Search results for: 'India's Rockefeller Artists: An Indo-US Cultural Saga'
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JournalConscious Collecting with Asia Art Archive and Durjoy Rahman$0.00What is the role of collectors and collections or archives in the world of art today? Does it simply allude to practices of producing a consumable past today or does it also aspire to question the ways in which history has been shaped by powerful interventions in the form of artworks, performances and installations? In this series of conversations, we wanted to explore the idea of collecting recent or contemporary art—and how it inevitably takes us back to the moderns who influenced such practices heavily.
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JournalWilliam Dalrymple on Tipu Sultan$0.00Twenty-five years is not a long time in the life of an institution, especially when its scope of work is as overarching as DAG’s is. This short video encapsulates the gallery’s monumental journey undertaken on its silver anniversary, providing a snapshot of the prodigious work it has undertaken in such a short span of time. Learn More -
JournalTipu Sultan: Image & Distance$0.00A talk by academician and author Prof. Dr. Vandana Bhandari on Costumes and Textiles from the 18th Century Mysore. Learn More -
Teaching Through ArtTipoo: The man and the myth$1.00A creative response guide on exploring multiple historical perspectives through artworks and archival material on the fall of Tipoo Sultan.
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JournalRadical as a way of Being: Inaugural Contemporary Fellow Nalini Malani at London's National Gallery$0.00What is the role of collectors and collections or archives in the world of art today? Does it simply allude to practices of producing a consumable past today or does it also aspire to question the ways in which history has been shaped by powerful interventions in the form of artworks, performances and installations? In this series of conversations, we wanted to explore the idea of collecting recent or contemporary art—and how it inevitably takes us back to the moderns who influenced such practices heavily.
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Collection StoriesThe City as a Museum, Kolkata—A Visual Journey$1.00DAG Museum’s annual festival ‘The City as a Museum’ attempts to explore the various archives, communities and artistic traditions that cohere around the life of a city. Put together, they tell different stories about the city across time and space, from the point of view of neighbourhoods, collections and institutions, but not just limited to those either.
In order to learn more about this unique programme that seeks to explore heritage outside the walls of a traditional gallery or museum, read on!
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Events and ProgrammesMapping the Colony$1.00A workshop by Priyank Patel, from the Department of Geography, Presidency University, for ages 16 and above, on mapmaking in the colonial and postcolonial era and how maps of Calcutta (and later, Kolkata) were shaped through these different ways of knowing the world.
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