We are Wari
Ours is a procession in the name of art.
Our founder comes from a family that walks the Wari every year in the name of Vitthal and Rakhumai -Maharashtra’s pastoral gods. It is this heady devotion he pays an ode to.
With the ambition to break open the white cube and reimagine the way art is shared and experienced, Wari Art was born. Inspired by the Warkaris, we dance in the chorus of creation. Wari now walks from Maharashtra to the world.
What Wari Does
We devotedly collect, collaborate over and celebrate art. To us, that devotion shines through in these practises:
At WARI WE
COLLECT
We collect art worthy of hallowed halls. We pay Indian masters the dues they’re owed, and we showcase them on renowned and rising platforms. They are Wari’s patron saints, and you’ll want to keep coming back for their dindis.
At WARI WE
COLLAB ORATE
We mentor, incubate and co-create with promising contemporary artists. Their work sits alongside masters in their dindis, which means they march alongside stalwarts.
At WARI WE
CELEB RATE
WE CONNECT PATRONS—FLEDGELING AND EVOLVED—TO THIS FEVERISH PROCESSION OF ART. WE HELP THEM BUILD COVETED COLLECTIONS. OUR EXPERTISE MAKES ASSETS OUT OF ART.
Our Vision
With Art
To art, and the world it inhabits, we bring India’s stalwarts and rising artists. Some require no introduction, and others, you will want to pledge your halls to.
With Artists
To artists, we bring a dais ornamented with laurels, limelight and patrons deserving of their frenzied pursuit.
With Patrons
To patrons of the arts, we bring artefacts—both old and new to enjoy and invest in. Our expertise helps you build an altar of art you’d be aching to give a place of pride.
Our Warkaris
About Digvijay: Founder, Wari
Wari is founded by Digvijay, who grew up swinging between banyan vines in Latur’s Rameshwar. He has since graduated from University of the Arts London, studied Art Business at Sotheby’s and worked between India, London and the Netherlands. Art is faith to Digvijay, he finds himself at its gates ever so often—it’s what brings him closest to divinity. And so Wari was born.
Amchi Mandali: Our Team
Our team comes together from many grounds. Our members join the chorus from Pune, London, Atlanta, Melbourne and more such temples of art.
About the Name
Our name borrows from an annual procession in the name of Vithoba—Maharashtra’s most beloved God. The Wari is a congregation that eclipses over simple faith to traverse across landscapes, castes, languages and ages. Lakhs of people walk with it—led by a purpose devoid of binding ritual practice, yet filled with song, community and an infallible sense of devotion.
Walk with us!
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