Among the sculptures visitors encounter in the Detroit Institute of Arts’ gallery of Indian and Southeast Asian art is a life-sized yogini goddess from southern India, carved from stone sometime between the late ninth and mid-tenth century. Embodying both attractive and threatening characteristics, she projects an unmistakable power. In the temple for which she was […]
For over two thousand years, artists in the Indian Subcontinent have depicted Hindu deities through a wide range of media, frequently innovating when new techniques and materials became available or in response to social or religious changes. One such moment occurred during the 19th century in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata), when new technologies […]
Indian arms and armor are frequently adorned with auspicious and sacred imagery to induce shakti (divine power) to enter them, thus transforming functional objects into implements that hold within them the quality of numen—magical or divine power. This presentation will survey the varieties of Hindu sacred images—goddesses, gods, demi-gods, mythological beasts—that adorn arms and armor of the Indian […]
A headless mannequin placed within a glass box wears a legendary ball gown commissioned in 1902 by the Vicereine of India, Mary Curzon. The dress - commissioned for a state ball in Delhi - was as symbolic as it was magnificent, featuring peacock feathers embroidered in gold, silver, and copper threads. Worn on the statuesque […]
Greetings from the South Asian Arts Council. We are pleased to have our San Diego Museum of Arts Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art - Dr. Ladan Akbarnia's presentation on October 12th. This illustrated talk will explore the story and vision behind The San Diego Museum of Art’s current special exhibition, Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic […]
Greetings from the South Asian Arts Council. Here is an opportunity to learn more and enjoy discussions on the amazing "Wonders of Creation: Art, Science and Innovation in the Islamic World" exhibition at SDMA. Tickets are available for the Symposium on Friday. This symposium features distinguished scholars in the history of Islamic visual culture, science […]
We are delighted to have Dr. Arati Menon present on a topic that previously has not been explored by SAAC - the art and architecture of Kerala. Since antiquity, Kerala on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India has served as a beacon for merchant ships. A confluence of factors, including Kerala’s fortuitous position in the […]
Greetings from the South Asian Arts Council. We are thrilled to announce that the 6th Edwin Binney 3rd Lecture will be presented by Naman Ahuja, Professor of art history at the School of Arts & Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India and the General Editor of Marg Publications. We eagerly anticipate your virtual presence at the […]
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