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Eve Lemesle

Founder and Director

Eve Lemesle has been working in the arts sector for 18 years in India, Europe and Canada. She is a graduate of La Sorbonne in arts management and holds a diploma in South-Asia studies from INALCO (Paris). After several visits to India starting in 2003, she settled in Mumbai in 2009 and started What About Art (WAA), a first-of-its-kind arts management agency in India.

WAA produces ambitious art projects within the growing South-Asian art scene. Among recent projects are production of the India-Pakistan pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, Dhaka Art Summit in Bangladesh, William Kentridge’s solo exhibition in Mumbai, multiple projects at the Kochi Biennale. Lemesle is a Consultant for Qatar Museum Authority, and she is a researcher at the Institute of Public Art, University of Shanghai.

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Geetanjali Sayal

Creative Project Manager

Geetanjali is an Architect with an MA in Narrative Environments from Central Saint Martins, London. She received the Knight Frank Award for her masters project in the course as part of the Spatial Design Programme. Over the years, she has gained experience in the field of Arts Production and Management working with Artichoke in London on some of their large scale projects in the UK and at the Serendipity Arts Foundation in India.

In 2020, she initiated a research and documentation project on Delhi’s undervalued Art Deco heritage as an alternative lens to view Delhi’s architectural history, which was awarded the Arts Research grant in 2021 by India Foundation for the Arts.

Currently, she works as a Creative Project Manager at What About Art supporting the team with project managing, producing exhibition drawings and overseeing the installation of various exhibitions in Mumbai.

Srushti Karale

Asst. Project Manager

Srushti Karale is a graduate of architecture from the School of Environment and Architecture. Soon after her graduation she worked as an architect with Mazumdar Bravo Architects. Over the years she has gained experience in conceptualising design projects of various scales and typologies working with interesting multi-disciplinaries in the field of space making from designers to researchers, visualisers, carpenters and more. Driven by an innate desire to step into public arts and culture, she has previously volunteered at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival for three years.

With What About Art, Srushti brings her experience of architecture and her association to the arts in the most unique manner when managing the exhibitions on ground. She is also supporting the team with research on outreach and collaborative initiatives for aspiring art managers.

Eve Lemesle

Founder and Director

Eve Lemesle has been working in the arts sector for 18 years in India, Europe and Canada. She is a graduate of La Sorbonne in arts management and holds a diploma in South-Asia studies from INALCO (Paris). After several visits to India starting in 2003, she settled in Mumbai in 2009 and started What About Art (WAA), a first-of-its-kind arts management agency in India.

WAA produces ambitious art projects within the growing South-Asian art scene. Among recent projects are production of the India-Pakistan pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, Dhaka Art Summit in Bangladesh, William Kentridge’s solo exhibition in Mumbai, multiple projects at the Kochi Biennale. Lemesle is a Consultant for Qatar Museum Authority, and she is a researcher at the Institute of Public Art, University of Shanghai.

Photograph of team member

Geetanjali Sayal

Creative Project Manager

Geetanjali is an Architect with an MA in Narrative Environments from Central Saint Martins, London. She received the Knight Frank Award for her masters project in the course as part of the Spatial Design Programme. Over the years, she has gained experience in the field of Arts Production and Management working with Artichoke in London on some of their large scale projects in the UK and at the Serendipity Arts Festival in Goa.

In 2020, she initiated a research and documentation project on Delhi’s undervalued Art Deco heritage as an alternative lens to view Delhi’s architectural history, which was awarded the Arts Research grant in 2021 by India Foundation for the Arts.

Currently, she works as a Creative Project Manager at What About Art supporting the team with project managing, producing exhibition drawings and overseeing the installation of various exhibitions in Mumbai.

Srushti Karale

Asst. Project Manager

Srushti Karale, is a graduate of architecture from the School of Environment and Architecture. Soon after her graduation she worked as an architect with Mazumdar Bravo Architects. Over the years she has gained experience in conceptualising design projects of various scales and typologies working with interesting multi-disciplinaries in the field of space making from designers to researchers, visualisers, carpenters and more. Driven by an innate desire to step into public arts and culture, she has previously volunteered at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival for three years.

With What About Art, Srushti brings her experience of architecture and her association to the arts in the most unique manner when managing the exhibitions on ground. She is also supporting the team with research on outreach and collaborative initiatives for aspiring art managers.