Art as Witness: 75 Years of Partition
Exploring the artistic landscapes of post-Partition India and Pakistan in collaboration with the ZVM Rangoonwala Foundation.
Art as Witness: 75 Years of Partition
Exploring the artistic landscapes of post-Partition India and Pakistan in collaboration with the ZVM Rangoonwala Foundation, featuring works from the VM Art Gallery Permanent Collection and MAP.
How to Sniff Out a Fake? Long-Distance Trade and the Madras Handkerchief
This essay explores the history of a particular kind of handloom cloth from Madras, commonly referred to by its trade names, the Telia rumal or the Madras Handkerchief.
Interior Words: The Legacy of Studio Photography in India
A detailed history of studio photography in India, moving from the colonial to the postcolonial to the contemporary. The essay makes the intersection of commercial interests, power relations and changing sociopolitical attitudes that have defined and redefined photography’s role in the country.
Upon Passing, Mirroring, and Becoming
A reflection on interface in MAP and AAAI's latest exhibition, 'Bahurupee in the Panorama: Writing and Artwork of K.G. Subramanyan.'
Magic of Making at the Faculty of Fine Arts
Looking at K. G. Subramanyan’s contributions toward developing a pedagogical ideology for the Faculty of Fine Arts in Baroda, this essay touches upon Subramanyan’s view of the arts as...
How to Sniff Out a Fake? Long-Distance Trade and the Madras Handkerchief
This essay explores the history of a particular kind of handloom cloth from Madras, commonly referred to by its trade names, the Telia rumal or the Madras Handkerchief.
Invisibilising the Visible: The Making of the Art of Kantha in Bengal
The essay attempts to position 'kantha' as an art object and to trace the trajectory of textile artisans, whose voices and art have both been left outside the paradigm...
A Conclave Unlike Any Other
Prof B.N. Goswamy takes readers on a comprehensive visual and literary journey through the painting, A Remarkable Conclave, depicting an imaginary gathering of thinkers, saints and poets such as...
Understanding Adivasi Artists in the Contemporary Context
Giving viewers a sense of the context in which Bhuri Bai’s career has taken shape, this essay discusses how the art market and cultural institutions have historically engaged with...
Experiencing Photography
Celebrated Indian artist, Jyoti Bhatt speaks of his journey as a photographer.