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Gallery Exhibition IconicMasterpieces of Indian Modern Art, Edition 06
New Delhi:
31st October 2026 – 28th November 2026
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Iconic Masterpieces of Indian Modern Art series, now in its sixth edition, is a museum-scale showcase exploring the breadth of pre-modern and modern Indian art through exceptional works from the DAG collection. Bringing together Anglo-Indian artists, National Treasures, pioneers of Indian modernism and lesser-known yet equally significant practitioners, the exhibition traces key moments, movements and ideas that have shaped the country's artistic landscape. Spanning the late seventeenth century to the twenty-first century, it presents celebrated names alongside unidentified artists whose contributions remain fundamental to the history of Indian art.
Among its highlights are a rare illustrated Mahabharata scroll and an Early Bengal masterpiece, shown alongside works by the travelling artists Thomas Daniell, George Chinnery, Stefan Norblin and Marius Bauer. National Treasure artists Jamini Roy, Nandalal Bose, Gaganendranath Tagore and Sailoz Mookherjea appear alongside Bengal masters Radhacharan Bagchi, J. P. Gangooly, Manishi Dey and Mukul Dey; Bengal modernists including Nirode Mazumdar and Paritosh Sen; Progressives such as M. F. Husain, F. N. Souza, S. H. Raza, Ram Kumar, Akbar Padamsee, S. K. Bakre and Krishen Khanna; and Madras modernists J. Sultan Ali, K. C. S. Paniker, D. P. Roy Chowdhury and L. Munuswamy. The exhibition also includes works by Rabin Mondal, Chittaprosad, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Madhvi Parekh, B. Prabha and Devayani Krishna; abstractionists Ambadas, Shanti Dave, Sohan Qadri, Biren De and Rajendra Dhawan; sculptors Dhanraj Bhagat and K. Laxma Goud; and, for the first time in Iconic, Nalini Malani, Sudhir Patwardhan, Gieve Patel, Dashrath Patel, K. C. Aryan and Gogi Saroj Pal—reflecting DAG's continuing endeavour to broaden the understanding of Indian art.
Together, these works offer a sweeping view of Indian art across more than four centuries, revealing the diversity of practices, ideas and histories that continue to shape its evolving canon.
Artists
Andrea Gastaldi
Anil Karanjai
Antoine Druet
Boris Georgiev
D. J. Joshi
Dashrath Patel
George Percy Jacomb-Hood
Gieve Patel
J. P. Gangooly
K. C. Aryan
M. F. Pithawalla
Manishi Dey
Nirode Mazumdar
Stefan Norblin
Sudhir Patwardhan
Unidentified Artist (Early Bengal School)
Vinod Dave
Vivan Sundaram
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