Aarti Lohia
indian-born art collector, art patron and philanthropist
Aarti Lohia is an Indian-born, London-based international art collector, arts patron, and philanthropist.She is best known for her contributions to contemporary South Asian art and her philanthropic work across the arts, culture, healthcare, and social welfare. Lohia is the Chairperson of SP Lohia Foundation. She has been recognised by ARTnews as one of the Top 200 art collectors globally and featured in Apollo magazine’s 40 under 40 list.
Aarti Lohia is actively involved with several leading international art and cultural institutions. She serves on the International Council of the Victoria & Albert Museum, the South Asian Acquisitions Committee at Tate Modern, and the British Fashion Council Foundation. She is a Trustee of the South London Gallery and serves as a Leading Philanthropic Partner and serves on its Modern and Contemporary Programme Advisory Panel. She also contributes to refugee welfare as a member of the Advisory Board of UK for UNHCR. Previously, she has been a member of MoMA’s David Rockefeller Council.
In India, she is a Platinum Patron of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the country’s only contemporary art biennale. Since 2015, Lohia has been the lead donor towards building the India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) Archive, based in Bangalore.
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