“New construction projects have become an everyday affair in Bengaluru, most often at the cost of the city’s lush green cover. Yet a particular project that has been taking shape on Kasturba Road over the last few years is working at making the city a premiere hub for art and culture in the country. After much delay, the Museum Of Art And Photography (MAP) is opening its doors to the public in mid-February.

The brainchild of industrialist-philanthropist Abhishek Poddar, MAP is taking physical form more than two years after it was originally launched as a digital museum, and is attempting to democratise art and change the way the public perceive the museum-going experience.”

Read the full story in The New Indian Express here.