About Us

Since 2010, LATITUDE 28 has probed into new gallery practice, one that is lateral, disruptive and avant-garde. Discerning emerging artists making their mark in the Indian Subcontinent including Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka and beyond such as Iran, LATITUDE 28’s artists respond to the critical conversations of our times or the annals of their surreal imaginations. LATITUDE 28 has stimulated artists, writers, critics, researchers and curators to experiment with medium, material, dialogue, perspective and practice while fostering collectors, art enthusiasts and takers of a new era. These maker-market relationships have grown through the gallery’s interactive incubation space, where ideas have been generated through curatorial projects within art history and socio-political contexts, site-specific artworks and artist talks. The gallery makes art accessible and inclusive with exhibitions located at the intersection of artists, art institutions, collectors and many different publics. With its critical writing on contemporary art through TAKE on Art Magazine, it has supported cutting-edge content, critical writing ensembles, workshops and awards for new writers. LATITUDE 28’s vision is shaped by its Founder/Director, Bhavna Kakar, who is also the founder and editor of TAKE on Art – South Asia’s leading contemporary art publication.

Bhavna Kakar is the Founding Director of LATITUDE 28, a gallery for contemporary arts and ideas and TAKE on art magazine, South Asia’s leading art journal both launched in 2010. She has degrees in Painting and Art History from MS University and She has over a decade’s experience as a curator, editor, writer and art entrepreneur and has received several noteworthy fellowships and awards nationally and internationally such as the Arts Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2017) by the Federation of Indian Chambers and Commerce and Industries [FICCI, UGC – JRF Research Fellowship by the Government of India, Fellow at the International Residency programme by ProHelvetia Swiss Arts Council 2022, Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) Danish Arts Council, Polish Arts Council and one of the first recipients of the ARTTHINK SOUTH ASIA FELLOWSHIP with Goethe Institute and KHOJ (2010) at the Hamburger- Bahnoff, Berlin. She’s on the jury of the UK Based Alpine Fellowship Awards.

Bhavna’s keen eye for fresh talent has brought to the Indian art scene artists, critics, writers and curators alike, whom she has fostered through conferring the annual the TAKE ON Writing symposiums and the Art Writers’ Award, that enables a researcher to work in Switzerland for 2 months and results in a well researched publication, showcasing artists and arts professionals at the world’s most celebrated international art fairs and iconic biennales, hosting seminars, residencies, ensembles and panel discussions. TAKE on Art, a biannual art journal she edits and publishes, covers relevant critiques on art and cultural events from across the globe, especially through a South Asia perspective. Its curated issues have been building alternative art histories situating uncharted territories and discourses on art, fashion, architecture, photography, food, design, film and performance. TAKE also introduces affordable artworks created in collaboration with master artists through TAKE Editions; to grow interest in the collection of art and make art accessible to new and varied enthusiasts.