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Shireen Gandhy[1] is an art gallerist who owns and runs Chemould Prescott Road, one of India's oldest art galleries. The gallery was started by her parents[2] Khorshed and Kekoo Gandhy in Mumbai in 1963. She took over the running of the gallery since 1988.

Shireen Gandhy

Career edit

Growing up around artists and being surrounded by art, Shireen was drawn to the field and studied arts administration in London.

Shireen works closely with art collectors[3] and artists.

She was amongst the gallerists who pushed for installation works by Vivan Sundaram, Nalini Malani, Rummana Hussain. The 50th milestone of the gallery[4] was celebrated by Shireen with 5 remarkable shows curated by Geeta Kapur.

On its 60th anniversary, Shireen & her team created an archive[5] of catalogues, books, monographs, letters[6] and images, which can be utilized by artists, art researchers, and curators.

Personal life edit

Shireen Gandhy is married to Kurush Jungalwala. She has two children - Atyaan and Areesh. Atyaan Jungalwala[7] has founded Chemould Prescott Road's extension gallery - Chemould CoLab

References edit

  1. ^ {{Cite news |last=Modak |first=Nasrin |date=June 17, 2014 |title=Power Gallerist: Shireen Gandhy |url=https://www.vervemagazine.in/people/power-gallerist-shireen-gandhy |url-status=live |work=[[Verve]]}}
  2. ^ Shah, Gayatri Rangchari (October 24, 2013). "One Family, 50 Years of Service to Indian Art". New York Times.
  3. ^ Ramos, Dalreen (May 26, 2020). "Walkthrough of memories". Mid-day.
  4. ^ Sarma, Ramya (October 26, 2013). "Art of the 'now'". The Hindu.
  5. ^ Ornella, D'Souza (August 31, 2023). "Archival show set to celebrate 60 years of Chemould, Mumbai's iconic art gallery". The Federal.
  6. ^ Umachandran, Shalini (January 27, 2024). "Art Special 2024: What the letters of artists reveal about their inner lives". Mint Lounge.
  7. ^ Dutta, Sukanya (March 12, 2022). "Shift in perspective". Mid-day.