Centre d’art

Centre d’Art was born at the initiative of Dominique Darr, a Parisian photographer who witnessed the birth and beginnings of Auroville and left invaluable documentation of this period.

Centre d’Art is a cultural center dedicated to art and beauty in the heart of the city. Our 530m2 space includes 2 vast exhibition galleries with large windows overlooking nature, a multimedia room, a darkroom, offices, and a photographic scanning laboratory.

Our mission is focused on two main objectives:

• Promoting art through exhibitions, talks, workshops, pedagogic activities, and artist residency
• Archiving and valorising Dominique Darr’s photographs

We carefully curate our programs in order to offer diversity in art and unity around beauty.

Since 2012 Centre d’Art has hosted nearly 90 exhibitions including painting, mixed media and photography. Faithful to the spirit of Auroville, whose residents represent more than 50 nationalities, we collaborate with artists from India and abroad.

We regularly organize darkroom workshops and cultural activities.

Two exhibition spaces surrounded by nature