The gallery was opened on November 14, 1992, The Nehru Centre Art Gallery is dedicated to the promotion of young talent artist and provides a platform for them to exhibit their work along with that of eminent artists. The Gallery has featured a wide range of well-known painters and sculptors to students of art colleges. There have been several noteworthy exhibitions of paintings, sculptures, graphics, calligraphy, ceramics, textile-paintings and photography.

The Gallery was Inaugurated by Dr. H. N. Sethna, the then General Secretary of Nehru Centre, with an exhibition of eminent painters and sculptors – M.F. Husain, K.K. Hebbar, Prabhakar Barwe, Akbar Padmashree, Altaf, Navjot and Kishor Thakur. After an extremely successful initial five years, the Art Gallery expanded its size and activities.

The space is available in two parts. One is an air-conditioned area of approximately 2500 sq. ft. giving 145 running feet, expandable by using panels. The other is the Circular Gallery with 125 running feet for displaying paintings. Both are situated on the ground floor of the Discovery of India Building of the Nehru Centre.

Apart from exhibitions, several art-related activities are organized throughout the year for the children, student artists, professional artists and the most awaited show of Indian Master’s Retrospective continuously for the past almost 32 years.