7th - 25th Nov, 2025 Special Project Space | Museum Plaza
Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum and Art Deco Alive! presents 'Ocean Drive to Marine Drive: Mapping a Century of Art Deco, Miami-Mumbai (1925-2025)'. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with Art Deco Mumbai Trust and the Miami Design Preservation League.
Envisioned by Smiti Kanodia and curated by Atul Kumar, this centenary exhibition, held in Mumbai and Miami, places two seemingly distant cities in dialogue. Both are port cities and hubs of migration. Mumbai and Miami share remarkable Art Deco legacies, shaped by coastal geographies, economic transformation, and new building technologies. From the use of reinforced concrete and tropical ornamentation to aspirations for leisure, and glamour, Art Deco in both cities reflected shared material conditions and divergent cultural worlds.
In Mumbai, Art Deco marked a shift from colonial Gothic architecture to a homegrown rendition of Art Deco. Indian architects, such as Master Sathe & Bhuta, Perin J Mistri, NG Pansare, infused the style with local sensibilities, applying it to cinemas, banks, schools, and petrol pumps. By bringing Mumbai and Miami into the same frame, this exhibition offers a transoceanic lens on Art Deco that is as much about shared futures as it is about entwined histories.
Thu, 13 Nov, 2025 | 10:00 am - 5:30 pm
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum and Art Deco Alive! present a day of ideas exchange, inspiring debate, and dialogue around heritage advocacy and preservation in a rapidly developing India. The Twin City Symposium brings together leading voices across architecture, design, policy, academia, and the arts; reimagining how we engage with our urban past to shape a more conscious future through illustrated presentations and thought-provoking discussions, the symposium explores the lasting influence of the Art Deco movement on our cities, our identities, and the way we live today.
with Naresh Fernandes, Ratan J Batliboi and Nakul Mehta.
Sun, 16 Nov, 2025 | 5 pm - 7 pm
Dr Bhau Daji Lad and Art Deco Alive! present a screening of Susheel Kurien’s Finding Carlton: Uncovering the Story of Jazz in India (2012 | 96 Min) in collaboration with The Revolver Film Club. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Naresh Fernandes, Ratan J Batliboi and Nakul Mehta.
Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 | 5 pm - 6:15 pm
Dr Bhau Daji Lad and Art Deco Alive! present a screening of Mira Nair’s 1985 documentary, India Cabaret. Nair explores the marginalised quite often in her films, male and female. This time, it is the marginalised women in Bombay who have been cast out because of the ‘nature’ of their jobs. This is a striking exploration of patriarchy, hypocrisy, and the politics of the male gaze in urban India.
With the Sound Space on Wheels
Sun, 09 & 23 Nov, 2025 | 11 am & 12 pm
Hop on The Sound Space on Wheels for an immersive Jazz Music Fusion Workshop that brings together the improvisation of jazz and the richness of Indian ragas.
This one-of-a-kind session transforms a bus into a mobile music studio, where kids can listen, play, and jam in real time, exploring how rhythm, raga, and harmony create a shared language of sound and creativity.
With Kitsters
Sat, 15 & 22 Nov, 2025 | 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Ever wondered what it would be like to turn Mumbai’s Art Deco patterns into your own art?
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum present a hands-on gel plate monoprinting experience using Art Deco-inspired motifs and walk away with your own custom postcards.
with Atul Kumar, Vani Subramanian, Jigna Desai, and Meenakshi Shedde.
Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 | 4:30 pm – 6:45 pm
Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum and Art Deco Alive! present a special screening and conversation around Cinema Pe Cinema: The Theatre. The Movies. And Us, directed by Vani Subramanian. This evocative documentary sits at the crossroads of cinema, India’s rapidly disappearing single-screen theatres, and the legacy of Art Deco.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion on the legacy and future of India’s heritage cinemas with Atul Kumar, Vani Subramanian, Jigna Desai, and Meenakshi Shedde.
With Varun Narayan
Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 | 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum and Art Deco Alive! present Sinatra After Sunset, an intimate evening of golden-era jazz featuring smooth Frank Sinatra renditions by Varun Narayan.
The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai City Museum seeks to serve the community as an Institution dedicated to excellence in cultural education through exhibitions and unique visual and intellectual media
An Institution of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. Supported by the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation. Restored by INTACH, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
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