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Ukkadam Art District

The country' sixth art district is located in Coimbatore's Ukkadam Colony.

A Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board colony, Ukkadam today houses people rehabilitated from slum areas across the city. Architecturally, the area is made up of multi-storied apartments, all of which bear wide expansive facades, while its streets are pedestrian-friendly and conducive of on-foot commuting.

The area's bustling micro economy is made up of a variety of markets dedicated to selling different daily use wares. It's sustained by a huge footfall of residents from all over the city.

Glimpses of Ukkadam Colony, Coimbatore, March 2020

In the first edition, 5 artists worked over 20 days to create the first few murals for the walk through gallery. Everything from Kovai’s birds to its cinema, to the intimate habits of the locals of Ukkadam found visual articulation in the artists’ pieces.

The curation (of both artists as well as artworks) sought to establish a different perception of the neighborhood, making it a space for imagination and discursive dialogues to bloom.

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Artworks from Ukkadam Art District, 2020

Panjim Art District

India’s fourth public art district - the Panjim Art District, was founded in 2017, as part of St+art Goa 2017. Over the years, a diverse set of artists has used distinct stylistic approaches to create pieces inspired by their respective interpretations of the city. Spread across key buildings of the town-centre, today the Panjim Art District has a total of 14 murals each of which is in a dialogue with the unique culture and ethos of Goa in its own way.

Kannagi Art District

Located off the Old Mahabalipuram Road in Chennai, Kannagi Nagar is one of the biggest resettlement sites in India. Made up of multi-storied apartments, it houses a population of 80,000 people living in 24000+ households with residents including people rehabilitated from three of the city’s river beds, slums across the city, and people affected by the devastation of the 2004 Chennai tsunami. In February 2020, closely working with the Greater Chennai Corporation and the Chennai Smart City Limited program, we made it the site for India’s fifth public art district, working with 15 artists whose pieces focused centrally on the themes of migration, displacement and movement.

Lodhi Art District

The Lodhi Art District, located in New Delhi's Lodhi Colony is India's first open-air public art gallery. Since 2015, the Foundation worked in close collaboration with CPWD to re-invigorate the walls between Khanna Market and Meherchand Market. Showcasing some of the most renowned artists from across the world, today the Lodhi Art District has over 50 artworks. It is now a recognised landmark within the city and a prominent public space, becoming a source of pride for residents and the city at large.

Maqtha Art District

Set in Hyderabad's MS Maqtha neighbourhood, the Maqtha Art District is the country's third open-air art district. Located next to the Hussain Sagar lake - one of Hyderabad’s prime locations, Maqtha was the ideal setting to initiate work on an art district in 2016. Since then the neighbourhood has undergone a massive transformation hosting a wide variety of artworks created by notable national and international artists.

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