The Post-graduate Diploma in Modern and Contemporary Indian Art offered by the Museum will be starting soon. The course began in 2012 in response to the need for an academic course in Art History and Curatorial Studies in Mumbai. With a view to developing the pedagogy in this area, the year-long, weekend course covers the theoretical and critical study of the history of Indian Art from 1850 to the present. It enables students to understand Indian art in the broader context of Indian history, sociology, politics, gender and cultural studies. The course further explores new readings of Indian Art within the context of international modern and contemporary art history.
The course includes visits to Mumbai’s premier art galleries, museums and artist studios every Saturday afternoon. These visits have received tremendous support from galleries and artists who schedule special viewings of works and conversations with artists or curators. The visits allow our students the opportunity to interact with professionals in the field and participate in on-site debates and discussions.
Details will be announced soon.
Title: Modern and Contemporary Indian Art and Curatorial Studies (1850 to the present) Time: 1 year Fees: Will be announced soon. Library Deposit: Will be announced soon (refundable)
Mrs. Tasneem Zakaria Mehta – Managing Trustee and Director, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
In India, academic courses in Art History and Modern and Visual Art/Culture are offered in New Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Vadodara. Unfortunately, there is no equivalent course offered in Mumbai covering similar content. Mumbai is one of the most important cities for the production of Contemporary Art. It is the city that gave birth to the Indian Modern Art movement.
In response to this lacuna and with a view to developing the pedagogy in this area, the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum offers a 1 year PG Diploma course in ‘Modern & Contemporary Indian Art’.
Multiple perspectives and readings will be encouraged through a range of research methods that combine a multitude of approaches. The diploma program will be taught by acclaimed Indian and International Academic Faculty. The course aims to offer lectures and seminars by visiting scholars and artists from across the world, visits to exhibitions in Mumbai’s premier art galleries, field trips to museums and artist studios as relevant to the course material. The course will give students an excellent grounding in the development of the modern aesthetic sensibility in Indian and related artistic practices.
The course will enable students to seek avenues of employment in various art and cultural institutions and benefit the cultural industry with trained specialists as Curators, Exhibition Managers, Museum Curators, Art Historians, Art Critics, Art Writers, Art Educators and Arts Managers. It aims to create an effective knowledge base for the participants and establish linkages with the market and institutions to enable successful placements. Several business houses and fund managers are increasingly engaging with contemporary art as a form of investment. This course will provide an opportunity for informed decisions towards collecting and investing in Art for those already engaged in this area.
Details of the admission process will be updated soon
Details will be announced soon.
The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai City Museum seeks to serve the community as an Institution dedicated to excellence in cultural education through exhibitions and unique visual and intellectual media
An Institution of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. Supported by the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation. Restored by INTACH, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Udyan and Zoo (Rani Baug),
91/A, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Road,
Byculla East Mumbai 400027 India
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