Shivaji Panikkar

Professor Shivaji K Panikkar is an Art Historian specialized in Indian Art. Currently he is the Dean, School of Culture & Creative Expressions, Bharat Ratna Dr B.R. Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD). Having taught for over twenty-five years, he was the Head, Department of Art History and Aesthetics, M.S. University of Baroda (2000 -2007). His publications include Saptamatrka Worship and Sculpture: An Iconological Interpretation of Conflicts and Resolution in the Storied Brahmanical Icons (1997), Twentieth Century Indian Sculpture: Last Two Decades (edited) (2000), Towards A New Art History: Studies in Indian Art (co-edited) (2003), and sequel volumes Art of Ancient/Medieval India: Contextualizing Social Relations (co-edited) (2004/2005).

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What is Contemporary Curating? Views from the field

Curatorial Intensive workshop. Mumbai, India. December 2010. This public symposium is a day-long conversation on contemporary curatorial practices in India and abroad, produced in cojunction with the Mumbai Curatorial Intensive, developed and implemented by ICI in collaboration with the Mohile Parikh Center (MPC), Mumbai. What are the emerging forms of curating? Is it focused on […]

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