Resonant Histories: India and the Arab World

Price: 150 AED 
Publisher :‎ Mapin Publishing Gp Pty Ltd
ISBN: 9789394501447

Curated by Puja Vaish and Suheyla Takesh, the exhibition invites renewed attention to interconnected histories that continue to shape cultural life today.

Resonant Histories traces the vibrant artistic and cultural dialogues that emerged through mobility, education, and political alignment. It brings together pioneering Arab artists who lived, trained, or exhibited in Indian cities such as Mumbai, New Delhi, and Santiniketan, as well as those who participated in events such as the India Triennale or engaged with Indian instructors and institutions. These encounters reveal layered intersections of identity, colonial history, Non-Aligned Movement politics, and evolving ideas of modernity.

The exhibition foregrounds the shared aspirations, intellectual exchanges, and creative synergies that shaped modern art across India and the Arab world throughout the twentieth century. Bringing together seminal works from the Barjeel Art Foundation and the Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, the exhibition stages these collections in dialogue to illuminate cross-cultural encounters that continue to resonate within contemporary artistic and intellectual discourse.

Location: Lower-level A -1