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Celebrations for 51 years of Le Corbusier

Chandigarh, 17th October, 2016: To celebrate 51 years of Le Corbusier, the Government Museum and Art Gallery had invited Antonio Puri to showcase his Chandigarh series of paintings and installations. The exhibition entitled “I love the beauty of grey” was on view from 27th September to 16th October, 2016. The show received tremendous response from the visitors. It has now been extended by a week and will be closing on 23rdOctober, 2016. So those who have missed out on the show, do visit the first level of the Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh.
Antonio Puri was born in Chandigarh and raised in the Himalayas where he attended English and International boarding schools. Later he attended the Academy of Art in San Francisco and Coe College in Iowa for a bachelors degree in Art and later a JD degree from the University of Iowa.  He has exhibited his work in solo exhibitions all over the world including Art Depot, Austria, The Guild, NY, Nu Art Gallery in Santa Fe, Twelve Gates, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Art Alliance, and a two person show at the Noyes Museum, NJ. 

He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions worldwide including venues like Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, Essl Museum, Austria, Hammond Museum, NY, Queens Museum, NY, Gallery Espace, New Delhi, Edsviks Konsthall, Stockholm, MOP Gallery, Sydney, Musee du Chateau, France, Corcoran Gallery in DC, and Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN, among others.  Museum collections include National Gallery of Modern Art, Mauritius, Noyes Museum, NJ, Essl Museum, Austria, Musee du Chateau, France, and Bergen Museum of Art and Science, NJ, His work has been reviewed in the New York Times, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Indian Express, Art das Kunstmagazin, among several other periodicals.  He has done residencies in Hungary, Bulgaria, South Africa, Serbia, Mauritius, India, Denmark, and Romania. 



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