EVENTS

Madhuri Bhaduri’a canvases overflow with tranquility and their marvellous grandeur pause, contemplate and lose themselves in the beauty of the piece. A heartiest thank you to Madhuri Bhaduri, KHUSHII is so proud to have your association.

In Feb ‘22, funds raised through Artloot helped build well-being wellbeing centres ‘Manoshakti’ and start schools in Uttarakhand. During the floods KHUSHII also came forward to build pathway roads.

Designer Sahil Kochhar, put his heart and soul by designing beautiful dresses for young girls from economically disadvantaged communities. They walked the ramp to embark on their journey towards becoming strong, independent women by creating their own space and voice. The proceeds from the sale of these dresses went towards the holistic growth of 200 girl youths in the North West community in Delhi. We are supremely proud of our confident KHUSHII girls who were truly inspiring on the ramp.

The Artists included in the showcase were not only the Senior Masters of the Indian Art Fraternity, but also exciting, new-age artists who are becoming increasingly popular in India and Internationally for their unique styles and striking creations. What did these artists have in common? Their names started with the Letter S!

With the onset of an unforeseen global pandemic (COVID-19) in 2020, the 2019-20 events calendar inevitably had to be seriously reconsidered and some of our fundraising initiatives unfortunately had to be put on hold.

A cause of ‘Establishing Gender Harmony’ and creating transformational attitude change, through value-based education - especially in underprivileged backgrounds and communities. This edition of the Coffee Table Book was to celebrate the bond between siblings.

Though we were successful in kick started this edition of our fundraiser in early 2020, with a great deal of support from our participating patrons, we were compelled to put our photo-shoots on hold due to the pandemic and hence, delay the launch of the Book for better and safer times. Besides our inexhaustible urge to continue supporting our beneficiaries, this event is important and close to our hearts, as it truly captures a moment in time, a wonderful memory and the chance to look back on beautiful bond that one shares with their family.

We thank our participating patrons for their understanding and patience, and we cannot wait to kick off our Post-Covid physical Events with a magnificent culmination of all the stories of Timeless Portraits of Love, celebrating life, togetherness and the spirit of giving.

Like the rest of the world, KHUSHII too adapted to the new normal, and the team have since been working in overdrive to ensure we stick to our duties towards our beneficiaries, now taking our events online.

As always, Art has been at the forefront of our fundraising events, and we are extremely fortunate that one of our most popular and annual trademarked property, WhatsApp Artloot was already conducted on a virtual platform.

A grand “Whatsapp Artloot” sale for the ‘Khushii Relief Fund’ was held on 10th June 2020, to support underprivileged families effected by COVID-19 as well as support to front-line workers. We saw an overwhelming response from our patrons, and the artists too came forward with even more generosity and incredible enthusiasm, so a very big thank you, to the backbone of our Khushii fundraising events.

The October 2020 WhatsApp Artloot was curated with a lot of care. For the first time, KHUSHII connected with the International Art World in a bigger way, and successful partnered with international artists and patrons to be able to showcase some of the biggest names in the International Art Circuit, including Damien Hirst and Anish Kapoor. The showcase was a very specially curated mix of international Art, Indian Contemporary Art, as well as extremely select Masters, with some brilliant artists sharing some of their best works with KHUSHII for this initiative.

As the pandemic continues, we have decided it is critical for the Art & Events Team to ensure we are constantly working at full-acceleration and ensure we shift gears as required, to help continue running Khushii’s projects, support these students and their families, plus support many, many more who are coming our way in these difficult times.

KHUSHII”s next WhatsApp Artloot is scheduled for 14th & 15th February 2021 – do put a splash of colour on your calendars and Save the Date!

For our art collectors and special buyers, we are pleased to announce that we shall also be launching our online Art Portal, The Art Marketplace in April 2021, with an exclusive online auction conducted by Christies, who’s first association with KHUSHII was in 2006. We are fine tuning our ideas to optimise the experience for our buyers to ensure you all have a “close to real life”, exhilarating art experience albeit virtually

We have also developed an edition of India on Canvas, for our younger patrons, India on Canvas Junior, where we give the younger generation a chance to share a canvas with some of the leading artists in India, leaving them with memories to last a lifetime.

– the Artloot Concept has been tweaked by Khushii over the years, such that each Artloot has a sense of individuality, incredibly low prices and a wonderful element of surprise – all of which adds to it resounding success.

From Lucky Drawers, Raffles, Silent Auctions and our most successful, “WhatsApp Artloot” where we carry out our entire Sale on WhatsApp – Khushii’s Artloot has done it all, and is model which many have attempted to replicate.