pune the union ministry of culture has clarified that the recommendations of the previous advisory committee of national gallery of modern art ngma mumbai which are up to december 2019 will be honoured and exhibitions of artists will be held as proposed the new advisory committee will decide on future exhibitions a statement issued by the ministry on sunday said the statement was issued after actordirector amol palekar expressed his displeasure about the arbitrariness behind the policy changes in conducting exhibitions at the ngma mumbai the statement issued by the ministry said the advisory committees of ngma mumbai bengaluru and delhi have not been dissolved their terms have ended recently the terms of mumbai and bengaluru committees ended on november 15 2018 and that of delhis on january 17 2019 the committees are being reconstitutedregarding permanent collections it is clarified that ngma proposes to display its own collections including artworks by great masters initially over a two year period some artists have expressed their apprehensions about availability of less space for temporary exhibitions and retrospectives ngma is deliberating on suggestions received from artists and a final decision will be taken shortly in consultation with assstakeholders the statement through press information bureau said