Lady in Pink Sari; Jamini Roy; India; c. 1920; Tempera on board; 55 x 39 cm. Courtesy Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), Bengaluru

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Modern & Contemporary Indian Art

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Street Play; Sudhir Patwardhan; 1981; Oil on canvas; 91 x 182.8 cm. © Sudhir Patwardhan and The Guild, Mumbai.

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A History of Indian Crafts: 1850s to Present

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The Great Exhibition: India No.4; Joseph Nash; c. 1851; Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour; 33.0 x 48.2 cm. © Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2025 | Royal Collection Trust.

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Textiles from the Indian Subcontinent

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Detail, A Dyer prepares hanks of silk yarn for a temple cloth; From ‘Dance of the Weave’; Briana Blasko; Nuapatna, Orissa; 2009; Photograph. Courtesy of the artist.

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Examining Depictions of Gandhi in Children’s Art

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Examining Depictions of Gandhi in Children’s Art

Left: Gandhiji Strolling with Children, from B is for Bapu: Children’s Brush with the Mahatma; Karvir, Standard VIII, S.V.P.V.V. High School; 2005. Courtesy of Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Mumbai.

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Mumbai Muharram: How a Ritual Shaped the City

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Mumbai Muharram: How a Ritual Shaped the City

Left: Muharram procession; Dr Reza Masoudi-Nejad; Mumbai, India; Photograph. Courtesy of the photographer.

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Process, Publishing and Experiments with Photobooks

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Process, Publishing and Experiments with Photobooks

Left: Detail, from In Today’s News: Alpha Males & Women Power; Kaamna Patel; 2019. Courtesy of JOJO India.

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The Emergence of Abstract Art in India

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The Emergence of Abstract Art in India

Untitled; Tyeb Mehta; 1973; Acrylic on canvas; 175.6 x 259.1 cm. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem.

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Looking Closer at the Pearl Carpet of Baroda

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Looking Closer at the Pearl Carpet of Baroda

The Pearl Carpet of Baroda; 19th century; Silk, pearl, gemstone, metal, gold, glass, cotton, wool; 264 x 174 cm. National Museum of Qatar, Doha, and Google Arts & Culture.

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Power, Conflict and Identity in Shilpa Gupta’s Practice

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Power, Conflict and Identity in Shilpa Gupta’s Practice

For, In Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit; Shilpa Gupta; 2017–18; Sound Installation with 100 speakers, microphones, printed text and metal stands, site-specific. Photographed by Pat Verbruggen, commissioned by YARAT Contemporary Art Space and Edinburgh Art Festival. Courtesy of the artist.

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