Lalit Kala Akademi, National Academy of Arts is the Indian Government’s apex art and culture organisation that supports artists and art institutions working in visual arts, multi-media art practices, community arts and folk and tribal arts. It presents exhibitions and strong public programs of unparalleled significance; by sustaining a library, archives, conservation laboratory and by supporting scholarship and publication of preeminent intellectual merit all over the country.
Central to the Lalit Kala Akademi’s mission is the encouragement of an ever deeper understanding and enjoyment of modern and contemporary art by the diverse local, national and international audience that it serves.