Diana Campbell Betancourt, Founding Advisor, Saat Saath Curatorial Research Grant says: “With the patronage of Aparajita Jain, we wanted to create a program to throw the gates wide open and give curators the resources, logistical support, contacts, and research material to begin their own agenda-free research in the country.”

By acting as a catalyst for global collaborations, Saat Saath Arts Foundation endeavours to broaden the scope of what can be accomplished locally.
As philanthropist and founder Aparajita Jain explains:“The Saat Saath Curatorial Research Grant was born from hours of conversation with leading art authorities all over the world, trying to find a solution to increase global understanding and informed exhibitions including Indian contemporary art. Saat Saath Arts is founded to support, complement and highlight the art scene that is already flourishing in India. Given the lack of governmental support, it is the acquired responsibility of private patrons to make a difference, and through Saat Saath Arts I can help build bridges between the West and the East.”

About Saat Saath Arts Foundation
The Saat Saath Arts Foundation supports international exchange between India and the rest of the world through the visual arts and education initiatives. Founded in 2010 by Director Aparajita Jain, it is a non-profit initiative with headquarters in New Delhi, working with museums and galleries across the world. In addition to its major initiative of the Saat Saath Curatorial Research Grant, the foundation also supports and raises additional funds for exhibitions which include Indian artists, in international institutions.
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About Aparajita Jain
Aparajita Jain has worked with contemporary Indian artists, curators and collectors for over two decades in her different roles as gallery director, patron, philanthropist, commissioner and collector. As the founder of Saat Saath Arts Foundation, she is dedicated to bringing international museum directors and curators to India to extend their research into India.
 
Across all areas of her activity, Jain’s objective is to promote Indian contemporary art both within the country and internationally, achieving this through collaborations between international museums, private collections, public institutions and corporate houses. She is an Advisor to the Kochi Biennale, Board Member of Tate’s South Asian Acquisition Committee and a Member of the South Asian Institute Arts Advisory Council Members at Harvard University. Alongside her role at Saat Saath Arts, Jain is co-director of Nature Morte, India’s leading contemporary art gallery, and founding director of Seven Art, a gallery in New Delhi.

About Diana Campbell Betancourt
Diana Campbell Betancourt is an American curator based in Mumbai and working across South Asia for the last five years, and Founding Advisor for the Saat Saath Curatorial Research Grant. Since 2013, she has held the positions of Chief Curator of the Dhaka Art Summit and Artistic Director of the Samdani Art Foundation in Dhaka, where she runs the exhibition and international exchange programmes, and is building the Samdani Art Foundation collection ahead of opening their permanent art centre in Sylhet in 2018.

Betancourt's research interests lie in a re-evaluation of cross-cultural encounters in public space, and a re-analysis of what public space might mean. She has collaborated with sculpture parks around the world, contributing to new commissions of Indian art at institutions including Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK; deCordova Sculpture Park, US; and Wånas Konst, Sweden. Betancourt co- curated the Mumbai City Pavilion for the 9th Shanghai Biennale and was a Curatorial Advisor for the 2015 New Museum Triennial in New York. In 2015, Betancourt was Curator in Residence at the FRAC Champagne-Ardenne; she is a Henry Moore Institute Fellow for 2015-2016, and a research fellow at the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum for 2016.

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