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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

9 results

  1. 1993

    1. Monsur, Abul (Essayist). The World of Abanindranath Enigma and Relevance. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 38, pp. 38-44. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 1993 | Essay | FineArts | 00795957
    2. Som, Sovon (Essayist). Abanindranath Tagore and Gaganendranath Tagore - A Reappraisal. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 38, pp. 19-26. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 1993 | Essay | FineArts | 00795955
    3. Dasgupta, Kalyan Kumar (Essayist). Abanindranath Tagore the Spirit Behind the Bengal School. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 38, pp. 52-63. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 1993 | Essay | FineArts | 00795959
    4. Mukhopadhyay, Amit (Essayist). Nandalal Bose - the Helmsman. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 38, pp. 64-69. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 1993 | Essay | FineArts | 00795960
    5. Parimoo, Ratan (Essayist). Revivalism, Indigenous Factors or Modern Indian Art Reconsidered in the Context of Post Modernism. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 38, pp. 7-18. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 1993 | Essay | FineArts | 00795954
    6. Chatterjee, Ratnabali (Essayist). Instituting a Nationalist Art. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 38, pp. 70-78. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 1993 | Essay | FineArts | 00795961
    7. Pande, Purnima (Essayist). A Reassessment of the Bengal School in the Contemporary Context. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 38, pp. 27-37. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 1993 | Essay | FineArts | 00795956
    8. Sarkar, Sandip (Essayist). The Neo-Indian School in Retrospect. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 38, pp. 45-51. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 1993 | Essay | FineArts | 00795958
    9. Kaul, Manohar (Essayist). Editorial. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 38, pp. 4-6. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, March 1993 | Essay | FineArts | 00795953

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