The art and antiquities collection bequeathed by Sir Ratan Tata and
his family to the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India remains
unmatched and unprecedented
Parinaz Gandhi
An image of a bronze statue of Sir Ratan Tata at the imposing Rotunda at the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India (now renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya) greeted the cultural cognoscenti who had been invited to the inauguration of "An Exotic Encounter,” an exhibition highlighting 90 select non-Indian antiquities from Sir Ratan Tata Art Collection on the occasion of his death centenary.
Sir Ratan Tata Gallery
From l, 1st row: Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Meenal and Eknath Kshirsagar,
Dattatray Padsalgikar; 2nd row: Farrokh Kavarana, Deanna and Shireen Jejeebhoy,
Devangana Desai, Bilwa Kulkarni and Shirin Bharucha
"Today, even......