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JournalThe art of Madhvi Parekh$0.00
Get a glimpse of Madhvi Parekh as she talks about her practice and the relevance of festivals and celebrations in her art.
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JournalRani Chanda on Nandalal Bose, Jamini Roy and Mukul Dey$0.00
A translation of Rani Chanda's (nee Dey) essay/ memoir of Nandalal Bose, her teacher, and his friendship with Mukul Dey (Chanda's elder brother) and Jamini Roy.
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JournalThakor Becharsinhji of Chuda by Frank Brooks$1.00
Did you know that the portrait painter Frank Brooks whose two trips to India won him commissions from the rulers of principalities in the Bombay Presidency, trained Raja Ravi Varma’s brother in the art of figure painting? For his second India voyage (1892-93), he was invited specially to paint the heads of the twenty-eight rulers of the Kathiawar Agency. The subject of this stunning portrait is Thakur Becharsinhji of Chuda, a state so small it did not even merit a gun salute for its ruler. Explore in detail with Kishore Singh, SVP, DAG.
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Teaching Through ArtTipoo: The man and the myth$1.00
A creative response guide on exploring multiple historical perspectives through artworks and archival material on the fall of Tipoo Sultan.
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Teaching Through ArtFables of Freedom$1.00
A project idea on using artworks as prompts to write about the figures in the freedom movement marginalized in or left out of the history books.
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Events and ProgrammesGallery Teach-In$1.00
A unique academic engagement where professors from diverse disciplines bring their classrooms into the galleries, explore connections between their curriculum and the collection on view and experiment with new ways of teaching through art.
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JournalTapati Guha Thakurta on Bengal Oil Paintings$1.00
Artists may be anonymous but their times are not. Art historian and curator Dr. Tapati Guha-Thakurta takes us through the Early Bengal oil paintings from the 19th and early 20th century on display at DAG, New Delhi.
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JournalAn Elsewhere Homeland: Sayed Haider Raza’s Iconic Masterpiece$0.00
‘Raza was in some ways an earth painter—someone to whom earth mattered both as a constant presence and an irrepressible memory.’ Ashok Vajpeyi looks at the natural mechanics of Sayed Haider Raza’s abstractions, tracing his relationship with landscape and art.
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JournalOriental Scenery: Aquatints by Thomas & William Daniell$0.00
What wonder it must have been for the people in England to ‘see’ India for the first time, the exotica that they had only heard of until then! The artists who made this possible through their paintings and aquatints were the uncle-nephew duo of Thomas Daniell and William Daniell, whose magnum opus, Oriental Scenery, was the subject of this landmark exhibition at Drishyakala, a joint collaboration between DAG and the Archaeological Survey of India.
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JournalRemembering Tipu Sultan: Manu Pillai and Giles Tillotson$0.00Historian and author Manu S. Pillai in conversation with art historian and curator Giles Tillotson on the subject of Tipu Sultan in the context of DAG’s exhibition, 'Tipu Sultan: Image and Distance' Learn More
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JournalTerm Of The Month: The Diagonal Method$0.00
As one of India’s most well-known artists, Tyeb Mehta still commands our attention for his commitment to experimentation. His ‘Diagonal series’ established him as a dynamic figure within the world of modern art, but how did this diagonal method come to be an important tool of composition in the last century? It all started with the invention of another compoitional tool called the 'rule of thirds'. Read below as we explore the origins of this artistic tool and see how it has evolved over time.
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