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

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

Discover the Jacobean Traveling Library: The 17th Century Precursor to the Kindle openculture.com/2019/09/discov…

Happy to share the poster for the new painting gallery I am curating at the City Palace, Udaipur. Opening soon!

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

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What a fascinating podcast on the blurry lines between copy, fakes and artistic endeavors, art and economy!

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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/news/national/…

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 scroll.in/article/102851… via Scroll.in

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/opinion/chola-…

Wish I was in Delhi for this one!

Finally spent time today with the amazing conservator Saloni Ghuwalewala who conserved City Palace Museum paintings featured in #ASplendidLand Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. And had excellent conversations last month on future research with CPM team DRONAH Shailka, Mayank Gupta, Hansmukh Seth.

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/article/the-ar…

The many facets of Dr. Kavita Singh's scholarship Kavita Singh

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So much for the “Festival of Libraries” elsewhere in the city! #SaveCHSLibrary #JNU

#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 tribuneindia.com/news/arts/kavi…

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