Mapin along with @IIC_Delhi is hosting this wonderful panel this evening to discuss the beginnings of Buddhist Art in India. On the panel are John Guy from @metmuseum, Naman Ahuja, Jyotindra Jain, Upinder Singh and Peter Skilling in conversation with Deepanjana Klein @KNMAIndia
Interview with the author of our new book Celestial @theabhayk in @SundayGuardian yesterday where he shares his experience of writing the love poem! Buy book now at https://t.co/hTjGqdGLzf
In this interview to @MurtazaCritic published in @SundayGuardian today
I talk about my experience of writing my love poem #Celestial, that helps one to explore the universe in verse, my journey as a poet, translator and editor and my forthcoming works.
https://t.co/OaR7z4Nybs
An article in @scroll_in with an excerpt of our stunning new book - Jali that examines lattice work from 17th-century Mughal architecture to modern designs https://t.co/2uX1vLafiq via @scroll_in
Delighted to see #Celestial published by @MapinPub listed as @TheAsianAgeNews’ top 10 best selling books at @Bahrisons_books. Celestial is a love poem of 100 rhyming couplets that takes you on a
poetic journey to 88 star constellations of the universe.
A lovely feature by @somakghoshal in @the_hindu on our new book Jali- Lattice of Divine Light by Navina Najat Haider, curator in charge of the Dept. of Islamic Art at the @metmuseum
Full article here - https://t.co/V1rBN3Hz9G
@theabhayk, author of our new book - Celestial, signing copies of his book at @Bahrisons_books. Celestial is an illustrated love poem that takes you on a poetic journey to all the 88 star constellations visible from Earth! Get your copies today!
Delighted to sign a copy of my illustrated love poem #Celestial for Dr. @JochenSokoly, Asst Professor of #ArtHistory of the Islamic World at @VCU School of Arts in #Qatar@VCUQatar at @Bahrisons_books. The book carries 48 illustrations by 10th C. astronomer Abd Al Rahman Al Sufi.
And in #Chandigarh, Chandigarh College of Architecture will host Shaun Fynn to give a talk on 'Photographing Architecture', based on his book 'Chandigarh Revealed', which captures Le Corbusier's designs for the city. We'd love to see you at the talks! (2/2)
Book Events! Today in #Ahmedabad, @CEPTuniversity will host Miki Desai and Mallika Sarabhai for a talk on the wooden architecture traditions of Kerala. Prof. Desai's book 'Wooden Architecture of Kerala' is available now at all leading stores. (1/2)
After having hosted many conversations as curator with artists and visiting scholars for Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014, #JitishKallat returns as an artist for @KochiBiennale’s 2018 edition. Captured as he installs at TKM Warehouse, Mattancherry.#kochibiennale#contemporaryart
This #RememberanceDay I am grateful for the more than 1 million Indian soldiers & support who fought for freedom in France & Belgium in WWI starting in Sept 1914. From Indian Troops in Europe by Santanu Das @MapinPub
My little children's book on the #ChhatrapatiShivajiTerminus is here! https://t.co/kmecx0ZH1T It's part of the 'Roshni' series on @UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India edited by historian Narayani Gupta and published by @MapinPub Kids and grown-ups: ready for some adventure?
At GIM you can also buy exquisite products from stores like @manifestdesignn, Salty Lulla, Tara Books, @MapinPub, The Khadi Cult, and Rubberband Design.
The exhibit also has a companion volume called "Paper Jewels" by Omar Khan. Omar Khan is himself a collector of postcards and a curator of this exhibit. Follow @Paper_Jewels for more information on these printed jewels!
@ArtHeritage1 will be hosting "Globetrotters", which charts the aesthetics and circulation of postcards in India from the 1890s—1947. It opens Wednesday, October 17th at the Art Heritage Gallery at 6 PM. We hope to see you there!
Damayanti. Ravi Varma, The Ravi Varma Press, Mumbai, c. 1905. [Original caption] Being separated from her husband Nala, the fair Damayanti enters her fathers place, yet feeling deeply for her husband, she is represented as sitting in a moon light, her maid standing by her side.