Gods in Living Color: Hindu Devotional Lithographs and the Birth of Modern Indian Visual Culture
Wednesday, November 11
5 pm | Friends’ Exclusive Reception in the Museum Lobby
6 pm | Meade Lecture in the Noble Theater
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.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Laura Weinstein is Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She received her PhD from Columbia University in 2011. At the MFA, she has led 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 Divine Color: Hindu Prints from Modern Bengal, as well as numerous smaller exhibitions drawing on the MFA’s holdings.
LECTURE TICKETS AVAILABLE
James C. Meade Lecture Series tickets are $15 for the public and $5 for OKCMOA Individual, Dual, and Fellow members. Reserve your tickets online or by calling 405.278.8207 to guarantee your seat.
Theater seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS FOR FRIEND AND SUSTAINER MEMBERS
OKCMOA members at the Friend and Sustainer levels are invited to join us at 5 pm for a private reception prior to the lecture. For questions about the private reception, contact rsvp@okcmoa.com or 405.278.8207.
Learn more about member levels and benefits at okcmoa.com/membership.
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Image Credit: Ganesha (detail), printed by Chore Bagan Art Studio, published by Amar Nath Shaha, about 1895-1900. Lithograph. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Marshall H. Gould Fund, 2017.3947.
