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#SundayReading: #KavitaSingh's research and collaborations with #scholars worldwide have strengthened the global discourse on South Asian art history and post-colonial museum studies, write Aparna Andhare & Sonia Wigh https://t.co/r2rQ4hjory
tribuneindia.com
Aparna Andhare & Sonia Wigh KAVITA SINGH, the distinguished art historian, died on July 30 after a battle with cancer. She was our teacher and mentor. A proud homegrown scholar, Kavita Singh obtained...
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So much for the “Festival of Libraries” elsewhere in the city! #SaveCHSLibrary #JNU
Friends and comrades, some heartbreaking news & an appeal. The JNU admin is shutting down the department library of our world-class Centre for Historical Studies, which housing tons of rare, important books & docs. Please amplify this issue for me tonight 🙏🏾 #SaveCHSLibrary
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🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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The many facets of Dr. Kavita Singh's scholarship @SinghKavising
One day, I really hope there will be a gedenkschrift volume celebrating Professor Kavita Singh's scholarship, and her nature as a mentor, teacher, and a researcher. Her work was a landmark in the truest sense for both the worlds of art history and museum studies: 🧵
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While I'm still a loss for words, here's a beautiful tribute to the indomitable spirit of my mentor. Kavita Singh's Inspiring Research – and Memories of Her Unwavering Kindness – Will Live On
m.thewire.in
Kavita Singh was a brilliant scholar, writer, curator, teacher, mentor and institution builder.
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Finally spent time today with the amazing conservator Saloni Ghuwalewala who conserved @CP_Museum paintings featured in #ASplendidLand @NatAsianArt. And had excellent conversations last month on future research with CPM team @Dronah2 @ShailkaM, Mayank Gupta, Hansmukh Seth.
Without the enormous work of conservators, curators, administrators, @CP_Museum and @NatAsianArt, collaborations with scholars+editors in Udaipur & beyond, this exhibition would not have seen the light of day. Few links to their brilliant work:
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Wish I was in Delhi for this one!
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Sources left by the Cholas and their subject reveal that they were a polity as brutal as any other in the medieval world. From royal assassinations to slavery to city-burning, the period is far more morally complex than we think. More:
theprint.in
Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan is another attempt to reclaim the medieval Chola dynasty as icons of muscular nationalism.
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Now that #Heatwave seems to be over, folks can learn how British colonial officials managed to sleep in Indian summer. My new piece. Amidst UK heatwave, a reminder of how British colonials exploited ‘punkah-walas’ in India’s summers https://t.co/j4JgXSZ65Q via @scroll_in
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Colonial rulers created a cruel regime to keep their workers awake as they slept.
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This is so tragic and unforgivably stupid and short-sighted. Future generations trying to discover their past will never forgive this generation for allowing this destruction to happen. King Kothi palace being razed to the ground
thehindu.com
The palace complex was the residency of the Nizam in his last days
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What a fascinating podcast on the blurry lines between copy, fakes and artistic endeavors, art and economy!
Dafen is a small neighborhood in the SEZ of Shenzhen known for mass-producing celebrated works of Western art. At its height, 60% of the world’s oil paintings were made in this village, all painted quickly and by hand in order to sell as generic decor.🎨🖼️ https://t.co/YJCoVzBlPL
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And this happened sometime back. For the next two years, I will explore topographical depictions, landscape and cartography at Udaipur. More details in the thread below. #getty #gettyfoundation #citypalaceudaipur #citypalacemuseum
Together, these media provide an opportunity for guest curator Shailka Mishra to study and present shifts in the visualization of architecture and landscape over more than two centuries, tracing how Udaipur artists responded to transformations in cartographic practice. 🗺
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painting techniques used by artists in Udaipur. These images are from the recent shoot at Mukut Mandir which is believed to be the former atelier in the Palace. Stay tuned for more! #art #artist #painters #workshop #exhibition #paper #painting #mewar #udaipur #rajasthan 2/2
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Coming soon - ‘Portraits, Kings, Landscape: The Practice of Painting at Udaipur’, a new exhibition on paintings from The City Palace Museum,Udaipur collection. Curated by Dr.Shailka Mishra, it includes never seen before monumental landscape paintings & an exclusive video of.. 1/2
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Happy to share the poster for the new painting gallery I am curating at the City Palace, Udaipur. Opening soon!
‘Portraits, #Kings, Landscape: The Practice of #Painting at #Udaipur’ establishes the role of painting as going beyond their illustrative and #Documentary #nature. Find out how, for example, the medium was used in the self-fashioning of the Sisodia dynasty, amongst other things!
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Discover the Jacobean Traveling Library: The 17th Century Precursor to the Kindle https://t.co/dICHqRMkNE
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