Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Mumbai Cultural Centre Invites Visitors to Touch Art
The Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre is a large arts centre in Mumbai.
It has theatres, workshops and galleries.
One artwork shows Mumbai landmarks using thousands of tiny ankle bells called ghungroos.
Another exhibition lets people touch artworks instead of only looking at them.
Digital flowers move when visitors touch them.
Other works make sounds, change lights or show temporary pictures of people.
The art also asks questions about technology, nature and cameras watching everyday life.
Guides help visitors understand the works and decide what they think about them.
Vibha Galhotra’s City Obscure depicts Mumbai landmarks using thousands of individually stitched ghungroos.
The Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre includes a 2,000-plus-seat Grand Theatre and smaller performance spaces.
Its Art House exhibition, Second Nature, features nine immersive installations about nature, technology and human experience.
Visitors can touch, move through and interact with works that respond with projected images, lights, sounds and changing portraits.
Staff-guided explanations help visitors engage with contemporary art, including those who may not regularly visit galleries.
- Who
- Artists including Vibha Galhotra, Subodh Gupta, Es Devlin, Random International, teamLab, A.A. Murakami and Simon Heijdens are featured, with staff guiding visitors.
- What
- The Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre presents performances, workshops and interactive contemporary-art exhibitions.
- When
- The Studio and Cube theatres host artists from Thursday through Sunday; the article does not specify the exhibition’s overall dates.
- Where
- The centre is in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex, or BKC.
- Why
- To present established and emerging artists while helping audiences experience and think about art, nature, technology and human life.
- Cultural centre
- Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, abbreviated NMACC
- Location
- Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
- Grand Theatre
- Capacity of more than 2,000 people, with a 35-metre stage
- Featured artwork
- Vibha Galhotra’s City Obscure uses thousands of heated and individually stitched ghungroos
- Current Art House exhibition
- Second Nature
- Immersive installations
- The exhibition includes nine installations
- Performance spaces
- The Studio and Cube theatres support dance, music, sound healing and workshops