200 Artworks in Ultra Hi-Res

Browse the Kerala Museum's digitised art collection and learn about Indian Art through 10 beautifully curated exhibitions

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Over two hundred artworks from the Kerala Museum Madhavan Nayar Foundation Collection can now be viewed online on Google Arts & Culture from the comfort of your home on your devices.

10 specially curated virtual exhibits online stories have been developed for online visitors. They tell the story of India’s most prominent art movements in the 20th Century, notably The Bengal School and Santiniketan, the Bombay Progressives and the Baroda School. The digital stories explore the practice of Indian artists and artist collectives against the backdrop of the nation’s historical and cultural atmosphere.

Browse the 10 the curated virtual exhibitions of artwork from the permanent collection of the Madhavan Nayar Foundation below.

Diversity & Individuality: Experiments in 1960s Calcutta

The Kerala Museum collection of the Society of Contemporary Artists explores the myriad themes, techniques and idioms of this group.

Flying Horses, Sleepy Tigers and Colossal Crows: Objects of Admiration and Allegory

Explore this virtual exhibition highlighting some of the creatures that reside in the diverse modern Indian Art collection at the Kerala Museum

The Emergence of Indian Modernism: Santiniketan and The Bengal School

At the dawn of the 20th century, Bengal became the centre for Modernism in Indian Art, due to Abanindranath Tagore's Bengal School and Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan

The Bombay Progressives: Breaking New Ground at the Dawn of India’s Independence

Witness the radical shift in visual language that coincided with the historic events of 1947, through the paintings of the Bombay Progressive Artists in the Kerala Museum

Rama Varma, Artist Thampuran

The Legacy of an Artist, Teacher and Social Activist

Women Artists in the Kerala Museum Collection

Through this exhibition, we see the works of Women Artists in the Kerala Museum Collection from the 19th century till the present date

Travancore Painters: Within And Beyond The Court

Finding commonality in the uncommon blend of legend and realism

From Some, For All: Pioneers of Print Making in India

Artists whose contributions revolutionised the practice of printmaking in India and made art accessible to all

Rhythm, Flow and Line: Where Dance And Painting Meet

Classical Dance in Indian Art, New Patterns, Angles and Colour Arrangements

Eyes, Windows Into The Soul

The Maya of Sanat Kar

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