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NGMA Delhi and Drents Museum bring Amrita Sher-Gil to the Netherlands

The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in Delhi has partnered with the Drents Museum in the Netherlands to present a landmark exhibition of works by modernist painter Amrita Sher-Gil. Titled "Amrita Sher-Gil – Europe Belongs to Picasso, India Belongs to Me," the show marks the first time her art has been displayed in the Netherlands. NGMA Director General Dr. Sanjeev Kishor Goutam loaned 48 masterpieces for the exhibition, which includes nearly 60 paintings and photographs exploring Sher-Gil’s life and philosophy. The exhibition runs from May 14 to September 20, 2026, at the Drents Museum in Assen.

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The Picasso of India: Amrita Sher-Gil exhibit opens in Drents Museum

The Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands, has opened a major exhibition of works by Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941), the Hungarian-Indian painter often called the Picasso of India. Titled “Europe is Picasso’s, India is Mine,” the show features nearly 50 paintings and drawings on loan from the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi, marking the first-ever Sher-Gil exhibition in the Netherlands and the first in Europe in nearly two decades. Originally scheduled for March, the opening was delayed due to geopolitical tensions linked to the war in Iran, which postponed the transport of the artworks. The museum worked for six years to secure the loan, and 23 Dutch museums stepped in to create an alternative exhibition during the delay.

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