Art and Charlie is a contemporary art gallery that is committed to showcasing and supporting contemporary artists from India and the South Asian diaspora. We are not a neutral gallery. Our space exists to dismantle the silences enforced by caste, patriarchy, colonialism, and the violence of forgetting. We stand with artists who reclaim stolen histories, confront systemic oppression, and insist on visibility for the marginalized. Our exhibition programming is rooted in resistance.
As a gallery we are committed to exploring what lies beyond the white cube. Our gallery is housed in a heritage Portuguese bungalow and situated in a village that dates back to the 15th century before Mumbai was the city it is today. Our walls maybe white, but they are flanked by wooden beams, doors and windows that tell their own stories of those who lived there.
We believe that artists and audiences have much to gain from a holistic and immersive engagement with culture, in a way that goes beyond the confines of visual art. We believe that there is a need to be more inclusive in how we talk about art and encourage engagement with it in ways that do not intimidate new audiences. We pride ourselves for experimenting with unconventional collaborations for example, with a game designer who gamified how you learn more about the exhibition, a school teacher using movement related concepts to tell kids about the art presented, dancer who responded to our exhibition through classical dance and so on.
Our gallerist Ayesha Parikh is co-leading Mumbai Gallery Association with 35 top galleries across the city. To date, Art and Charlie has presented over 20 exhibitions. Till date, we have exhibited over 50 artists through the years. Today, we represent 12 artists and support their careers more closely as a gallery.
