Reena Dewan: Championing Accessibility in the Indian Arts Ecosystem

Shall we start with expanding on your career journey and how you got to where you are now? Well! It’s a very weird journey, starting from the time, when my family came from, what is now known as Pakistan at the time of the Partition of India, almost barehanded as refugees and settled in Old Delhi. As a child I was not privileged to have access to fine arts, but by living in Old Delhi, I cogitate that heritage, history, traditional practices of art, cooking, games and textiles became part of my DNA. My formative years made me a very grounded and pragmatic person, and I think a lot of my work reflects that. My career started in the corporate world and after a successful decade long journey, I felt the “calling of my heart” was laid elsewhere. This belief that I could use my past experiences to not only follow my dreams but also become proficient in the field, prompted me to take up a formal Fine Arts education in Kolkata. Soon after finishing my education, I started working on a project with the, then newly opened museum, ArtsAcre and eventually, was invited to be its director. Meanwhile, I was chosen…