Indian Museum hosts contemporary art in Dialogues Across Time exhibition, to continue till March 31
This face-off between ancient and contemporary in a magnificent space that harks back to colonial times has happened earlier here, but not on this massive scale
After a long period of torpidity and vacuity when it practically disappeared from the national art scene, Calcutta is suddenly experiencing an outburst of creativity that is bound to give contemporary art the push that was long overdue.
Just as the curtains came down on the first edition of the mammoth Bengal Biennale held parallelly in Santiniketan and Calcutta, the Indian Museum, which is celebrating its 210th anniversary, has for the first time ever, on Saturday opened up all its galleries, corridor and courtyard for the display of contemporary art from all over the country. The exhibition titled Dialogues ra
Indian Museum hosts contemporary art in Dialogues Across Time exhibADVER tinue till March 31
This face-off between ancient and contemporary in a magnificent space that harks back to colonial times has happened earlier here, but not on this massive scale
After a long period of torpidity and vacuity when it practically disappeared from the national art scene, Calcutta is suddenly experiencing an outburst of creativity that is bound to give contemporary art the push that was long overdue.
Just as the curtains came down on the first edition of the mammoth Bengal Biennale held parallelly in Santiniketan and Calcutta, the Indian Museum, which is celebrating its 210th anniversary, has for the first time ever, on Saturday opened up all its galleries, corridor and courtyard for the display of contemporary art from all over the country. The exhibition titled Dialogues Across Time opened at the Indian Museum on January 11 and continues till March 31.
This face-off between the ancient and the contemporary in a magnificent space that harks back to colonial times has happened earlier here, but not on this massive scale. It would be interesting to see how the huge crowds that visit the museum daily will react to this juxtaposition, “We must continue to do this to draw visitors,” says Arijit Dutta Choudhury, director general, National Council of Science Museums, with additional charge of the Indian Museum.
“Museums are a cultural space today and when Abhishek Basu, trustee of the Basu Foundation for the Arts, and curator Sayantan Maitra approached us to hold this exhibition we agreed. It’s not just about displaying art; it’s about sparking a conversation with the public,” says Sayan Bhattacharya, deputy director, Indian Museum.
