As Tao completes 25 years we bring together this collection of work by the Modern Masters: M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, Krishen Khanna, Akbar Padamsee, Bal Chhabda, Ram Kumar, Himmat Shah.

Some have been collected by our founder Kalpana Shah over the past few decades: from exhibitions curated by her and through her personal interactions with these artists. Some have been collated from senior collectors.

Through their nuanced observations of evolving India in the decades post independence to their ability to blend east with west in an increasing global world, their works are a beautiful capturing of the cultural context of that time. By recognising the past, we hope to be able to honour the massive role these stalwarts played in the gallery’s growth and in the growth of Indian Art as a whole.