Cultural critic Ashok Vajpeyi, scholar Shukla Sawant and artist and daughter of Devayani and Kanwal Krishna, Mridula Vichitra in conversation with journalist Vandana Kalra join us at DAG, Delhi for a panel discussion reflecting on the collective, artistic practices and the evolving narratives of modernism in India.

What began as a chance encounter soon crystallised into the desire to return to a story that has long deserved greater visibility—the remarkable history of the Delhi Silpi Chakra. A sustained, research-led engagement with artist collectives as critical structures in the making of modern Indian art extended to Drawing a Nation: The Delhi Silpi Chakra, an exhibition revisiting one of India’s longest-running and most influential artist collectives.