EXHIBITIONS
Through its exhibitions, the TAPI Collection enables people to explore, enjoy, and engage with the world of Indian art and textiles.
Works from the TAPI collection have been exhibited at museums in India such as the CSMVS (Mumbai), National Museum (New Delhi), and KL Museum (Ahmedabad) as well as global institutions like the Art Institute of Chicago, the V & A and Tate Modern (London) and the Museo Reina Sofia (Madrid) among others.
Victoria & Albert
Upcoming Events
WELCOME TO 2017: AN EXCITING SEASON OF ART THAT REVOLTS AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SEARCHES FOR RADICAL COMPASSION.
In 2017 we continue TAPIS’s 60-year legacy of mapping our heritage. From our main stage, we create a space for interrogation, conversation and debate.
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APR
2023
INDIA IN FASHION
The Impact of Indian Dress and Textiles on the Fashionable Imagination
April 3, 2023 to June 4, 2023
FEB
2023
‘When Indian Flowers Bloomed
in Distant Lands
Masterworks of Trade Textiles 1250-1850 in the TAPI Collection
February 3 to March 15, 2023
FEB
2022
‘CHITRASUTRA’-Colour of Three Generation (Modern Art Paintings of Vasudev Smart)
The Rotary Art Fest 2022
Dilip Paresh Rotary Hall, Surat
6 February – 13 February 2022
FEB
2020
INDIGENOUS ART EDUCATORS – TAPI UTSAV 2020 (Modern Art Paintings of Vasudev Smart)
Science Center, Surat
26 February – 1 March 2020
NOV
2019
WALKING THROUGH SOUL CITY, SUDHIR PATWARDHAN: A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION
Science Center, Surat
29 November 2019 – 12 February 2020
FEB
2019
BALUCHARS: THE WOVEN NARRATIVE SILKS OF BENGAL
National Museum, New Delhi
8 February 2019 – 20 March 2019
DEC
2018
INDIAN LIFE & PEOPLE IN THE 19TH CENTURY: COMPANY PAINTINGS FROM THE TAPI & CSMVS COLLECTIONS
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai
7 December 2018 -17 February 2019
NOV
2018
National Museum, New Delhi
March 2018 – 30 June 2018
DEC
2017
SAHIB, BIBI, NAWAB: BALUCHAR SILKS OF BENGAL 1750-1900
Kasturbhai Lalbhai (KL) Museum, Ahmedabad
20 December, 2017 – 14 February, 2018
DEC
2017
SUB-PLOTS: LAUGHING IN THE VERNACULAR
National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
8 December 2017 – 14 January 2018
NOV
2017
INDIA AND THE WORLD: A HISTORY IN NINE STORIES
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai
10 November 2017 – 18 February 2018
NOV
2016
BALUCHARI IN BENGAL AND BEYOND
Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata (Weavers Studio Resource Center)
18 November – 4 December 2016
NOV
2016
Deutsche Bank KunstHalle
Berlin
18 November, 2016 – 5 March, 2017
NOV
2017
BHUPEN KHAKHAR: YOU CAN’T PLEASE ALL
Tate Modern, London
10 November 2017 – 18 February 2018
FEB
2016
‘TAPI UTSAV’
by Karishma Shah, Science Centre, Surat
26 Feb 2016 -1 March 2016
OCT
2015
THE FABRIC OF INDIA
Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London
3 October 2015 -10 January 2016
SEP
2015
GATES OF THE LORD: THE TRADITION OF KRISHNA PAINTINGS
The Art Institute of Chicago
13 September 2015 – 3 January 2016
DEC
2014
SAHIB, BIBI, NAWAB: BALUCHAR SILKS OF BENGAL 1750-1900
Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai
11 December 2014 – 15 February 2015
DEC
2013
ACROSS OCEANS & FLOWING SILKS FROM CANTON TO BOMBAY 18th – 20th CENTURIES & NO PARSI IS AN ISLAND
National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
26 December 2013 – 28 January 2014
JULY
2012
TAPI COLLECTION IN KYOTO GION MATSURI (Japanese chintz)
Kyoto Seikatsu Kogeikan-Memeisha, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
17 – 18 July, 2012
DEC
2011
STRANDS OF JOY: FOLK EMBROIDERIES OF INDIA (LAAL, PEELO ANE VAADALI: BHARAT NU RANGEEN LOKBHARAT)
Garden Gallery of Textile and Art, Surat
14 December 2011 – 3 May 2012
NOV
2011
HOW AM I? Modern Art Exhibition
Kastrupgård Collection, Denmark
23 November 2011 – 11 May 2012
JAN
2011
LAUGH LINES: HUMOUR, WIT & SATIRE (Modern Art Paintings)
Threshold Art Gallery, New Delhi
19 January – 19 February 2011
SEP
2010
POWER CLOTHS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy (in partnership with RMIT Gallery, Melbourne), New Delhi
26 September – 20 October 2010
SEP
2010
FIBER TO FASHION 2010
The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Surat
23 – 27 September 2010
SEP
2010
Garden Gallery of Textile & Art, Surat,
5 February – 30 April 2010
DEC
2009
THE 6TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART (APT6)
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
5 December 2009 – 5 April 2010
JAN
2009
Gujarat Textiles Exhibition
Garden Gallery of Textile & Art, Surat in
January 2009
MAR
2008
Garden Gallery of Textile & Art, Surat, 17 March – 20 April 2008
17 March – 20 April 2008
FEB
2008
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai; 8 February -2 March 2008
8 February -2 March 2008
JAN
2009
IN ADORATION OF KRISHNA: PICHHWAIS OF SHRINATHJI
National Museum, New Delhi; 8 December 2007 – 20 January 2008
January 2009
NOV
2005
MASTERS OF THE CLOTH: INDIAN TEXTILES TRADED TO DISTANT SHORES
National Museum, New Delhi10
November 2005 -15 January 2006
MAR
2005
REMEMBERING BHUPEN – An Exhibition of Oils and Watercolors of Bhupen Khakhar
Garden Art Gallery Mumbai from
11th to 19th March 2005
FEB
2004
THE DO RUKHA SHAWL: KASHMIR’S REVERSIBLE MARVEL
Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai
7 – 15 February 2004
JAN
2004
Inaugural Ceremony of Garden Art Gallery by M.F.Hussain.
Surat,
January 2004
NOV
2003
BHUPEN KHAKHAR: A RETROSPECTIV
National Modern Art Gallery (NGMA), Mumbai
4 – 26 November, 2003
OCT
2003
DECORATIVE, CEREMONIAL & HEIRLOOM TEXTILES: INDIAN TEXTILES TO THE EAST AND WEST FROM THE TAPI COLLECTION
Birla Academy of Art & Culture (SUTRA), Kolkata
12 – 26 October 2003
SEP
2003
TRADE, TEMPLE, & COURT: INDIAN TEXTILES FROM THE TAPI COLLECTION
The British Council, Mumbai
3 September 2003
JUN
2002
BHUPEN KHAKHAR
Museo Nacional Centro-De Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
6 June – 16 September, 2002;
APR
2023
INDIA IN FASHION
The Impact of Indian Dress and Textiles on the Fashionable Imagination
April 3, 2023 to June 4, 2023
FEB
2023
‘When Indian Flowers Bloomed
in Distant Lands
Masterworks of Trade Textiles 1250-1850 in the TAPI Collection
February 3 to March 15, 2023
FEB
2022
‘CHITRASUTRA’-Colour of Three Generation (Modern Art Paintings of Vasudev Smart)
The Rotary Art Fest 2022
Dilip Paresh Rotary Hall, Surat
6 February – 13 February 2022
FEB
2020
INDIGENOUS ART EDUCATORS – TAPI UTSAV 2020 (Modern Art Paintings of Vasudev Smart)
Science Center, Surat
26 February – 1 March 2020
NOV
2019
WALKING THROUGH SOUL CITY, SUDHIR PATWARDHAN: A RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION
Science Center, Surat
29 November 2019 – 12 February 2020
FEB
2019
BALUCHARS: THE WOVEN NARRATIVE SILKS OF BENGAL
National Museum, New Delhi
8 February 2019 – 20 March 2019
DEC
2018
INDIAN LIFE & PEOPLE IN THE 19TH CENTURY: COMPANY PAINTINGS FROM THE TAPI & CSMVS COLLECTIONS
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai
7 December 2018 -17 February 2019
NOV
2018
National Museum, New Delhi
March 2018 – 30 June 2018
DEC
2017
SAHIB, BIBI, NAWAB: BALUCHAR SILKS OF BENGAL 1750-1900
Kasturbhai Lalbhai (KL) Museum, Ahmedabad
20 December, 2017 – 14 February, 2018
DEC
2017
SUB-PLOTS: LAUGHING IN THE VERNACULAR
National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
8 December 2017 – 14 January 2018
NOV
2017
INDIA AND THE WORLD: A HISTORY IN NINE STORIES
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai
10 November 2017 – 18 February 2018
NOV
2016
BALUCHARI IN BENGAL AND BEYOND
Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata (Weavers Studio Resource Center)
18 November – 4 December 2016
NOV
2016
Deutsche Bank KunstHalle
Berlin
18 November, 2016 – 5 March, 2017
NOV
2017
BHUPEN KHAKHAR: YOU CAN’T PLEASE ALL
Tate Modern, London
10 November 2017 – 18 February 2018
FEB
2016
‘TAPI UTSAV’
by Karishma Shah, Science Centre, Surat
26 Feb 2016 -1 March 2016
OCT
2015
THE FABRIC OF INDIA
Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London
3 October 2015 -10 January 2016
SEP
2015
GATES OF THE LORD: THE TRADITION OF KRISHNA PAINTINGS
The Art Institute of Chicago
13 September 2015 – 3 January 2016
DEC
2014
SAHIB, BIBI, NAWAB: BALUCHAR SILKS OF BENGAL 1750-1900
Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai
11 December 2014 – 15 February 2015
DEC
2013
ACROSS OCEANS & FLOWING SILKS FROM CANTON TO BOMBAY 18th – 20th CENTURIES & NO PARSI IS AN ISLAND
National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai
26 December 2013 – 28 January 2014
JULY
2012
TAPI COLLECTION IN KYOTO GION MATSURI (Japanese chintz)
Kyoto Seikatsu Kogeikan-Memeisha, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto
17 – 18 July, 2012
DEC
2011
STRANDS OF JOY: FOLK EMBROIDERIES OF INDIA (LAAL, PEELO ANE VAADALI: BHARAT NU RANGEEN LOKBHARAT)
Garden Gallery of Textile and Art, Surat
14 December 2011 – 3 May 2012
NOV
2011
HOW AM I? Modern Art Exhibition
Kastrupgård Collection, Denmark
23 November 2011 – 11 May 2012
JAN
2011
LAUGH LINES: HUMOUR, WIT & SATIRE (Modern Art Paintings)
Threshold Art Gallery, New Delhi
19 January – 19 February 2011
SEP
2010
POWER CLOTHS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy (in partnership with RMIT Gallery, Melbourne), New Delhi
26 September – 20 October 2010
SEP
2010
FIBER TO FASHION 2010
The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Surat
23 – 27 September 2010
SEP
2010
Garden Gallery of Textile & Art, Surat,
5 February – 30 April 2010
DEC
2009
THE 6TH ASIA PACIFIC TRIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY ART (APT6)
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
5 December 2009 – 5 April 2010
JAN
2009
Gujarat Textiles Exhibition
Garden Gallery of Textile & Art, Surat in
January 2009
MAR
2008
Garden Gallery of Textile & Art, Surat, 17 March – 20 April 2008
17 March – 20 April 2008
FEB
2008
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai; 8 February -2 March 2008
8 February -2 March 2008
JAN
2009
IN ADORATION OF KRISHNA: PICHHWAIS OF SHRINATHJI
National Museum, New Delhi; 8 December 2007 – 20 January 2008
January 2009
NOV
2005
MASTERS OF THE CLOTH: INDIAN TEXTILES TRADED TO DISTANT SHORES
National Museum, New Delhi10
November 2005 -15 January 2006
MAR
2005
REMEMBERING BHUPEN – An Exhibition of Oils and Watercolors of Bhupen Khakhar
Garden Art Gallery Mumbai from
11th to 19th March 2005
FEB
2004
THE DO RUKHA SHAWL: KASHMIR’S REVERSIBLE MARVEL
Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai
7 – 15 February 2004
JAN
2004
Inaugural Ceremony of Garden Art Gallery by M.F.Hussain.
Surat,
January 2004
NOV
2003
BHUPEN KHAKHAR: A RETROSPECTIV
National Modern Art Gallery (NGMA), Mumbai
4 – 26 November, 2003
OCT
2003
DECORATIVE, CEREMONIAL & HEIRLOOM TEXTILES: INDIAN TEXTILES TO THE EAST AND WEST FROM THE TAPI COLLECTION
Birla Academy of Art & Culture (SUTRA), Kolkata
12 – 26 October 2003
SEP
2003
TRADE, TEMPLE, & COURT: INDIAN TEXTILES FROM THE TAPI COLLECTION
The British Council, Mumbai
3 September 2003
JUN
2002
BHUPEN KHAKHAR
Museo Nacional Centro-De Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
6 June – 16 September, 2002;
We have been EXHIBITING ACROSS CITIES AND CONTINENTS to create awareness of India’s textile and art heritage by sharing our stories, fostering conversations, and connecting audiences across the globe.
Places we’ve been
India:
Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Surat, Kolkata
International:
Chicago, London, Berlin, Copenhagen, Madrid, Kyoto, Brisbane
