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“A year that was not going so well, turned out to be an opportunity that Poddar couldn’t let slip. His plans for a museum in Bengaluru finally saw light when he launched MAP (Museum of Art & Photography) mid-December 2020, albeit digitally.”

“The museum situated on Kasturba Road, will be physically launched in 2021, but owing largely to the pandemic and its ensuing consequences, it was decided to pre launch the MAP virtually.”

“This year has been full of heartbreaking news but here’s a small slice of something good for art lovers. The Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) is planning to have a digital launch of the museum with its virtual festival: Art (is) Life, from Dec 5-11, to celebrate various art forms.”

“MAP in Bengaluru was able to launch the digital wing of the museum that started operations with a week-long festival celebrating the various forms and history of art, while also blurring geographical lines of boundary.”

“South India’s first major private museum balancing heritage, traditional art and technology, opens in Bengaluru on Friday.”

“Having collected since the 1980s, curated exhibitions, commissioned work, and made lasting friendships with artists, Poddar is now building an art space with the widest range in India.”

“Several new ventures are putting the museum online by offering viewers a virtual interactive experience. Which brings us to the question: Are we heading for a digital reset of the museum?”

“The pandemic may have pushed Bengaluru’s Museum of Art & Photography’s (MAP) plans to house itself in a state-of-the-art facility to 2021, but it has started welcoming audiences virtually.”

“The much-anticipated Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), which was expected to open on December 5, in a five-storey building located in the heart of Bengaluru, was launched digitally on Saturday after months of hectic remote working amid the pandemic.”

“The physical space on Kasturba Road, which is still under construction, is all set to include art galleries, a research and education centre, library and auditoriums, but MAP has, like many museums abroad, already taken the experience online.”

“As MAP (the Museum of Art and Photography) launches virtually, the 52-year-old Poddar tells Neelam Raaj why the barriers between high art and low art need to come down.”

“”The city of Bengaluru in Southern India has a new private museum, the Museum of Art and Photography. Asian Art Newspaper looks at its mission and collections before its virtual opening this December.”

“Ahead of its physical launch in 2021, Museum of Art & Photography launches digitally with a six-day virtual festival featuring experts in the field.”

“South India’s first major private art museum, the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) in Bengaluru seeks to create a culture that encourages people to experience art and heritage in new ways. A key part of its mission is accessibility, and this includes people across disability types.”

“Accenture and the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), a private art museum based in Bengaluru, have entered into a collaboration to create a digital experience to engage art enthusiasts.”

“Touted as one of South India’s largest private art museums – with over 18,000 artworks, primarily from the collection of Abhishek Poddar – the opening of Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) might have been postponed due to COVID, but the Bengaluru-based museum has been engaging with the audience nevertheless.”

“Bengaluru is set to host south India’s first major private art museum which will have its digital launch with a week-long virtual festival from December 5 to 11 to celebrate various art forms.”

Art Business News featured MAP’s collaboration with the Aravani Art Project which culminated in the vivacious and colorful mural called ‘The Story of Bangalore’.

“Barbara Kipper’s promised gift of 464 objects from her remarkable collection of Asian jewelry and ritual objects to the new Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) in Bangalore, is exceptional in more ways than one.”