Kalpana Shah at Tao Art Gallery’s 13th Anniversary Show

A beautiful evening among beautiful art work at the Tao Art Gallery as they celebrated their 13th Anniversary. The Gallery displayed some amazing work by distinguished artists. it was a great occassion where so many brilliant artists came together to grace the occcassion.

Owner of Tao Art Gallery, Kalpana Shah displayed one of her most memorable paintings, a portrait of the iconic Barrack Obama that she made back in 2008. This was originally made with the intent of being a gift for America’s favorite President and was going to be given by Sarjan Shah (son of Kalpana Shah) as he was invited for the swearing in ceremony. Unfortunately, tragedy struck and Kalpana lost her husband in the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The painting took a back seat as Kalpana bravely put the pieces of her life back together, took over her husband’s company and became the pillar of strength for her two wonderful children. As one of her proudest accomplishments, Tao Art Gallery completes 13 years, Kalpana decided to put up the portrait for display, which was the highlight of the show!

The respeted and revered Akbar Padamsee graced the occasion with his presence. Paresh Maity dropped in on his way back from Kala Ghoda Arts Festival where his famous “Ants” installation has been set up, which was exhibited in Singapore at Marina Bay 2 years ago where Paresh Maity was chosen as the only solo artist from India to display his visual art among few world renowned artists.Jaydeep and Seema Mehrotra were in good spirits as the spoke of his beautiful painting at Tao Art Gallery. What made the night so special was that the entire Mehta family was present. Ali Akbars work on dispay captured the interest of several viewers Sunil Advani and his wife Tanuja were proud to be part of the gallery’s success. Ravi Mandlik’s art as well as presence at Tao added to the charm of the evening. Apart from the artists whos masterpiece’s were on display several other artists like Jenny Bhatt came to show thier support and admire the creations of these revered artists.

All in all, an arty evening!