Asia Week New York zooms-in on the allure of Indian painting
Fairies descend from the heavens to visit the chamber of Prince Manohar. Folio from The Rose Garden of Love by Nusrati, court poet to Sultan Ali Adil Shah II of Bijapur Deccan, circa 1700. Opaque watercolour with gold and silver on paper, 8 ¾ by 5 ¾ in., 22.3 by 14.4 cm. painting; 15 ½ by 9 ¼ in. 39.5 by 23.5 cm. folio (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
NEW YORK, NY
.- Continuing its lively series of virtual panel discussions, Asia Week New York will present Tales in Connoisseurship: Appreciating Indian Painting with an all-star panel of specialists including Brendan Lynch, co-director of London-based Oliver Forge & Brendan Lynch Ltd., Marika Sardar, PhD, Curator, The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, and collector Gursharan Sidhu, PhD. These renowned experts will reveal their personal journeys of connoisseurship within the rich and wonderful world of Indian paintings. The presentation will be held on Thursday, J
‘Adopt’ a museum artefact, save history this festive season
ByMohua DasMohua Das / Updated: Dec 20, 2020, 11:21 IST
(This story was first published in the Times of India on December 20, 2020)
Know someone who would like a sixth century ‘Head of a Damsel’ for Christmas? Or maybe a 400-year-old silk thangka painting of Chundhaa, goddess and protector from epidemics and diseases?
Instead of the predictable exchange of presents this festive season, these endangered objects can make for a gift that can keep on giving with
the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) allowing people to adopt centuries-old artefacts under their own name, in memory of someone or in dedication to a loved one as a way to mitigate the pandemic-induced losses and care for their precious relics.
The National Museum of Asian Art has created an app that enables visitors to explore its Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room Courtesy of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Galvanised by the popularity of its online Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room and meditation podcasts amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Rubin Museum of Art in New York has cleared out its third-floor galleries to make way for an interactive Mandala Lab that invites visitors on a social and emotional journey to self-awareness.
The $1m project, which is expected to open in autumn 2021 and cater to families and school groups, is echoed by a variety of offerings at US museums with Himalayan art holdings that have struck a chord among people suffering from anxieties related to the coronavirus or to the US elections. From the Rubin to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (comprising the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery) in Washington, DC, to the Asian Art Museum