Cochin and Mattancherry host the Kochi-Muziris Art Biennale. The current one is due to end at the end of March 2017. the next one should begin in December 2018. The existence of the Biennale must surely have helped attract private art gallery owners to set up shop in the area. OED Gallery is one of these.
The OED gallery occupies the extensive premises of what must have once been a warehouse or a group of warehouses. Leave Bazaar Road, and enter the long courtyard/garden belonging to OED. On either side of this open space there are converted buildings that serve as galleries to display the artworks on sale.
OED specialises in contemporary Indian artworks. Its owner has good taste, and this is reflected in the wonderful displays of art that he sets up.
Lovers of modern art should not miss this lovely new addition to the Cochin art scene.