Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivkumar inaugurated the newly renovated Venkatappa Art Gallery on Kasturba Road, Bangalore on 12 June 2025. Photo Credit: Murali Kumar’s.
The state government is planning to organize art competitions for school and college students in Bangalore, besides the general public, apart from the general public, every year in three days, and ₹ 25 crore will be kept separate for it, Vice President DK Shivkumar announced.
Speaking at an event organized to inaugurate the renovated Venkatappa Art Gallery on Thursday, he said that the officials would come up with a plan to organize the annual program, possibly in the last week of December when there will be a holiday string. He sought suggestions from the artist community to design the incident in a meaningful way.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs and Law and Tourism Minister said that HK Patil said that this. Venkatappa was who showed the world that any emotion could be expressed through the plaster of Paris.
The inauguration of the renovated building comes on the Golden Jubilee Year of the Art Gallery which was established in 1975.
New addition
The Brigade Foundation introduced the renewal and modernization of the prestigious building, which was in the first strict states in March 2024.
Renewation included the foundation, roofs and reinforcement of the building, while updating exhibition sites and public facilities. Gallery now. Venkatappa and KK work as Hebbar, which features rotating exhibitions with five mini galleries.
The renovated feature also has a restoration chamber that provides mentor with equipment to maintain and restore artifacts. Other additions include a sculpture park where emerging artists can display their work.
Importance of arts
Speaking at the inauguration, Mr. Jaishankar, Executive Chairman of Brigade Group and Lifetime Trustee of Brigade Foundation, said that the importance of well -designed places for art in urban settings cannot be reduced.
According to him, although the initial budget for restoration was ₹ 5 crore, this work went up to ₹ 10 crore by the end of the work.
The renovated art gallery has now been transferred to government officials to officially maintain. He said, “It is now up to the Bengalurians and the government to ensure that the gallery flourishes,” he said, while the government requested the government to take the name of one of the galleries after the Brigade group.
Published – June 12, 2025 11:42 pm IST
