Exploring the beauty of contemporary art crafted from E-waste

By Vishwanath Mallabadi Davangere from Bengaluru

Inauguration by Sh. K.N. Shrivastava, Director IIC at 18:30 on  22 November, 2023

Envisioned as a journey through the history and heritage of this unique community. Beginning with its history, the exhibition weaves its way through the symbolism of the clan temples to the majestic homes of the Chettiars. The crafts, textiles and traditions preferred and patronised by the community will be displayed.

From the collection of M. Rm. Rm Cultural Foundation, Chennai
Curated by Visalakshi Ramaswamy
 
Inauguration of the exhibition by Shri Suhas Borker, Trustee, IIC on 28 October 2023 at 11.30 am

On view from 28 October to 10 November 2023

(Collaboration: M. Rm. Rm. Cultural Foundation, Chennai)

An exhibition of the Pucara bull, a cultural and ancestral expression of the Puno region of southern Peru. According to the Andean worldview, the Pucara bull figure is seen as a symbol of strength, peace, abundance, and prosperity, as well as a symbol of the identity of southern Peru 

Inauguration on Friday, 6 October 2023 at 18:00

Organised to mark the 60th Anniversary of the establishment of Diplomatic Relations with India

(Collaboration: Embassy of the Republic of Peru)

An exhibition of a selection of digitized South Asian manuscripts from national and international repositories. The exhibits illustrate what manuscripts can tell us about their authors, the process of composition, and the worlds of their readers. It traces the journeys of texts across languages and to different parts of Asia, and stories of how manuscripts were collected down the ages

Inauguration by Dr. S. Jaishankar, Honourable Minister for External Affairs on Wednesday, 13 September 2023 at 18.30 pm

The inauguration also marks the launch of the digital repository, SAMHiTA (Sanskrit for ‘compilation’ or ‘collection’), or South Asian Manuscript Histories and Textual Archive, an initiative of the IIC-International Research Division supported by the Ministry of External Affairs to create a database on South Asian manuscripts in institutions outside India

Photographs by Bindi Sheth

Inauguration by Shri Dadi D. Pudumjee, Founder, The Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust on Friday, 25 August 2023 at 18:30

(Collaboration: Parzor; Museo Camera; and India Photo Archive)

An exhibition of the works of early masters of Bengal school – Abanindranath Tagore and Gaganendranath Tagore as well as their students, Nandalal Bose, Benodebehari Mukherjee, Ramkinker Baij, Manishi Dey, Somnath Hore and Bonbehari Ghosh of Kala Bhawan, Santiniketan

From the private collection of Bonbehari Ghosh

Preview on Tuesday, 8 August 2023 at 18:30

Baolis: Restoring Stepwells, Providing Life

Talk by Ratish Nanda, CEO, Aga Khan Trust for Culture

 (Collaboration: Aga Khan Trust for Culture)   

An exhibition by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture presenting the conservation of Baolis at the Qutb Shahi Heritage Park, Golconda, Hyderabad; and in Delhi at Nizamuddin Baoli, Arab Serai Baoli, Humayun’s Tomb, and Mughal era wells and rainwater harvesting at Sunder Nursery

Inauguration on Friday, 21 July 2023 at 6.30 pm

As part of this exhibition, there will be a talk on Monday 24 July 2023 at 6.30 pm in the Art Gallery:

Baolis: Restoring Stepwells, Providing Life

Talk by Ratish Nanda, CEO, Aga Khan Trust for Culture

 (Collaboration: Aga Khan Trust for Culture)   
 

An exhibition by HRI Institute for Southasian Reseach and Exchange
Curated by Laxmi Murthy and Pawas Manandhar

Using photographs, artworks, illustrations, installations, text and digital displays, the exhibition shares glimpses of a journey exploring the structural roots of sexual violence against women in four countries of Southasia – Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Critically examining through an intersectional lens, prevailing imagery and discourse around gender inequality and challenge the stereotypical depiction of sexual violence on the female and queer body

Participating artists: Subha Wijesiriwardena and Shermal Wijewardene (Face of a Campaign/Sri Lanka); Nikita Tripathi (Digital Reverb/Nepal); Niharika Popli and Pakhi Sen (The City that Spoke to me/India); Muktasree Chakma (As they See Us/Bangladesh); Prasuna Dongol (Before you were my mother/ Nepal); Pushpa Rawat (Sita Online/India); Rawyan Shayema (Hair/Bangladesh); Barkha Mukhiya (Flames of a continuous field/Nepal); Parismita Singh (A Manual of Hate: How to tell the story of our Times/India); and Changing the Narrative 

Considered one of India’s finest masters of abstract art, Ambadas Khobragade (1922-2012), this exhibition is a tribute to mark his birth centenary year. On display are paintings and drawings spanning seven decades of the artists’ practice, from the collection of Dhoomimal Gallery as well as from private collections. The display includes personal letters, photographs, old catalogues and writings on Ambadas and his work

Curated by Shruti Lakhanpal Tandon in association with Dhoomimal Gallery and Prayag Shukla

Inauguration by H.E. Mr. Hans Jacob Frydenlund, Ambassador of Norway on Friday, 16 June 2023 at 18:00

As part of this exhibition, there will be several related programmes in the Art Gallery:

SATURDAY 17 FROM 11:30 TO 19:00
A Day with Prayag Shukla
Shri Prayag Shukla, art critic, poet, writer and a close friend of Ambadas Khobragade will interact with visitors to share his memories and views on Ambadas and his art

SUNDAY 18 AT 17:00
Poetry Reading
By Gagan Gill

Followed by
Ambadas and his Relationship with J. Swaminathan
Talks by Ashok Vajpeyi and Shridhar Iyer

WEDNESDAY 21 FROM 11:00 TO 13:00
Special Curatorial Walk for the Hearing Impaired 
Curated walk and drawing session with Sign Language interpreters

Conducted by Noida Deaf Society 

THURSDAY 22

FILM ■ C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:30
The Way I See – Celebrating Ambadas (India)
(60 min; 2023; Hindi and English)
Produced by Dr. Shruti Lakhanpal Tandon, Founder, Ushaarth Art Foundation who will introduce the film

In this interview-documentary on Ambadas, artists, poets and writers introspect on him and his work, tracing his life’s journey through personal anecdotes and critical observations. The viewer is taken through a visual documentation and evolution of Ambadas’ paintings and drawings over almost seven decades of his art practice

Screening will be followed by a discussion with Shri Prayag Shukla, poet, writer and friend of Ambadas and Dr. Shruti Lakhanpal Tandon