai, New York, London and Delhi, Saffronart has broadened and simplified access to Indian art and jewelry, and is working to achieve the same for real estate. In collaboration with eminent institutions, organizations and publications, the company endeavors to provide accurate and timely information on Indian artists, designers, events and trends.

Gallery Espace was established in New Delhi (India), in 1989 by Renu Modi with an exhibition of autobiographical works of MF Husain, Modern India’s most celebrated artist and one of the founder members of the path-breaking Progressive Artists Group. Espace’s program is oriented to reach unchartered territories of anticipating trends, spotting latent talent and showcasing diverse practices. Recently, Espace has hosted an interesting roster of exhibitions which include solos of represented artists Rina Banerjee, Nilima Sheikh, Tejal Shah, Ravi Agarwal, Chintan Upadhyay and a curated exhibition of Indian and international artists commemorating 20 years of the Gallery’s existence in December 2009 titled Marvelous Reality. Each of these was supported by a catalogue or monograph in compliance with Espace’s belief in thorough project documentation. Recent participations in art fairs include Asian Contemporary Art Fair, New York (Nov.07); Art Dubai (Mar.07, 08); ShContemporary (Sep.08), ARCO-Madrid (Feb.09) and India Art Summit (Aug 08, Aug.09). The gallery is also committed to present a balanced infusion of art education and interactive art experiences through outreach programs like Video Wednesdays @ Gallery Espace involving public screening of videos on the last Wednesday of every month and special projects like Conscious- Subconscious where artist Manjunath Kamath treats the gallery space as a studio, open to the public for 2 hours every evening. Espace strives to sustain a dialogue with the viewers at the level of artistic perception & aesthetic debate while also bridging the gap between the art world and the art market.