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| workplaces = [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] |
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| occupation = Professor, Writer and Curator |
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| sub_discipline = [[Mughal Painting]], [[Rajput Painting]] and [[Iconoclasm]] |
| sub_discipline = [[Museum Studies]], [[Mughal Painting]], [[Rajput Painting]] and [[Iconoclasm]] |
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| death_date = 30 July 2023 |
| death_date = 30 July 2023 |
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| discipline = [[Art History]] |
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Revision as of 16:29, 30 July 2023
Kavita Singh | |
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| Born | 5 November 1964 |
| Died | 30 July 2023 |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, Writer and Curator |
| Title | Doctor |
| Board member of | J Paul Getty Trust |
| Awards | Infosys Prize |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda Panjab University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Art History |
| Sub-discipline | Museum Studies, Mughal Painting, Rajput Painting and Iconoclasm |
| Institutions | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| Main interests | Manuscript Painting Traditions in India, history of museums in South Asia and the Repatriation of Cultural Artefacts |
| Notable works | Scent upon a Southern Breeze: The Synaesthetic Arts of the Deccan |
Kavita Singh (5 November 1964 - 30 July 2023) was Professor of art history and served as the Dean at the School of Arts and Aesthetics of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
Education
She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree at Lady Shri Ram College, her MFA in 1987 from M.S. University, Baroda and her PhD in 1996 from Punjab University.[1]
Career
She was appointed to JNU in 2001. Her research interests cover the history of Indian painting, particularly the Mughal and Rajput schools, and the history and politics of museums, with special reference to India.[2]
Before joining JNU, Singh taught at College of Art, Delhi and National Institute of Technology Delhi. She was also Research Editor for Marg Publications, and Visiting Guest Curator at the San Diego Museum of Art during which time she co-curated the exhibition Power and Desire: South Asian Paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art, Edwin Binney 3rd Collection.[3] The exhibition ran in New York from 10 October 2000 to 7 January 2001. A catalogue by Omina Okada appeared subsequently.[4]
In 2007, Kavita Singh led a curatorial team for the second exhibition of the newly opened Devi Art Foundation. The exhibition had the title Where in the World. An abridged version of Kavita Singh's introduction to the catalogue appeared online.[5] From 2009-12 she was a partner with the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz of the Max Planck Society with Professor Dr. Gerhard Wolf and Hannah Baader for a project called The Temple and the Museum: Sites for Art in India.[6]
Publications
New Insights Into Sikh Art (2003)
InFlux: Contemporary Art in Asia (2013)
No Touching, No Spitting, No Praying: The Museum in South Asia (2014)
Museums, Heritage, Culture: Into the Conflict Zone (2015)
Scent Upon A Southern Breeze: The Synaesthetic Arts of the Deccan (2018)
Recognition
In 2018, she was awarded the Infosys Prize in Humanities for her work in the field of art history and visual culture.[1] She has received fellowships and scholarships from the Getty Research Institute, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williams College, the Nehru Trust for the Indian Collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Asia Society in New York.
References
- ^ a b "Infosys Prize - Laureates 2018 - Prof. Kavita Singh". www.infosys-science-foundation.com. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "School of the Arts". Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "Power & Desire". sites.asiasociety.org.
- ^ Amina Okada, Power and desire : Indian miniatures from the San Diego Museum of Art Edwin Binney 3rd Collection Musée des arts asiatiques (Nice, France); San Diego Museum of Art. [1]
- ^ "Global Art and the Museum". Archived from the original on 22 November 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
- ^ "Partner Groups in India". www.mpg.de.
