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Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group

M.F. Husain Returns to Venice After Seventy Years for ‘The Rooted Nomad’ Exhibition

The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) announced details of The Rooted Nomad, a unique exhibition on India’s most iconic contemporary artist, M.F. Husain (1915–2011). Presented at the Magazinni del Sale in Venice beginning April 18 and running through November 2024, this dual-format independent project, part exhibition and part immersive resonates with the 2024 Venice […]

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Tyeb Mehta: A modernist Indian master whose powerful paintings minted their worth

July 26, On This Day A much-revered painter from the first post-colonial generation of artists in India, Tyeb Mehta was born on July 26, 1925, and had a prolific career over at least six decades. Also known as a sculptor and film maker, Mehta was part of the Bombay Progressive Artists’ Group, which comprised other

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