Courtauld alumni, supporters and incoming students
are warmly invited to a curatorial tour of the exhibition
The Progressive Revolution: Modern Art for a New India
at the Asia Society, New York
15 September 2018
Tour from 4.30 – 5.30 pm
Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue
Drinks reception to follow from 6.00 – 8.00 pm
Di Donna Galleries, 744 Madison Avenue
Courtauld alumna and Associate Lecturer Zehra Jumabhoy has co-curated the exhibition The Progressive Revolution: Modern Art for a New India in New York, which will be the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the work of the Progressive Artists’ Group in the United States in more than three decades. The exhibition spotlights seminal artworks by key members and associates of the Progressive Artists’ Group, including K.H. Ara, M.F. Husain, F.N. Souza, S.H. Raza, H.A. Gade and S.K. Bakre. The original group was formed in Bombay in 1947, within months of the declaration of India’s independence from British rule. Following the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence, the exhibition will examine the founding ideology of the Progressives, as well as explore the way that these artists from different social, cultural, and religious backgrounds found common cause at a time of political and social upheaval.