THE IIC EXPERIENCE: A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS – 17TH TO 22ND OCTOBER 2024

Scenes from Santiniketan & Benodbehari’s Handscrolls 

The earliest and longest handscroll ever painted by Benodebehari Mukherjee, depicting the 1920s landscape of Santiniketan. The exhibition also includes reproductions of other handscrolls and existing fragments from the collection of Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan and one from the collection of Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Curated by Prof. R. Siva Kumar

Inauguration by Smt Ira Chaudhuri, eminent artist on 19th October 2024 at 11:30 am

As part of the exhibition, there will be a talk on 20 October at 6:30 pm in the Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex 

Landscape and the Artist’s Self: Benodebehari and the Santiniketan Countryside

Illustrated lecture by Prof. R. Siva Kumar, well-known art historian and curator

Chair: Dr. Brinda Bose

(Collaboration: Gallery Rasa)