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6 days ago5 Emerging Galleries in Mumbai to Know
Mumbai's contemporary art scene is growing as millennial-led galleries use socio-political platforms and nontraditional neighborhoods to attract new collectors.
Last year, organisers debuted a new floor plan that positioned emerging galleries near the main entrance and pushed blue-chip heavyweights like Gagosian, David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth, Pace and White Cube further inside. At most commercial art fairs, top-tier galleries can pay a premium for entrance visibility. But at Frieze London in 2024, visitors had to pass through a vibrant mix of younger spaces before reaching the industry giants.
Amid the recent string of large and mid-sized gallery closures, could smaller, emerging galleries step into the power vacuum? "I 100% think they are the future," says Christiana Ine-Kimba Boyle, a New York-based dealer who has previously worked at galleries including Lehmann Maupin, Canada and Pace. "This whole idea of differentiating and categorising galleries-megas, mid-tier, small-is naturally disintegrating." This spring, Ine-Kimba Boyle launched Gladwell Projects, a nomadic gallery with a staff of one.