This top gallery is spread over three floors of a beautifully restored cream-coloured colonial-era structure. Its quarterly-changing exhibitions are curated from the largest collection of 20th-century modern Indian art in the world and its wares are showcased in museums throughout India as well as additional galleries in New Delhi and New York.
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Mumbai (Bombay)
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