'Davinder Toor, a leading figure among a new generation of Indian & Islamic art collectors, will discuss with exhibiting artist Jatinder Singh Durhailay their view on Sikh Art.  Davinder Toor has been collecting Jatinder Singh Durhailay's paintings since 2018.

About Davinder Toor


Davinder Toor has acted as a consultant to major private collectors, auction houses and institutions, including the British Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum and Wallace Collection. He currently lectures on the Arts of the Royal Sikh Courts for the Victoria & Albert Museum's prestigious 'Arts of Asia' course. Objects from the Toor Collection of Sikh Art have been exhibited at major global institutions, including at the Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung (Munich), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), Asian Art Museum (San Francisco), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Brunei Gallery (London). His collection and Davinder Toor as a collector were featured on the BBC's 'Lost Treasures of the Sikh Kingdom' (2014) and 'The Stolen Maharajah: Britain's Indian Royal' (2018) documentaries.'

Plant-based Indian Chai blended by Jatinder's mother and prepared by Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck will be served on the occasion in Indian steal chai cups.

Suggested Donation: £5

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