Visiting cultural art centers in Mumbai feels like a very disorienting experience to me.
Just visited a newly launched cultural art center in mumbai which is designed like a 7 star hotel from inside.
It showcased talented artists showing indian handicrafts but the way the designed the corridors & lobbies felt as if designed to make middle class people feel like they don't belong.
I just felt bit icky by the ostentatious display of that elite hotel like aesthetic for an art center
In the UK the traditional institutions are more "understated self-assured class" than any overt attempt to make visitors feel second class. The modern or temporary "pop-up" venues are much more open and informal -like a retail shop I guess.
So far, it hasn't been the fashion to make it look like a Dubai luxury hotel or shopping mall.
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