Reading Between the Panels: A Curator’s Walkthrough

Image Credit: Panel from Vyasa: The Beginning by Sankha Banerjee

Join us for a guided walkthrough of the A Moving Line: 1500 Years of Indian Visual Storytelling as its curator Amruta Patil narrates the stories this country tells through lines. In this exhibition, one can witness both the creation of new visual identities and the evolution of a nation through a vast body of works across time and space. Here, kaavad and pattachitra scroll sitting alongside Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle. Chacha Chaudhary next to the Phantom, while contemporary graphic novels and web comics continue conversations that began centuries ago. 

This programme is part of the celebration of the opening of A Moving Line: 1500 Years of Indian Visual Storytelling. 

This exhibition is curated by the artist Amruta Patil, in partnership with the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image (CIBDI), Angoulême. It is supported by the Embassy of France in India and the French Institute in India within the larger framework of the Desibel project — an Indo-French initiative that brings together creators, institutions and communities to shape the future of comics and visual storytelling within India’s animation, visual effects, gaming, comics, and extended reality (AVGC-XR) sector. A version of the exhibition will travel to Angoulême in January 2027 for the opening of the Angoulême International Comics Festival, marking a milestone in the history of Indian comics in France.