A modernist painting hung on a gallery wall in Hauz Khas Village

Thirty-seven years of trust, on the record.

The Village Gallery, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi. Est. 1989.

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A few works you might like

Three works, hung for you. Mark what holds you; the next three will answer it. Nothing is asked of you — the gallery simply learns your eye.

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Six Strokes, 1989

Unattributed — pending records

Six Strokes

1989 · Ink on handmade paper

76 × 56 cm (29.9 × 22 in)

Two Gates, 1991

Unattributed — pending records

Two Gates

1991 · Serigraph on paper, edition of 30

56 × 76 cm (22 × 29.9 in)

Night Study, 1993

Unattributed — pending records

Night Study

1993 · Oil on canvas

122 × 91 cm (48 × 35.8 in)

Enter the catalogue

The gallery opened in Hauz Khas Village in 1989 and has kept its record since. It now works privately: sourcing, documenting and placing works for collections that are built slowly.

Trust, compounding quietly.

Shown at the gallery

  • M.F. Husain

    Husain Graphis Eighty Nine, 1989 · India in the Era of Moghals, 2007

  • Satyajit Ray

    The Other Ray, 1990 · Academy Award-winning filmmaker

  • Ganesh Pyne

    1990 · 1993 · 1996 · 2013

  • Manu Parekh

    Drawings, 1990

  • Paritosh Sen

    Instant Images, 1991

  • Sunil Das

    This, Too, is Art, 1995

  • Haku Shah

    Mixed Media, 1997

  • Veena Bhargava

    Cities, Ideas & Icons, 2006

  • Anupam Sud

    Printmaking and Anupam Sud, 2015

  • Dinkar Kowshik

    Ideas in Line, 2013

…and dozens more, 1989–2019. From the gallery's exhibition archive.

From the archive

All works

Six Strokes

Unattributed — pending records · 1989

Ink on handmade paper

76 × 56 cm (29.9 × 22 in)

Two Gates

Unattributed — pending records · 1991

Serigraph on paper, edition of 30

56 × 76 cm (22 × 29.9 in)

Night Study

Unattributed — pending records · 1993

Oil on canvas

122 × 91 cm (48 × 35.8 in)

Untitled Monoprint I

A Brush With Hope — Tihar workshop · 1994

Monoprint on paper

38 × 38 cm (15 × 15 in)

Two Figures

Unattributed — pending records · 1995

Etching on paper

70 × 52 cm (27.6 × 20.5 in)

City Band

Unattributed — pending records · 2006

Acrylic on canvas

91 × 137 cm (35.8 × 53.9 in)

A Brush With Hope

Monoprints by the women inmates of Tihar Jail, first exhibited at the gallery in 1994. The programme has run ever since.