Chemould Prescott Road


Chemould Prescott Road, founded, is the first contemporary art gallery in Mumbai, India.

Artists

Chemould has been instrumental in establishing the reputations of many now well-known Indian modern artists. MF Husain, Tyeb Mehta, and SH Raza, who emerged on the first wave of India's modernist and contemporary art movements, first exhibited with Chemould. Under the directorship of their daughter Shireen Gandhy since 1988, Chemould Prescott Road has expanded its roster of artists to represent those working in experimental work, and its exhibition program spans younger, mid-career, and senior artists. Chemould also hosted the first solo exhibition of the late Bhupen Khakhar,  Ram Kumar, Nalini Malani, Atul Dodiya, Anju Dodiya, Jitish Kallat, Reena Saini Kallat, KH Ara, Bal Chhabda, Krishen Khanna, Jehangir Sabavala, Gaitonde, KK Hebbar, Vivan Sundaram, and Jivya Soma Mashe all exhibited with Chemould. Targeting the young collector and the millennial, Shireen Gandhy conceptualized Modus Operandi in 2018.
Their current roster has 30 artists which also include artists like Aditi Singh, Anant Joshi, Anju Dodiya, Atul Dodiya, Archana Hande, Bhuvanesh Gowda, Bijoy Jain, Desmond Lazaro, Dhruvi Acharya, Gigi Scaria, Jitish Kallat, Lavanya Mani, Madhavi Subrahmanian, Meera Devidayal, Mehlli Gobhai, Mithu Sen, N S Harsha, Nilima Sheikh, Pushpamala N, Rashid Rana, Reena Kallat, Ritesh Meshram, Sheetal Gattani, Shakuntala Kulkarni, Shilpa Gupta, L.[N. Tallur|Tallur L N], Tanuja Rane, Varunika Saraf, Vivan Sundaram, and Yardena Kurulkar.

''Kekee Manzil: The House of Art''

A film on the life of its founders Kekoo Gandhy and his wife Khorshed Gandhy, Kekee Manzil: The House of Art, was made by Behroze Gandhy, their second daughter. Kekee Manzil is the name of a villa/bungalow/mansion, built in 1921, and named after Kekoo Gandhy, by his father, at the end of Bandras Bandstand Promenade, right next to Shah Rukh Khans Mannat bungalow.

Chemould CoLab

The gallery has an extension in Colaba, Mumbai. It's been conceptualised by Kekoo & Khorshed's granddaughter Atyaan Jungalwala, along with Sunaina Rajan and is extension program that supports