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Introduction

The Lalit Kala Akademi was founded by the Government of India on 5th August 1954 by the then Minister for Education, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The first edition of the Lalit Kala Contemporary Journal was published in June 1962.
This illustrated journal features essays and articles on:
* Artists and art personalities
* Current art movements of the time
* Exhibition features and reviews
The journal aims to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas on modern and contemporary art and to help readers, especially in India, to gain a fresh perspective on art, both national and international.

Publication details

Editors
R.K. Bhatnagar
M. Rajaram
A.S. Raman
Monohar Kaul
Ratnottama Sengupta
Betty Saldanha
Santo Datta
Nandita Jaishankar
Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty
K.L. Kaul
M. Ramachandran
Rahaab Allana
Preeti Kathuria
Subhra Mazumdar
G. Vinod Kumar
Keshav Malik
S.A. Krishnan
Mala Marwah
Amit Mukhopadhyay
Josef James
Pranabranjan Ray
Publishers
Founders
Government of India
Directors
Shri V Nagdas

Body of Work

Lalit Kala Contemporary

15 results

  1. 2014

    1. Waswo, Waswo X. (Essayist). The Staging of "Staging Selves". In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 55-62. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796288
    2. Achari, Premjish (Essayist). The Ramkinkar Retrospective - Dispelling the Despair. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 21-25. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796283
    3. Billows, Carmen (Essayist). The Artist & Curator Relationship - In a State of Constant Flux. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 26-31. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796284
    4. Muktinath-Mondal. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 86-90. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796293
    5. Kathuria, Preeti (Essayist). Introduction. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, p. 7. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796281
    6. Khan, Naiza (Essayist). The Artist's Voice in Curatorial Practice - The Rising Tide, Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 32-39. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796285
    7. Wason Singh, Ruchika (Essayist). The Rhetoric of Reminiscence. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 76-81. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796291
    8. Kathuria, Preeti (Essayist). In Conversation with Preeti Kathuria. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 63-69. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796289
    9. Butt, Zoe (Essayist). Shifting the Axes - Artist as Initiator, Curator as Producer. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 8-20. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796282
    10. Vardar, Gulru (Essayist). Reflecting on the Exhibition Sarai Reader 09. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 46-54. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796287
    11. Madhukaillya, Rikimi (Essayist). Two Lead to Diologue - Curation of the Video Lounge, India Art Fair 2013. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 40-45. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796286
    12. Shree Kant Dubey. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 91-92. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796294
    13. Chakravarty, Kalyan Kumar (Essayist). Editorial. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 4-6. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796280
    14. Osborne, Sabrina (Essayist). Those who Dream by Night - Patricia Piccinini. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 70-75. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796290
    15. Achia Anzi. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 55, pp. 82-85. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, 2014 | Essay | FineArts | 00796292

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