INDIA’S FRENCH CONNECTION Amrita Sher-Gil in her studio, 1936 Amrita Sher-Gil in her studio, February 01 – 13, 2018 New Delhi, India PROGRAMME OF EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS INDIA’S FRENCH CONNECTION: Indian Artists in France (Exhibition) February 01 - 11, 2018 India Habitat Centre - Visual Arts Gallery PICASSO: Modern Artists’ Legacy in the 21st Century A Conversation with Bernard Picasso February 07, 2018 | 7:00 pm Silver Oak Conference Room – India Habitat Centre BEAUX ARTS DE PARIS: Global modernism and the École des Beaux Arts A Conversation with Jean-Marc Bustamante February 08, 2018 | 12:00 pm Gulmohar Conference Room – India Habitat Centre NAVRATNA | NINE GEMS India’s National Treasure Artists (Exhibition) February 09, 2018 Booth E-11, India Art Fair Auguste Rodin’s Asian Collection: An artist in dialogue with the universe A Conversation with Catherine Chevillot Musée Rodin, Paris February 10, 2018 | F:00 pm at Talks Programme, India Art Fair SHARING SPACES An Indo-French Conference on Art and Museums February 11, 2018 | 11:00 am to F:30 pm Gulmohar Conference Room – India Habitat Centre THE BOOK OF ARTS An initiative by curator Dr. Alka Pande and publisher Marc Parent within Bonjour India DAG’s reading room and bookshop February 11 -13, 2018 | India Habitat Centre On view at DAG, New Delhi Altaf: A Retrospective January 25 - March 2018 India’s French Connection is accredited under Bonjour India, a platform for innovation and creativity. With thanks to India Habitat Centre’s Visual Arts Gallery and Dr. Alka Pande. 1 To launch its 25th anniversary, DAG has kick-started the celebrations with an important programme of conversations that hope to enrich the dialogue around art in India. This is in keeping with its attempt to ensure that Indian modern art remains a topic of conversation in important fora around the World. A calendar of talks and a conference featuring international and Indian speakers and two World class exhibitions are planned for the month of February to coincide with its events at India Habitat Centre and participation at India Art Fair. S.H Raza, Untitled, Oil and acrylic on paper, 1958 2 Ram Kumar standing on a bridge in Paris Himmat Shah, Untitled, Terracotta & gold foil, c. 1990s K.K Hebbar, Untitled, (Ballet Dancer), Oil on line Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi India’s French Connection: Indian Artists in France Exhibition: February 01 - 11 | 10:30 am - 7:30 pm India Habitat Centre, Visual Arts Gallery Designed by Adrien Gardère, Scenographer | With texts by Dr. Devika Singh (Centre of South Asian studies, University of Cambridge) and Kishore Singh, (Head-Exhibitions & Publications DAG) For almost a century noW, Indian artists have been drawn to Paris to study the masters, to mix With the modernists, to sip coffee and engage with its intellectuals in its cafes, to study the Impressionists and Cubists who were responsible, in great part, for the spread of modernism that cut across histories and geographies. NoW, for the first time, a major exhibition lays claim to this heritage With a sWeeping vieW of the artists Who have been part of this incredible journey. The exhibition, on vieW to the public at Visual Arts Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi from February 1-11, 2018, traces this history with a curation of important Works and creates a segue betWeen tWo cultures that found a Way to overcome the obstacles of history and culture to create an artistic representation that combines the best that India and France have to offer. Artists Akbar Padamsee Laxman Pai S H Raza Amrita Sher-Gil Laxman Shreshtha Sakti Burman Anjolie Ela Menon Nalini Malani Sailoz Mookherjea Sunil Das Himmat Shah Nirode Mazumdar V Nageshkar Jogen Chowdhury Paritosh Sen V VisWanadhan Jehangir Sabavala Prokash Karmakar Zarina Hashmi K K Hebbar Prodosh Dasgupta Krishen Khanna Rajendra Dhawan Krishna Reddy Ram Kumar 3 Museo Picasso Málaga copyright@Casey Kelbaugh PICASSO: Modern Artists’ Legacy in the 21st Century A Conversation with Bernard Picasso February 07, 2018 | India Habitat Centre (by invitation) Talk | Silver Oak Conference Room | 7:00 pm Followed by a conversation with Dr. Devika Singh, art historian, University of Cambridge Bernard Ruiz-Picasso With his mother Christine Ruiz-Picasso, Bernard Ruiz-Picasso co-founded the Museo Picasso Málaga, a centre for Picasso studies Which ensures that the Work of Picasso is conserved, studied and exhibited. He is President of the Advisory Council of the museum. He is the Co-Founder of Fundación Almine et Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, an art foundation set up in 2002 Which holds a collection of Works by Picasso as Well as by contemporary artists. The aims of the foundation include the study of Works by Picasso, support for contemporary art and participation in exhibitions. An organiser of major Picasso exhibitions internationally, he will be joining us on February 07, for an evening of lively discussion at the India Habitat Centre. Considered to have the largest collection of Picasso's Works one can expect fresh insights into the works by the master. F École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris Jean Marc Bustamante BEAUX ARTS DE PARIS: Global Modernism and the École des Beaux Arts A Conversation with Jean Marc Bustamante February 08, 2018 | India Habitat Centre (by invitation) Talk | Gulmohar Conference Room | 12:00 noon Followed by a conversation with Dr. Devika Singh,art historian, University of Cambridge Jean-Marc Bustamante The École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, located across the Seine from the Musée du Louvre in the heart of Paris, is heir to the Académie founded in the 17th century by Louis XIV. History, long preserved state art collections and contemporary artistic creation come together in this institution, Which occupies an essential place on the World stage of art and culture. Through its longstanding international activity, the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris has contributed to the familiarisation of future artists with European and international institutions and practices, notably through its quality international programmes, developing artistic partnerships around the world. Artist and principal of École des Beaux Arts de Paris since 201F, Bustamante’s first paintings created from photographs marked the beginning of this medium in the art field. Bustamante represented France at the Venice Biennale in 2003. The conversation With Jean Marc Bustamante Would lead to a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Alka Pande, curator, India Habitat Centre. 5 Model of Navratna exhibition by Adrien Gardère Raja Ravi Verma, Yashoda and Krishna, Oil on canvas, Late 19th century Navratna | Nine Gems India’s National Treasure Artists February 09, 2018 | India Art Fair DAG, Booth E-11 NSIC Grounds, Okhla Industrial Area, New Delhi In the early-to mid-1970s, the Indian government decided to honour nine artists with the entitlement of ‘National Treasure Artists’. Every year, DAG creates a ‘museum’ at the India Art Fair, to help art-lovers discover Indian modern art in an experiential manner. In its 25th year, DAG has decided to honour India’s nine National Treasure Artists with an exhibition themed around their Works. All the artists differed in their practice and style, and Were varied in their choice of mediums. Interestingly, six of them had their roots in Bengal (Kolkata), and the mantle of ‘nationalism’ can be extended to all of them. They represent the finest practitioners of modernism from the early 20th century (though Ravi Varma practiced mostly in the 19th century). Each of them brings a unique perspective to the platform of Indian art. Highlights of the exhibition include canvases by Raja Ravi Varma and Amrita Sher-Gil, an extremely rare sculpture by Amrita Sher-Gil, paintings of the Himalayas by Nicholas Roerich, postcards by both Abanindranath Tagore and Nandalal Bose, and portraits by Rabindranath Tagore. The scenography for the exhibition has been created by Paris-based Adrien Gardère. Artists RAJA RAVI VARMA RABINDRANATH TAGORE NANDALAL BOSE NICHOLAS ROERICH GAGANENDRANATH TAGORE JAMINI ROY AMRITA SHER-GIL ABANINDRANATH TAGORE SAILOZ MOOKHERJEA 6 The Thinker (190F), Musée Rodin - Paris Catherine Chevillot Auguste Rodin’s Asian Collection: An artist in dialogue with the Universe February 10, 2018 | presented by DAG at India Art Fair Talks Programme | 4:00 pm From his heyday until his death in 1917, Rodin collected more than 6,000 artefacts, antiquities from Europe to Egypt and Asia, including Japan and India. The museum-like collection Was installed at the core of his studio and many pieces Were displayed at his home, inspiring him with their timeless feminine figures and converging toWards a universal aspiration and form. An Indian classical dancer, Durga, who performed at the Opera de Paris in 1916, Was his friend and disciple at the end of his life and it is said that studies of her portraits might still exist. As an echo of DAG's Navratna Exhibition at India Art Fair, paying homage to India's National Treasure Artists, Catherine Chevillot, director of Musée Rodin, Will present the life and Work of August Rodin, focusing on his passion and curiosity for Asia and India, as a private collector and an artist. With images she Will share some insight on his fascination for Indian Classical art forms. Catherine Chevillot is the Director of the Rodin Museum, Paris. She Worked previously at the Museum of Grenoble and Musée d'Orsay. She has been running the Musée Rodin since 2012 and oversaw an extensive renovation campaign at the Hôtel Biron, where the museum’s collections are present. The building reopened to the public on November 12, 2015. Catherine Chevillot is a specialist in 19th and 20th century sculpture, and has produced numerous exhibitions and published catalogues in this field such as Oublier Rodin [Forgetting Rodin], Paris, 2009, the directory A nos grands hommes [To our great figures] a database of 5,000 sculpted monuments (INHA, 200F, soon to be published online.