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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. 1985

    1. Sircar, Anjali (Essayist). The Problems of Indigenous Sources of Inspiration. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 32, pp. 15-23. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, April 1985 | Essay | FineArts | 00795865
    2. Parekh, Jayantilal (Essayist). Coachin Murals. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 32, pp. 30-31. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, April 1985 | Essay | FineArts | 00795867
    3. Kumar, Vinod (Essayist). F. N. Souza - The Works of the Worties. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 32, pp. 42-43. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, April 1985 | Essay | FineArts | 00795871
    4. Editorial. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 32, p. 3. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, April 1985 | Essay | FineArts | 00795862
    5. Mukhopadhyay, Amit (Essayist). The Art situation in Bengal Before 1940 - The Discovery of Jamini Roy. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 32, pp. 24-29. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, April 1985 | Essay | FineArts | 00795866
    6. De, Biren (Essayist). Evolution of My Art. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 32, pp. 34-39. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, April 1985 | Essay | FineArts | 00795869
    7. Appasamy, Jaya (Essayist). Early oil Painting in Bengal. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 32, pp. 5-9. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, April 1985 | Essay | FineArts | 00795863
    8. Mookerjee, Ajit (Essayist). Biren De - A Short Note. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 32, pp. 32-33. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, April 1985 | Essay | FineArts | 00795868
    9. Khanna, Krishen (Essayist). A Letter to A Fellow Artist. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 32, pp. 40-41. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, April 1985 | Essay | FineArts | 00795870
    10. Farooqi, Anis (Essayist). The Role of the Script in Contemporary Indian Painting. In Lalit Kala Contemporary. 32, pp. 10-14. New Delhi: Lalit Kala Akademi, April 1985 | Essay | FineArts | 00795864

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