As consultant arts advisor and curator of the Visual Arts Gallery at the India Habitat Centre (IHC), New Delhi, Alka has continually supported art and artists with her passion for curation and recognition of lesser heard voices. Finding varied platforms to showcase art, which tends to be a secondary consideration for both private and public entities, is her foremost passion. In her bold and inspiring talk “The Bull in the China Shop”, Dr. Pande referred to “Art” as the “Bull”, referring to its wide emergence across India and the world.

“Today, Art is regarded as an orphaned child, be it in the Political, Social or Non-for-Profit area”, says Dr. Pande. Art constitutes a nation’s soul, but with many “gatekeepers” its emergence into the main arena becomes challenging. In her journey over the years, Pande finds a huge shift from art being viewed as a commodity, to its more recent resurgence as a serious profession. 

Dr. Pande’s much-lauded projects include curating collections for the Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria focussing on emerging Indian emerging artists titled “India awakens under the Banyan Tree’ which put indigenous art in the global perspective. She introduced ‘Kamasutra - Spirituality and Erotism’ at the Pera Kotec Paris, a fashionable up-market private museum in 2014. She has done collaborative work with The Israelian Museum, a wide spectrum of local and global art and craft forms. Pande co-curated a show for Swiss artist Nesa Gschwend in India with the Australian India Council’s team, on the theme “Udarta’- Kindness. In India, Dr. Pande has faced multiple challenges in bringing out Kamasutra Art to the forefront, making it accessible to all, as it is perceived as pornography. The light at the end of the tunnel came when the Udaipur Museum hosted Pande’s ‘The Divine Gestures for the City Palace” at their Gallery.

Alka Pande’s association with the IHC’s Visual Arts Gallery, has been an ever-growing valuable experience in a not-for-profit setup Staying uncompromising on artist quality, she is continually on the look-out for indegenious art and craft from the smaller towns of India, as well as established cities. She releases a publication every year, and has initiated the ‘Festival of Photography and Sustainability’. At the IHC, Dr. Pande has transformed the Open Palm Court Gallery and The Experimental Art Gallery into rich curations of Visual Arts for a global audience. She has initiated and conducted workshops on ‘Writing for Photography’ with an eye on curatorial writing. Equally commendable, are Alka Pande’s entry into Art in public spaces like the Jor Bagh and Mandi House metro stations in Delhi. Her quest is challenging but the reward of touching the lives of so many people with her strategic collaborations, is priceless.

Written by Anwesha Mukherjee

As consultant arts advisor and curator of the Visual Arts Gallery at the India Habitat Centre (IHC), New Delhi, Alka has continually supported art and artists with her passion for curation and recognition of lesser heard voices. Finding varied platforms to showcase art, which tends to be a secondary consideration for both private and public entities, is her foremost passion. In her bold and inspiring talk “The Bull in the China Shop”, Dr. Pande referred to “Art” as the “Bull”, referring to its wide emergence across India and the world.

“Today, Art is regarded as an orphaned child, be it in the Political, Social or Non-for-Profit area”, says Dr. Pande. Art constitutes a nation’s soul, but with many “gatekeepers” its emergence into the main arena becomes challenging. In her journey over the years, Pande finds a huge shift from art being viewed as a commodity, to its more recent resurgence as a serious profession. 

Dr. Pande’s much-lauded projects include curating collections for the Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria focussing on emerging Indian emerging artists titled “India awakens under the Banyan Tree’ which put indigenous art in the global perspective. She introduced ‘Kamasutra - Spirituality and Erotism’ at the Pera Kotec Paris, a fashionable up-market private museum in 2014. She has done collaborative work with The Israelian Museum, a wide spectrum of local and global art and craft forms. Pande co-curated a show for Swiss artist Nesa Gschwend in India with the Australian India Council’s team, on the theme “Udarta’- Kindness. In India, Dr. Pande has faced multiple challenges in bringing out Kamasutra Art to the forefront, making it accessible to all, as it is perceived as pornography. The light at the end of the tunnel came when the Udaipur Museum hosted Pande’s ‘The Divine Gestures for the City Palace” at their Gallery.

Alka Pande’s association with the IHC’s Visual Arts Gallery, has been an ever-growing valuable experience in a not-for-profit setup Staying uncompromising on artist quality, she is continually on the look-out for indegenious art and craft from the smaller towns of India, as well as established cities. She releases a publication every year, and has initiated the ‘Festival of Photography and Sustainability’. At the IHC, Dr. Pande has transformed the Open Palm Court Gallery and The Experimental Art Gallery into rich curations of Visual Arts for a global audience. She has initiated and conducted workshops on ‘Writing for Photography’ with an eye on curatorial writing. Equally commendable, are Alka Pande’s entry into Art in public spaces like the Jor Bagh and Mandi House metro stations in Delhi. Her quest is challenging but the reward of touching the lives of so many people with her strategic collaborations, is priceless.

Written by Anwesha Mukherjee

As consultant arts advisor and curator of the Visual Arts Gallery at the India Habitat Centre (IHC), New Delhi, Alka has continually supported art and artists with her passion for curation and recognition of lesser heard voices. Finding varied platforms to showcase art, which tends to be a secondary consideration for both private and public entities, is her foremost passion. In her bold and inspiring talk “The Bull in the China Shop”, Dr. Pande referred to “Art” as the “Bull”, referring to its wide emergence across India and the world.

“Today, Art is regarded as an orphaned child, be it in the Political, Social or Non-for-Profit area”, says Dr. Pande. Art constitutes a nation’s soul, but with many “gatekeepers” its emergence into the main arena becomes challenging. In her journey over the years, Pande finds a huge shift from art being viewed as a commodity, to its more recent resurgence as a serious profession. 

Dr. Pande’s much-lauded projects include curating collections for the Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria focussing on emerging Indian emerging artists titled “India awakens under the Banyan Tree’ which put indigenous art in the global perspective. She introduced ‘Kamasutra - Spirituality and Erotism’ at the Pera Kotec Paris, a fashionable up-market private museum in 2014. She has done collaborative work with The Israelian Museum, a wide spectrum of local and global art and craft forms. Pande co-curated a show for Swiss artist Nesa Gschwend in India with the Australian India Council’s team, on the theme “Udarta’- Kindness. In India, Dr. Pande has faced multiple challenges in bringing out Kamasutra Art to the forefront, making it accessible to all, as it is perceived as pornography. The light at the end of the tunnel came when the Udaipur Museum hosted Pande’s ‘The Divine Gestures for the City Palace” at their Gallery.

Alka Pande’s association with the IHC’s Visual Arts Gallery, has been an ever-growing valuable experience in a not-for-profit setup Staying uncompromising on artist quality, she is continually on the look-out for indegenious art and craft from the smaller towns of India, as well as established cities. She releases a publication every year, and has initiated the ‘Festival of Photography and Sustainability’. At the IHC, Dr. Pande has transformed the Open Palm Court Gallery and The Experimental Art Gallery into rich curations of Visual Arts for a global audience. She has initiated and conducted workshops on ‘Writing for Photography’ with an eye on curatorial writing. Equally commendable, are Alka Pande’s entry into Art in public spaces like the Jor Bagh and Mandi House metro stations in Delhi. Her quest is challenging but the reward of touching the lives of so many people with her strategic collaborations, is priceless.

Written by Anwesha Mukherjee

As consultant arts advisor and curator of the Visual Arts Gallery at the India Habitat Centre (IHC), New Delhi, Alka has continually supported art and artists with her passion for curation and recognition of lesser heard voices. Finding varied platforms to showcase art, which tends to be a secondary consideration for both private and public entities, is her foremost passion. In her bold and inspiring talk “The Bull in the China Shop”, Dr. Pande referred to “Art” as the “Bull”, referring to its wide emergence across India and the world.

“Today, Art is regarded as an orphaned child, be it in the Political, Social or Non-for-Profit area”, says Dr. Pande. Art constitutes a nation’s soul, but with many “gatekeepers” its emergence into the main arena becomes challenging. In her journey over the years, Pande finds a huge shift from art being viewed as a commodity, to its more recent resurgence as a serious profession.

Dr. Pande’s much-lauded projects include curating collections for the Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria focussing on emerging Indian emerging artists titled “India awakens under the Banyan Tree’ which put indigenous art in the global perspective. She introduced ‘Kamasutra - Spirituality and Erotism’ at the Pera Kotec Paris, a fashionable up-market private museum in 2014. She has done collaborative work with The Israelian Museum, a wide spectrum of local and global art and craft forms. Pande co-curated a show for Swiss artist Nesa Gschwend in India with the Australian India Council’s team, on the theme “Udarta’- Kindness. In India, Dr. Pande has faced multiple challenges in bringing out Kamasutra Art to the forefront, making it accessible to all, as it is perceived as pornography. The light at the end of the tunnel came when the Udaipur Museum hosted Pande’s ‘The Divine Gestures for the City Palace” at their Gallery.

Alka Pande’s association with the IHC’s Visual Arts Gallery, has been an ever-growing valuable experience in a not-for-profit setup Staying uncompromising on artist quality, she is continually on the look-out for indegenious art and craft from the smaller towns of India, as well as established cities. She releases a publication every year, and has initiated the ‘Festival of Photography and Sustainability’. At the IHC, Dr. Pande has transformed the Open Palm Court Gallery and The Experimental Art Gallery into rich curations of Visual Arts for a global audience. She has initiated and conducted workshops on ‘Writing for Photography’ with an eye on curatorial writing. Equally commendable, are Alka Pande’s entry into Art in public spaces like the Jor Bagh and Mandi House metro stations in Delhi. Her quest is challenging but the reward of touching the lives of so many people with her strategic collaborations, is priceless.

Written by Anwesha Mukherjee

As consultant arts advisor and curator of the Visual Arts Gallery at the India Habitat Centre (IHC), New Delhi, Alka has continually supported art and artists with her passion for curation and recognition of lesser heard voices. Finding varied platforms to showcase art, which tends to be a secondary consideration for both private and public entities, is her foremost passion. In her bold and inspiring talk “The Bull in the China Shop”, Dr. Pande referred to “Art” as the “Bull”, referring to its wide emergence across India and the world.

“Today, Art is regarded as an orphaned child, be it in the Political, Social or Non-for-Profit area”, says Dr. Pande. Art constitutes a nation’s soul, but with many “gatekeepers” its emergence into the main arena becomes challenging. In her journey over the years, Pande finds a huge shift from art being viewed as a commodity, to its more recent resurgence as a serious profession. 

Dr. Pande’s much-lauded projects include curating collections for the Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria focussing on emerging Indian emerging artists titled “India awakens under the Banyan Tree’ which put indigenous art in the global perspective. She introduced ‘Kamasutra - Spirituality and Erotism’ at the Pera Kotec Paris, a fashionable up-market private museum in 2014. She has done collaborative work with The Israelian Museum, a wide spectrum of local and global art and craft forms. Pande co-curated a show for Swiss artist Nesa Gschwend in India with the Australian India Council’s team, on the theme “Udarta’- Kindness. In India, Dr. Pande has faced multiple challenges in bringing out Kamasutra Art to the forefront, making it accessible to all, as it is perceived as pornography. The light at the end of the tunnel came when the Udaipur Museum hosted Pande’s ‘The Divine Gestures for the City Palace” at their Gallery.

Alka Pande’s association with the IHC’s Visual Arts Gallery, has been an ever-growing valuable experience in a not-for-profit setup Staying uncompromising on artist quality, she is continually on the look-out for indegenious art and craft from the smaller towns of India, as well as established cities. She releases a publication every year, and has initiated the ‘Festival of Photography and Sustainability’. At the IHC, Dr. Pande has transformed the Open Palm Court Gallery and The Experimental Art Gallery into rich curations of Visual Arts for a global audience. She has initiated and conducted workshops on ‘Writing for Photography’ with an eye on curatorial writing. Equally commendable, are Alka Pande’s entry into Art in public spaces like the Jor Bagh and Mandi House metro stations in Delhi. Her quest is challenging but the reward of touching the lives of so many people with her strategic collaborations, is priceless.

Written by Anwesha Mukherjee