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DATE TBD, 2026
7pm ET (NYC time)
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Explore a transformative yet often overlooked chapter in South Asian art history: the explosion of popular devotional art through lithographic printing in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Calcutta (now Kolkata). These vibrant and accessible mass-produced images brought the divine into everyday life, offering devotees new ways to engage with their gods, and reshaping spiritual experiences in colonial India. This talk is based on the curator’s exhibition of the same name at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Laura Weinstein is Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2011. At the MFA she has lead the reinstallation of the Museum’s South Asian, Southeast Asian and Islamic art collections and has curated exhibitions including "Ink, Silk & Gold: Islamic Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston" and "Megacities Asia," as well as numerous smaller exhibitions drawing on the MFA’s holdings. Among her most recent publications are MFA Highlights: Arts of South Asia, and “Worshippers of Nataraja Still” in Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in the Arts of South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Himalayan Region.
DATE TBD, 2026
7pm ET (NYC time)
Free! RSVP with email at checkout
PLEASE NOTE: Video playback of free events is only available to Patreon members. Become a Member HERE.
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Explore a transformative yet often overlooked chapter in South Asian art history: the explosion of popular devotional art through lithographic printing in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Calcutta (now Kolkata). These vibrant and accessible mass-produced images brought the divine into everyday life, offering devotees new ways to engage with their gods, and reshaping spiritual experiences in colonial India. This talk is based on the curator’s exhibition of the same name at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Laura Weinstein is Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2011. At the MFA she has lead the reinstallation of the Museum’s South Asian, Southeast Asian and Islamic art collections and has curated exhibitions including "Ink, Silk & Gold: Islamic Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston" and "Megacities Asia," as well as numerous smaller exhibitions drawing on the MFA’s holdings. Among her most recent publications are MFA Highlights: Arts of South Asia, and “Worshippers of Nataraja Still” in Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in the Arts of South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Himalayan Region.