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India announce two ambitious museum projects

India, 11 October 2011, Art Media Agency (AMA).

The Art Newspaper and blog Indian Art Views have just announced that future museum projects will take place in the next few years. These projects reflect the current situation, between tradition and modernity, of the Indian museums cultural policy.

The Kolkata Museum of Modern Art (KmoMA) is scheduled to open in Kolkata, in 2014. The ambitious project, launched in 2009, estimated at $84 million, is created upon a surface of over 50,000 sq metres. The city’s first contemporary art museum, will present Indian artworks created in the 18^th century and today, as well as a selection of Oriental and European art.

The Bihar State are developing plans, alongside British society Lord Cultural Resources, to build a new museum in the capital, Patna, with a budget of $80 million. This institution’s aim would be to illustrate the contribution of traditional Indian culture and art, in the Far East civilisation. The collections of the museum will also display the history of Patna, an ancient town that belonged to Pataliputra.India announce two ambitious museum projects « AMA