This volume brings together 19 seminal essays on India’s visual culture and its leading manifestations during the period 1857–2007. It traces the shifting role of the artist and art institution through cataclysmic changes in India’s history. With contributions by the foremost art writers, critics, and curators, this volume seeks to contextualize Indian art within the dynamic shifts of Indian social history. Over 200 illustrations provide a selective panorama of the visual arts in the last 150 years.
 
Gayatri Sinha is an independent curator, art critic, and editor, based in New Delhi.