The Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation (SSAF) was established in 2016 with the mandate to carry forward the legacy of scholar and photographer Umrao Singh Sher-Gil; his daughter and a pioneering figure of modern Indian art Amrita Sher-Gil; and her nephew and niece, artist Vivan Sundaram and filmmaker and television journalist Navina Sundaram. SSAF’s mandate is to support and enable conjunctions of artistic and cultural practice, that deal with historical memory and to build expectations for the future, based on secular principles and freedom of expression. SSAF is committed to advancing creative independence and supporting alternative and heterodox practices, through a range of projects, grants and publications.


The SSAF Lab was set up as an incubatory space for discursive, processual and
experimental strategies of practice. It lends itself to interdisciplinary dialogue through
multiple formats, such as workshops, talks, symposiums and screenings, that further the objectives of SSAF.

The Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art (FICA) is a non-profit organisation that aims to broaden the audience for contemporary Indian art, enhance opportunities for artists, and establish a continuous dialogue between the arts and the public through education and active participation in public art projects and funding. Encouraging, promoting and supporting innovative work in the field of the visual arts, FICA collaborates with, and for the benefit of the art community of students, art historians/critics/curators, collectors and art enthusiasts. It has focused its efforts on building a long term relationship with other organizations, local and international, including museums, art schools, galleries and government institutions, collaborating on regular art events, educational programs and special exhibitions.

Throughout the year, FICA works to develop active public programming with the intention of bringing contemporary art closer to its audience. It has remained invested in creating and establishing sites of learning that take shape as forums, workshops and seminars, compelled to find new ways of sustaining its fundamentals as an organization committed to consistently engaging with different audiences, stakeholders and communities.

With the support of the Shared Ecologies program, Shyama Foundation