Talks
Plants, Prints, And The Book: A Look Inside Designing Paper Gardens.
Shrey Maurya and Tania Singh Khosla
Developed alongside the exhibition of the same name, the Paper Gardens catalogue brings together over a hundred botanical illustrations from the 17th to the 20th centuries, tracing encounters between plants, artists, and institutions across continents and styles. Featuring essays by art historian Dr Holly Shaffer, botanist Dr Henry J Noltie, and writer Sumana Roy, the book approaches botanical drawings as living documents.
Shrey Maurya, Research Director of Impart and co-editor of the book, will be in conversation with the book’s designer, Tania Singh Khosla, to discuss the possibilities and challenges of working with botanical illustrations in book form.
Referencing her vast expertise with publication design — including past catalogues for MAP — Khosla will delve into the mechanics of working with such artworks; discuss the narrative and aesthetic choices that informed her approach; and reflect on how the book’s structure expands on the themes of the exhibition.
The exhibition, ‘Paper Gardens’, marks the continuation of a sustained, years-long collaboration between MAP and Impart — an online platform fostering greater public engagement with the art and cultural histories of South Asia.
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Tania Singh Khosla
Speaker
Tania Singh Khosla is the Founder and Creative Director of the award-winning branding and graphic design firm TSK Design, established in 1996. For three decades, she has led the studio in creating design solutions across print, book and publication design, packaging, digital and environmental graphics for institutions and brands. With a BA from Mount Holyoke College and an MFA from Yale University, her work balances Indian and global aesthetics, traditional and contemporary influences, and the digital and the handmade.
Shrey Maurya
Moderator
Shrey Maurya studied Political Science at Lady Shri Ram College, the University of Delhi and holds an MA in Visual Art from Ambedkar University, Delhi. Her research spans early modern and colonial visual cultures. She has worked on exhibitions, research projects, and public programmes that foreground rigorous scholarship while broadening public access to art history.
IMPART
Founded in 2022, Impart (formerly MAP Academy) is an online platform dedicated to fostering deeper engagement with South Asia’s art and cultural histories. The organisation develops comprehensive, freely accessible resources that bridge connections between museums, universities, cultural institutions, and the public.
Impart’s initiatives include the first-ever Encyclopedia of Art from South Asia, spanning over 2,500 entries; a suite of Learning Resources, including courses, live lectures, online talks, and videos; Perspectives, an editorial programme featuring contributions from across the region and beyond; and a range of Special Projects, including multimedia efforts, grants, and organisational partnerships. With more than 1.5 million annual visitors, over 15,000 active learners, and a growing network of collaborators, Impart is building a robust online community for art from South Asia.
Impart is a unit of the Art & Photography Foundation and an institutional partner of the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), Bengaluru.
