India

Raja Deen Dayal The Studio Archives from the IGNCA

Raja Deen Dayal
An exhibition curated by Jyotindra Jain and Pramod Kumar KG at the Indira Gandhi National Center for the Arts in New Delhi from November 19, 2010 through Feb. 28, 2011 featuring the work of India's most prominent 19th century photographer.Read more

Historic Delhi: Early Explorations of the Camera

Chandini Chowk, Samuel Bourne, 1860s
An exciting new exhibition is showing at the National Gallery of Art in Delhi from October 1, 2010 until November 7, 2010. Based on images from the Alkazi Collection of Photography, it covers early photography of the city, with images by Bourne & Shepherd, the many darbars in the early part of the 20th century and beyond. This is probably the first comprehensive photographic exhibition of works on India's capital.

The Marshall Albums - Photography and Archaeology

Marshall album
An exhibition to coincide with the publication of a book by the same name by the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, edited by Sudeshna Guha. It covers work by the pioneering Raj archaeologist noted for his excavations at Mohenjo-daro. The exhibition runs from Sept. 7-17 2010.

One Hundred Vintage Views of India

Bernard J Shapero Rare Books, London and Tasveer, Bangalore are pleased to present this touring exhibition, One Hundred Vintage Views of India. The collection does not by any means attempt to portray a complete group of photographs from the Indian Subcontinent during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Instead, what this show hopes to achieve is to offer a taste of the breadth and depth of this subject. The selection here offers a variety of affordable and rare early photographic prints.Read more

The Artful Pose

Hormusji CDV back
Early Studio Photography in Mumbai 1855 - 1940

The exhibition explored the early interface between photography and art, and presented rare images of people and places in 19th century Mumbai. It took a commanding art historical view of developments in photography that closely mirrored developments in painting as it was taught at colonial art schools at the time.Read more

Vijayanagara

Vijayanagra
VIJAYANAGRA Splendour in Ruins is an exhibition presented by The Prakiti Foundation & Lalit Kala Akademi in Chennai and the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts in Delhi from March 23 until April 4 2009.Read more

The Camera at Udaipur, 1857-1957

Camera at Mewar
Selections from the Pictorial Archives of the Maharanas of Mewar in Rajasthan, India.

"Udaipur is not merely a tourist destination. It is a living culture that nurtures the essence of the past, yet continually updates itself with modern elements," in the words of Arvind Singh Mewar,Read more

The Trial of Bhagat Singh

Sweeper
An exhibition of objects from the trial of Bhagat Singh in 1929, a crystallizing moment in the Indian freedom struggle.

Bhagat Singh was the revolutionary with the hat.

At the Indian Supreme Court Museum in Delhi.Read more

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