National Gallery of Modern Art
Forenoon (at NGMA), 11:00am to 02:00 pm
NGMA Lecture: The Genesis of Modern Indian Art
Former civil servant, author, and art columnist Currently advisor NGMA
Curated gallery walkthrough: Hastantaran,
A Retrospective of Nandalal Bose
Conducted by Ruchi Singh Baoni, Dy. Curator NGMA
Live studio session inspired by the maestros of the Bengal School
Afternoon (at IIC), 3:30pm - 05:00 pm
Film screening: The Inner Eye (1972)
A documentary on Benode Behari Mukherjee
Introduced by art historian and curator R. Siva Kumar
This film, awarded the President’s Gold Medal in 1974 is Satyajit Ray’s tribute
to Benode Behari Mukherjee, a legendary artist
who was one of the pioneers of Indian modernism.
Mukherjee lost his eyesight completely by the time
A quote from him used in the closing scene
’blindness is a new feeling, a new experience, a new state of being’
-is the quintessence of what this small film communicates.