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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

10 results

  1. 2006

    1. Shukla, Prayag (Essayist). The Burden of Time & Endgame - Gopi Gajwani as Film-Maker. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 50, pp. 19-21. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 2006 | Essay | FineArts | 00796203
    2. Art Books - LKA Library Acquisitions. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 50, p. 68. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 2006 | Essay | FineArts | 00796209
    3. Sharma, Sudhakar (Essayist). Publisher's Note. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 50, pp. 4-5. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 2006 | Essay | FineArts | 00796200
    4. Spike, John T. (Essayist). The XIth Triennale of India Comes to Florence, Historic Capital of the Arts. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 50, pp. 39-44. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 2006 | Essay | FineArts | 00796206
    5. Chatterjee, Partha (Essayist). Documentaries on Indian Artists. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 50, pp. 12-18. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 2006 | Essay | FineArts | 00796202
    6. Datta, Santo (Guest Editor). Editorial. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 50, pp. 6-11. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 2006 | Essay | FineArts | 00796201
    7. Bhagat, Ashrafi S. (Essayist). The Madras Art Movement - The Southern Experience. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 50, pp. 55-67. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 2006 | Essay | FineArts | 00796208
    8. Rubin, Edward (Essayist). The Florence Biennale Inside and Out. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 50, pp. 45-54. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 2006 | Essay | FineArts | 00796207
    9. Das Pal, Susmita (Essayist). Installations at the XIth Triennale - Its Aesthetics and Rationale Looking Back. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 50, pp. 22-31. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 2006 | Essay | FineArts | 00796204
    10. Datta, Santo (Essayist). Loud Laugh from a Lowbrow - Satirical Drawings & Graphics of Suraj Ghai. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 50, pp. 32-38. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 2006 | Essay | FineArts | 00796205

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