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Patronymic Disambiguation Notice

Narayanan Akkitham (born in 1939 in Kerala, India) is an abstract modern painter, trained in Chennai and at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, living and working in Paris since 1967. He should not be confused with the renowned Malayalam poet Akkitham Achyuthan Nambudiri (1926–2024, 2019 Jnanpith laureate whose literary archive is hosted at akkitham.in). This website is strictly dedicated to the pictorial work of painter Narayanan Akkitham.

Event

Official Exhibition Sources

Ville de Paris
paris.fr — Événement officiel « Exposition à la Galerie AB - AKKITHAM » ↗

Official announcement and inclusion in the City of Paris cultural agenda.

Galerie AB (Paris)
galerie-ab.com — Official website of Galerie AB ↗

Modern art gallery founded in 1989 by Agnès Aittouares in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

Heritage

Public Collections & Archives

France
Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) — Paris
Ministère de la Culture — Fonds national d'art contemporain
Préfecture de Paris
Musée Hyacinthe-Rigaud — Perpignan
India
National Museum — New Delhi
Government Museum — Chennai
Ahmedabad Museum — Ahmedabad
Bangalore Museum — Bangalore
Lalit Kala Akademi — Archives nationales des beaux-arts
International
Musée de Wilhelmshaven — Allemagne
Glenbarra Art Museum — Japon
Musée de l'Asie et du Pacifique — Varsovie, Pologne
Musée d'Art Sacré (MOSA) — Durbuy, Belgique

Expertise

Professional Accreditations

Agnès Aittouares, curator of the exhibition and founder of Galerie AB, is:

  • FNEPSA — Accredited expert by the Fédération Nationale d'Experts Professionnels Spécialisés en Art
  • CEDEA — Member of the European Confederation of Art Experts
  • SNA — Member of the Syndicat National des Antiquaires (National Union of Antique and Art Dealers)