Page One Art Gallery

Page One Art Gallery is our little space on the second floor of the Gangappa Complex, which is inside the Acropolis building in Lokhandwala. If you know Andheri West, you probably know where the Imperial Hotel is, we are right across from that. It’s a bit of a climb up to the second floor, but it’s worth it to see what we have on the walls. We started this place because we liked seeing local work and wanted a spot to put it up. The lighting in here isn't always perfect, and sometimes the lift in the building acts up, so most people just take the stairs. It’s not a huge museum or anything, just a few rooms where we hang frames and keep some sculptures on the floor. On weekends, it gets a bit more lively with people walking around the complex. We spend a lot of time just moving things around to make more room. The floors are a bit scuffed from moving crates, but that's just part of running a gallery. We don't have a big staff, usually it's just one of us sitting at the front desk near the entrance. It's a nice place to escape the noise of the street for a bit. We get a lot of students coming in just to look, and that’s fine with us. The building itself is an older one, so it has some character, even if the paint is peeling in some corners. We try to keep the dust off the frames but it's a constant job and the old windows let a lot of grit in.