He is best known for having built a real estate and financial services conglomerate.
But what’s been preoccupying billionaire Ajay Piramal over the last few years has precious little to do with business or market capitalisation. Exactly what? The democratisation of art appreciation. And how? By leveraging building spaces in order to show art for free. “My personal objective is to spend time and effort to set up art exhibitions driven by themes, displayed in accessible spaces and open to people from all strata of society,” he says.
In November 2015, the Piramal Museum of Art opened to the