Join us for our final week of our whistle-stop tour as we appreciate the exquisite artistry of India.
The Sanskriti Foundation
The Sanskriti Foundation was established in 1979 and is a registered Public Charitable Trust based in NewDelhi, India. They hold a large collection of Indian art spread across multiple museums, two of which we will stop by on this tour (Sanskriti Museum of IndianTextiles and Terracotta).
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles
Starting as a small private collection, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles has grown into a museum which displays the diversity of Indian textiles traditions. Through an expansive inventory of textile genres, the museum moves away from the segregated nature and elitism found in masterpiece culture. Their aim is to build a visual and cultural archive that can serve as an academic resource for years to come.
Let’s have a look at work featured in their collection!
The piece above shows a painted sacred cotton hanging (picchavai) which is displayed in Vallabhacharya shrines. The picchavai is an important and elaborately designed textile which holds great religious and cultural significance. It reflects different festivals, seasons, and the daily routine of the deity Lord Krishna and is changed accordingly. In this picchavai, we can see acts of offering and devotion to Shrinathji.
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta
Also belonging to the Sanskriti Foundation, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta exhibits a range of terracotta art from earthen pots to giant sculptures of Tamil deities. Having been present in Indian culture for over five millennia,Terracotta art is deeply rooted in community and the imagination of Indian life and creativity.
If you don’t have any trips planned to New Delhi you are still in luck, Google Arts & Culture has a virtual experience which allows you to explore the museum. Click here to see more.
V&A Museum
The Victoria & Albert Museum has an enormous collection of more than 1.2 million objects in their museum, some of which feature works from India. The South & South East AsianCollection is where you will find a variety of Indian artefacts and art.
This serene 6th-7th century female terracotta head is thought to be from the Buddhist stupa site, Pambarcan. Interestingly, you can map ethnographic historical events using this art. The V&A has noted that the use of appliqué decoration links this sculpture to earlier art of the Gandharan period. A perfect opportunity for our tour to take a historical pit stop! The terracotta head takes us back to AD450-500, when Buddhist monasteries in Gandhara were destroyed by Huna invaders.Displaced craftsmen seemed to have moved into the Jammu-Kashmir region, which is why we see the survival of the Gandharan style in the Jammu-Kahmir region.
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Karun Collection
Karun Thakar is a unique collector whose ethos and love for art has resulted in his remarkably diverse collection. His international collection spans from India, Japan, Afghanistan and West/North Africa; containing, ceramics, jewellery, weavings, Islamic and Venetian glass trade beads, antique textiles, early Indian terracotta art and much more.
What makes Karun stand out as a collector is his belief that “every object in his collection has a story to tell about the people who made it and the way that they lived. He lends and donates pieces to international museums to deepen the understanding of what they mean and the culture they belong to.”
To see some of the stunning embroidered Indian textiles from his collection click here to visit the virtual exhibition Embroidered Gardens of Punjab, which was curated for HALI Fair online in 2021.
Here are a few recommendations of museums with Indian art featuring in their collections:
1. RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA
2. National Museum, New Delhi, India
3. National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
4. The British Museum, London, UK
We hope you have enjoyed the final stop on our whistle-stop tour!
Join us for our final week of our whistle-stop tour as we appreciate the exquisite artistry of India.
The Sanskriti Foundation
The Sanskriti Foundation was established in 1979 and is a registered Public Charitable Trust based in NewDelhi, India. They hold a large collection of Indian art spread across multiple museums, two of which we will stop by on this tour (Sanskriti Museum of IndianTextiles and Terracotta).
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles
Starting as a small private collection, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles has grown into a museum which displays the diversity of Indian textiles traditions. Through an expansive inventory of textile genres, the museum moves away from the segregated nature and elitism found in masterpiece culture. Their aim is to build a visual and cultural archive that can serve as an academic resource for years to come.
Let’s have a look at work featured in their collection!
The piece above shows a painted sacred cotton hanging (picchavai) which is displayed in Vallabhacharya shrines. The picchavai is an important and elaborately designed textile which holds great religious and cultural significance. It reflects different festivals, seasons, and the daily routine of the deity Lord Krishna and is changed accordingly. In this picchavai, we can see acts of offering and devotion to Shrinathji.
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta
Also belonging to the Sanskriti Foundation, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta exhibits a range of terracotta art from earthen pots to giant sculptures of Tamil deities. Having been present in Indian culture for over five millennia,Terracotta art is deeply rooted in community and the imagination of Indian life and creativity.
If you don’t have any trips planned to New Delhi you are still in luck, Google Arts & Culture has a virtual experience which allows you to explore the museum. Click here to see more.
V&A Museum
The Victoria & Albert Museum has an enormous collection of more than 1.2 million objects in their museum, some of which feature works from India. The South & South East AsianCollection is where you will find a variety of Indian artefacts and art.
This serene 6th-7th century female terracotta head is thought to be from the Buddhist stupa site, Pambarcan. Interestingly, you can map ethnographic historical events using this art. The V&A has noted that the use of appliqué decoration links this sculpture to earlier art of the Gandharan period. A perfect opportunity for our tour to take a historical pit stop! The terracotta head takes us back to AD450-500, when Buddhist monasteries in Gandhara were destroyed by Huna invaders.Displaced craftsmen seemed to have moved into the Jammu-Kashmir region, which is why we see the survival of the Gandharan style in the Jammu-Kahmir region.
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Karun Collection
Karun Thakar is a unique collector whose ethos and love for art has resulted in his remarkably diverse collection. His international collection spans from India, Japan, Afghanistan and West/North Africa; containing, ceramics, jewellery, weavings, Islamic and Venetian glass trade beads, antique textiles, early Indian terracotta art and much more.
What makes Karun stand out as a collector is his belief that “every object in his collection has a story to tell about the people who made it and the way that they lived. He lends and donates pieces to international museums to deepen the understanding of what they mean and the culture they belong to.”
To see some of the stunning embroidered Indian textiles from his collection click here to visit the virtual exhibition Embroidered Gardens of Punjab, which was curated for HALI Fair online in 2021.
Here are a few recommendations of museums with Indian art featuring in their collections:
1. RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA
2. National Museum, New Delhi, India
3. National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
4. The British Museum, London, UK
We hope you have enjoyed the final stop on our whistle-stop tour!
Join us for our final week of our whistle-stop tour as we appreciate the exquisite artistry of India.
The Sanskriti Foundation
The Sanskriti Foundation was established in 1979 and is a registered Public Charitable Trust based in NewDelhi, India. They hold a large collection of Indian art spread across multiple museums, two of which we will stop by on this tour (Sanskriti Museum of IndianTextiles and Terracotta).
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles
Starting as a small private collection, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles has grown into a museum which displays the diversity of Indian textiles traditions. Through an expansive inventory of textile genres, the museum moves away from the segregated nature and elitism found in masterpiece culture. Their aim is to build a visual and cultural archive that can serve as an academic resource for years to come.
Let’s have a look at work featured in their collection!
The piece above shows a painted sacred cotton hanging (picchavai) which is displayed in Vallabhacharya shrines. The picchavai is an important and elaborately designed textile which holds great religious and cultural significance. It reflects different festivals, seasons, and the daily routine of the deity Lord Krishna and is changed accordingly. In this picchavai, we can see acts of offering and devotion to Shrinathji.
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta
Also belonging to the Sanskriti Foundation, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta exhibits a range of terracotta art from earthen pots to giant sculptures of Tamil deities. Having been present in Indian culture for over five millennia,Terracotta art is deeply rooted in community and the imagination of Indian life and creativity.
If you don’t have any trips planned to New Delhi you are still in luck, Google Arts & Culture has a virtual experience which allows you to explore the museum. Click here to see more.
V&A Museum
The Victoria & Albert Museum has an enormous collection of more than 1.2 million objects in their museum, some of which feature works from India. The South & South East AsianCollection is where you will find a variety of Indian artefacts and art.
This serene 6th-7th century female terracotta head is thought to be from the Buddhist stupa site, Pambarcan. Interestingly, you can map ethnographic historical events using this art. The V&A has noted that the use of appliqué decoration links this sculpture to earlier art of the Gandharan period. A perfect opportunity for our tour to take a historical pit stop! The terracotta head takes us back to AD450-500, when Buddhist monasteries in Gandhara were destroyed by Huna invaders.Displaced craftsmen seemed to have moved into the Jammu-Kashmir region, which is why we see the survival of the Gandharan style in the Jammu-Kahmir region.
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Karun Collection
Karun Thakar is a unique collector whose ethos and love for art has resulted in his remarkably diverse collection. His international collection spans from India, Japan, Afghanistan and West/North Africa; containing, ceramics, jewellery, weavings, Islamic and Venetian glass trade beads, antique textiles, early Indian terracotta art and much more.
What makes Karun stand out as a collector is his belief that “every object in his collection has a story to tell about the people who made it and the way that they lived. He lends and donates pieces to international museums to deepen the understanding of what they mean and the culture they belong to.”
To see some of the stunning embroidered Indian textiles from his collection click here to visit the virtual exhibition Embroidered Gardens of Punjab, which was curated for HALI Fair online in 2021.
Here are a few recommendations of museums with Indian art featuring in their collections:
1. RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA
2. National Museum, New Delhi, India
3. National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
4. The British Museum, London, UK
We hope you have enjoyed the final stop on our whistle-stop tour!
Join us for our final week of our whistle-stop tour as we appreciate the exquisite artistry of India.
The Sanskriti Foundation
The Sanskriti Foundation was established in 1979 and is a registered Public Charitable Trust based in NewDelhi, India. They hold a large collection of Indian art spread across multiple museums, two of which we will stop by on this tour (Sanskriti Museum of IndianTextiles and Terracotta).
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles
Starting as a small private collection, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles has grown into a museum which displays the diversity of Indian textiles traditions. Through an expansive inventory of textile genres, the museum moves away from the segregated nature and elitism found in masterpiece culture. Their aim is to build a visual and cultural archive that can serve as an academic resource for years to come.
Let’s have a look at work featured in their collection!
The piece above shows a painted sacred cotton hanging (picchavai) which is displayed in Vallabhacharya shrines. The picchavai is an important and elaborately designed textile which holds great religious and cultural significance. It reflects different festivals, seasons, and the daily routine of the deity Lord Krishna and is changed accordingly. In this picchavai, we can see acts of offering and devotion to Shrinathji.
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta
Also belonging to the Sanskriti Foundation, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta exhibits a range of terracotta art from earthen pots to giant sculptures of Tamil deities. Having been present in Indian culture for over five millennia,Terracotta art is deeply rooted in community and the imagination of Indian life and creativity.
If you don’t have any trips planned to New Delhi you are still in luck, Google Arts & Culture has a virtual experience which allows you to explore the museum. Click here to see more.
V&A Museum
The Victoria & Albert Museum has an enormous collection of more than 1.2 million objects in their museum, some of which feature works from India. The South & South East AsianCollection is where you will find a variety of Indian artefacts and art.
This serene 6th-7th century female terracotta head is thought to be from the Buddhist stupa site, Pambarcan. Interestingly, you can map ethnographic historical events using this art. The V&A has noted that the use of appliqué decoration links this sculpture to earlier art of the Gandharan period. A perfect opportunity for our tour to take a historical pit stop! The terracotta head takes us back to AD450-500, when Buddhist monasteries in Gandhara were destroyed by Huna invaders.Displaced craftsmen seemed to have moved into the Jammu-Kashmir region, which is why we see the survival of the Gandharan style in the Jammu-Kahmir region.
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Karun Collection
Karun Thakar is a unique collector whose ethos and love for art has resulted in his remarkably diverse collection. His international collection spans from India, Japan, Afghanistan and West/North Africa; containing, ceramics, jewellery, weavings, Islamic and Venetian glass trade beads, antique textiles, early Indian terracotta art and much more.
What makes Karun stand out as a collector is his belief that “every object in his collection has a story to tell about the people who made it and the way that they lived. He lends and donates pieces to international museums to deepen the understanding of what they mean and the culture they belong to.”
To see some of the stunning embroidered Indian textiles from his collection click here to visit the virtual exhibition Embroidered Gardens of Punjab, which was curated for HALI Fair online in 2021.
Here are a few recommendations of museums with Indian art featuring in their collections:
1. RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA
2. National Museum, New Delhi, India
3. National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
4. The British Museum, London, UK
We hope you have enjoyed the final stop on our whistle-stop tour!
Join us for our final week of our whistle-stop tour as we appreciate the exquisite artistry of India.
The Sanskriti Foundation
The Sanskriti Foundation was established in 1979 and is a registered Public Charitable Trust based in NewDelhi, India. They hold a large collection of Indian art spread across multiple museums, two of which we will stop by on this tour (Sanskriti Museum of IndianTextiles and Terracotta).
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles
Starting as a small private collection, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles has grown into a museum which displays the diversity of Indian textiles traditions. Through an expansive inventory of textile genres, the museum moves away from the segregated nature and elitism found in masterpiece culture. Their aim is to build a visual and cultural archive that can serve as an academic resource for years to come.
Let’s have a look at work featured in their collection!
The piece above shows a painted sacred cotton hanging (picchavai) which is displayed in Vallabhacharya shrines. The picchavai is an important and elaborately designed textile which holds great religious and cultural significance. It reflects different festivals, seasons, and the daily routine of the deity Lord Krishna and is changed accordingly. In this picchavai, we can see acts of offering and devotion to Shrinathji.
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta
Also belonging to the Sanskriti Foundation, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta exhibits a range of terracotta art from earthen pots to giant sculptures of Tamil deities. Having been present in Indian culture for over five millennia,Terracotta art is deeply rooted in community and the imagination of Indian life and creativity.
If you don’t have any trips planned to New Delhi you are still in luck, Google Arts & Culture has a virtual experience which allows you to explore the museum. Click here to see more.
V&A Museum
The Victoria & Albert Museum has an enormous collection of more than 1.2 million objects in their museum, some of which feature works from India. The South & South East AsianCollection is where you will find a variety of Indian artefacts and art.
This serene 6th-7th century female terracotta head is thought to be from the Buddhist stupa site, Pambarcan. Interestingly, you can map ethnographic historical events using this art. The V&A has noted that the use of appliqué decoration links this sculpture to earlier art of the Gandharan period. A perfect opportunity for our tour to take a historical pit stop! The terracotta head takes us back to AD450-500, when Buddhist monasteries in Gandhara were destroyed by Huna invaders.Displaced craftsmen seemed to have moved into the Jammu-Kashmir region, which is why we see the survival of the Gandharan style in the Jammu-Kahmir region.
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Karun Collection
Karun Thakar is a unique collector whose ethos and love for art has resulted in his remarkably diverse collection. His international collection spans from India, Japan, Afghanistan and West/North Africa; containing, ceramics, jewellery, weavings, Islamic and Venetian glass trade beads, antique textiles, early Indian terracotta art and much more.
What makes Karun stand out as a collector is his belief that “every object in his collection has a story to tell about the people who made it and the way that they lived. He lends and donates pieces to international museums to deepen the understanding of what they mean and the culture they belong to.”
To see some of the stunning embroidered Indian textiles from his collection click here to visit the virtual exhibition Embroidered Gardens of Punjab, which was curated for HALI Fair online in 2021.
Here are a few recommendations of museums with Indian art featuring in their collections:
1. RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA
2. National Museum, New Delhi, India
3. National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
4. The British Museum, London, UK
We hope you have enjoyed the final stop on our whistle-stop tour!
Join us for our final week of our whistle-stop tour as we appreciate the exquisite artistry of India.
The Sanskriti Foundation
The Sanskriti Foundation was established in 1979 and is a registered Public Charitable Trust based in NewDelhi, India. They hold a large collection of Indian art spread across multiple museums, two of which we will stop by on this tour (Sanskriti Museum of IndianTextiles and Terracotta).
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles
Starting as a small private collection, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles has grown into a museum which displays the diversity of Indian textiles traditions. Through an expansive inventory of textile genres, the museum moves away from the segregated nature and elitism found in masterpiece culture. Their aim is to build a visual and cultural archive that can serve as an academic resource for years to come.
Let’s have a look at work featured in their collection!
The piece above shows a painted sacred cotton hanging (picchavai) which is displayed in Vallabhacharya shrines. The picchavai is an important and elaborately designed textile which holds great religious and cultural significance. It reflects different festivals, seasons, and the daily routine of the deity Lord Krishna and is changed accordingly. In this picchavai, we can see acts of offering and devotion to Shrinathji.
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta
Also belonging to the Sanskriti Foundation, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta exhibits a range of terracotta art from earthen pots to giant sculptures of Tamil deities. Having been present in Indian culture for over five millennia,Terracotta art is deeply rooted in community and the imagination of Indian life and creativity.
If you don’t have any trips planned to New Delhi you are still in luck, Google Arts & Culture has a virtual experience which allows you to explore the museum. Click here to see more.
V&A Museum
The Victoria & Albert Museum has an enormous collection of more than 1.2 million objects in their museum, some of which feature works from India. The South & South East AsianCollection is where you will find a variety of Indian artefacts and art.
This serene 6th-7th century female terracotta head is thought to be from the Buddhist stupa site, Pambarcan. Interestingly, you can map ethnographic historical events using this art. The V&A has noted that the use of appliqué decoration links this sculpture to earlier art of the Gandharan period. A perfect opportunity for our tour to take a historical pit stop! The terracotta head takes us back to AD450-500, when Buddhist monasteries in Gandhara were destroyed by Huna invaders.Displaced craftsmen seemed to have moved into the Jammu-Kashmir region, which is why we see the survival of the Gandharan style in the Jammu-Kahmir region.
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Karun Collection
Karun Thakar is a unique collector whose ethos and love for art has resulted in his remarkably diverse collection. His international collection spans from India, Japan, Afghanistan and West/North Africa; containing, ceramics, jewellery, weavings, Islamic and Venetian glass trade beads, antique textiles, early Indian terracotta art and much more.
What makes Karun stand out as a collector is his belief that “every object in his collection has a story to tell about the people who made it and the way that they lived. He lends and donates pieces to international museums to deepen the understanding of what they mean and the culture they belong to.”
To see some of the stunning embroidered Indian textiles from his collection click here to visit the virtual exhibition Embroidered Gardens of Punjab, which was curated for HALI Fair online in 2021.
Here are a few recommendations of museums with Indian art featuring in their collections:
1. RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA
2. National Museum, New Delhi, India
3. National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
4. The British Museum, London, UK
We hope you have enjoyed the final stop on our whistle-stop tour!
Join us for our final week of our whistle-stop tour as we appreciate the exquisite artistry of India.
The Sanskriti Foundation
The Sanskriti Foundation was established in 1979 and is a registered Public Charitable Trust based in NewDelhi, India. They hold a large collection of Indian art spread across multiple museums, two of which we will stop by on this tour (Sanskriti Museum of IndianTextiles and Terracotta).
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles
Starting as a small private collection, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles has grown into a museum which displays the diversity of Indian textiles traditions. Through an expansive inventory of textile genres, the museum moves away from the segregated nature and elitism found in masterpiece culture. Their aim is to build a visual and cultural archive that can serve as an academic resource for years to come.
Let’s have a look at work featured in their collection!
The piece above shows a painted sacred cotton hanging (picchavai) which is displayed in Vallabhacharya shrines. The picchavai is an important and elaborately designed textile which holds great religious and cultural significance. It reflects different festivals, seasons, and the daily routine of the deity Lord Krishna and is changed accordingly. In this picchavai, we can see acts of offering and devotion to Shrinathji.
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta
Also belonging to the Sanskriti Foundation, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta exhibits a range of terracotta art from earthen pots to giant sculptures of Tamil deities. Having been present in Indian culture for over five millennia,Terracotta art is deeply rooted in community and the imagination of Indian life and creativity.
If you don’t have any trips planned to New Delhi you are still in luck, Google Arts & Culture has a virtual experience which allows you to explore the museum. Click here to see more.
V&A Museum
The Victoria & Albert Museum has an enormous collection of more than 1.2 million objects in their museum, some of which feature works from India. The South & South East AsianCollection is where you will find a variety of Indian artefacts and art.
This serene 6th-7th century female terracotta head is thought to be from the Buddhist stupa site, Pambarcan. Interestingly, you can map ethnographic historical events using this art. The V&A has noted that the use of appliqué decoration links this sculpture to earlier art of the Gandharan period. A perfect opportunity for our tour to take a historical pit stop! The terracotta head takes us back to AD450-500, when Buddhist monasteries in Gandhara were destroyed by Huna invaders.Displaced craftsmen seemed to have moved into the Jammu-Kashmir region, which is why we see the survival of the Gandharan style in the Jammu-Kahmir region.
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Karun Collection
Karun Thakar is a unique collector whose ethos and love for art has resulted in his remarkably diverse collection. His international collection spans from India, Japan, Afghanistan and West/North Africa; containing, ceramics, jewellery, weavings, Islamic and Venetian glass trade beads, antique textiles, early Indian terracotta art and much more.
What makes Karun stand out as a collector is his belief that “every object in his collection has a story to tell about the people who made it and the way that they lived. He lends and donates pieces to international museums to deepen the understanding of what they mean and the culture they belong to.”
To see some of the stunning embroidered Indian textiles from his collection click here to visit the virtual exhibition Embroidered Gardens of Punjab, which was curated for HALI Fair online in 2021.
Here are a few recommendations of museums with Indian art featuring in their collections:
1. RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA
2. National Museum, New Delhi, India
3. National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
4. The British Museum, London, UK
We hope you have enjoyed the final stop on our whistle-stop tour!
Join us for our final week of our whistle-stop tour as we appreciate the exquisite artistry of India.
The Sanskriti Foundation
The Sanskriti Foundation was established in 1979 and is a registered Public Charitable Trust based in NewDelhi, India. They hold a large collection of Indian art spread across multiple museums, two of which we will stop by on this tour (Sanskriti Museum of IndianTextiles and Terracotta).
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles
Starting as a small private collection, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles has grown into a museum which displays the diversity of Indian textiles traditions. Through an expansive inventory of textile genres, the museum moves away from the segregated nature and elitism found in masterpiece culture. Their aim is to build a visual and cultural archive that can serve as an academic resource for years to come.
Let’s have a look at work featured in their collection!
The piece above shows a painted sacred cotton hanging (picchavai) which is displayed in Vallabhacharya shrines. The picchavai is an important and elaborately designed textile which holds great religious and cultural significance. It reflects different festivals, seasons, and the daily routine of the deity Lord Krishna and is changed accordingly. In this picchavai, we can see acts of offering and devotion to Shrinathji.
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta
Also belonging to the Sanskriti Foundation, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta exhibits a range of terracotta art from earthen pots to giant sculptures of Tamil deities. Having been present in Indian culture for over five millennia,Terracotta art is deeply rooted in community and the imagination of Indian life and creativity.
If you don’t have any trips planned to New Delhi you are still in luck, Google Arts & Culture has a virtual experience which allows you to explore the museum. Click here to see more.
V&A Museum
The Victoria & Albert Museum has an enormous collection of more than 1.2 million objects in their museum, some of which feature works from India. The South & South East AsianCollection is where you will find a variety of Indian artefacts and art.
This serene 6th-7th century female terracotta head is thought to be from the Buddhist stupa site, Pambarcan. Interestingly, you can map ethnographic historical events using this art. The V&A has noted that the use of appliqué decoration links this sculpture to earlier art of the Gandharan period. A perfect opportunity for our tour to take a historical pit stop! The terracotta head takes us back to AD450-500, when Buddhist monasteries in Gandhara were destroyed by Huna invaders.Displaced craftsmen seemed to have moved into the Jammu-Kashmir region, which is why we see the survival of the Gandharan style in the Jammu-Kahmir region.
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Karun Collection
Karun Thakar is a unique collector whose ethos and love for art has resulted in his remarkably diverse collection. His international collection spans from India, Japan, Afghanistan and West/North Africa; containing, ceramics, jewellery, weavings, Islamic and Venetian glass trade beads, antique textiles, early Indian terracotta art and much more.
What makes Karun stand out as a collector is his belief that “every object in his collection has a story to tell about the people who made it and the way that they lived. He lends and donates pieces to international museums to deepen the understanding of what they mean and the culture they belong to.”
To see some of the stunning embroidered Indian textiles from his collection click here to visit the virtual exhibition Embroidered Gardens of Punjab, which was curated for HALI Fair online in 2021.
Here are a few recommendations of museums with Indian art featuring in their collections:
1. RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA
2. National Museum, New Delhi, India
3. National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
4. The British Museum, London, UK
We hope you have enjoyed the final stop on our whistle-stop tour!
Join us for our final week of our whistle-stop tour as we appreciate the exquisite artistry of India.
The Sanskriti Foundation
The Sanskriti Foundation was established in 1979 and is a registered Public Charitable Trust based in NewDelhi, India. They hold a large collection of Indian art spread across multiple museums, two of which we will stop by on this tour (Sanskriti Museum of IndianTextiles and Terracotta).
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles
Starting as a small private collection, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles has grown into a museum which displays the diversity of Indian textiles traditions. Through an expansive inventory of textile genres, the museum moves away from the segregated nature and elitism found in masterpiece culture. Their aim is to build a visual and cultural archive that can serve as an academic resource for years to come.
Let’s have a look at work featured in their collection!
The piece above shows a painted sacred cotton hanging (picchavai) which is displayed in Vallabhacharya shrines. The picchavai is an important and elaborately designed textile which holds great religious and cultural significance. It reflects different festivals, seasons, and the daily routine of the deity Lord Krishna and is changed accordingly. In this picchavai, we can see acts of offering and devotion to Shrinathji.
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta
Also belonging to the Sanskriti Foundation, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta exhibits a range of terracotta art from earthen pots to giant sculptures of Tamil deities. Having been present in Indian culture for over five millennia,Terracotta art is deeply rooted in community and the imagination of Indian life and creativity.
If you don’t have any trips planned to New Delhi you are still in luck, Google Arts & Culture has a virtual experience which allows you to explore the museum. Click here to see more.
V&A Museum
The Victoria & Albert Museum has an enormous collection of more than 1.2 million objects in their museum, some of which feature works from India. The South & South East AsianCollection is where you will find a variety of Indian artefacts and art.
This serene 6th-7th century female terracotta head is thought to be from the Buddhist stupa site, Pambarcan. Interestingly, you can map ethnographic historical events using this art. The V&A has noted that the use of appliqué decoration links this sculpture to earlier art of the Gandharan period. A perfect opportunity for our tour to take a historical pit stop! The terracotta head takes us back to AD450-500, when Buddhist monasteries in Gandhara were destroyed by Huna invaders.Displaced craftsmen seemed to have moved into the Jammu-Kashmir region, which is why we see the survival of the Gandharan style in the Jammu-Kahmir region.
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Karun Collection
Karun Thakar is a unique collector whose ethos and love for art has resulted in his remarkably diverse collection. His international collection spans from India, Japan, Afghanistan and West/North Africa; containing, ceramics, jewellery, weavings, Islamic and Venetian glass trade beads, antique textiles, early Indian terracotta art and much more.
What makes Karun stand out as a collector is his belief that “every object in his collection has a story to tell about the people who made it and the way that they lived. He lends and donates pieces to international museums to deepen the understanding of what they mean and the culture they belong to.”
To see some of the stunning embroidered Indian textiles from his collection click here to visit the virtual exhibition Embroidered Gardens of Punjab, which was curated for HALI Fair online in 2021.
Here are a few recommendations of museums with Indian art featuring in their collections:
1. RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA
2. National Museum, New Delhi, India
3. National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
4. The British Museum, London, UK
We hope you have enjoyed the final stop on our whistle-stop tour!
Join us for our final week of our whistle-stop tour as we appreciate the exquisite artistry of India.
The Sanskriti Foundation
The Sanskriti Foundation was established in 1979 and is a registered Public Charitable Trust based in NewDelhi, India. They hold a large collection of Indian art spread across multiple museums, two of which we will stop by on this tour (Sanskriti Museum of IndianTextiles and Terracotta).
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles
Starting as a small private collection, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles has grown into a museum which displays the diversity of Indian textiles traditions. Through an expansive inventory of textile genres, the museum moves away from the segregated nature and elitism found in masterpiece culture. Their aim is to build a visual and cultural archive that can serve as an academic resource for years to come.
Let’s have a look at work featured in their collection!
The piece above shows a painted sacred cotton hanging (picchavai) which is displayed in Vallabhacharya shrines. The picchavai is an important and elaborately designed textile which holds great religious and cultural significance. It reflects different festivals, seasons, and the daily routine of the deity Lord Krishna and is changed accordingly. In this picchavai, we can see acts of offering and devotion to Shrinathji.
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta
Also belonging to the Sanskriti Foundation, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta exhibits a range of terracotta art from earthen pots to giant sculptures of Tamil deities. Having been present in Indian culture for over five millennia,Terracotta art is deeply rooted in community and the imagination of Indian life and creativity.
If you don’t have any trips planned to New Delhi you are still in luck, Google Arts & Culture has a virtual experience which allows you to explore the museum. Click here to see more.
V&A Museum
The Victoria & Albert Museum has an enormous collection of more than 1.2 million objects in their museum, some of which feature works from India. The South & South East AsianCollection is where you will find a variety of Indian artefacts and art.
This serene 6th-7th century female terracotta head is thought to be from the Buddhist stupa site, Pambarcan. Interestingly, you can map ethnographic historical events using this art. The V&A has noted that the use of appliqué decoration links this sculpture to earlier art of the Gandharan period. A perfect opportunity for our tour to take a historical pit stop! The terracotta head takes us back to AD450-500, when Buddhist monasteries in Gandhara were destroyed by Huna invaders.Displaced craftsmen seemed to have moved into the Jammu-Kashmir region, which is why we see the survival of the Gandharan style in the Jammu-Kahmir region.
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Karun Collection
Karun Thakar is a unique collector whose ethos and love for art has resulted in his remarkably diverse collection. His international collection spans from India, Japan, Afghanistan and West/North Africa; containing, ceramics, jewellery, weavings, Islamic and Venetian glass trade beads, antique textiles, early Indian terracotta art and much more.
What makes Karun stand out as a collector is his belief that “every object in his collection has a story to tell about the people who made it and the way that they lived. He lends and donates pieces to international museums to deepen the understanding of what they mean and the culture they belong to.”
To see some of the stunning embroidered Indian textiles from his collection click here to visit the virtual exhibition Embroidered Gardens of Punjab, which was curated for HALI Fair online in 2021.
Here are a few recommendations of museums with Indian art featuring in their collections:
1. RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA
2. National Museum, New Delhi, India
3. National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
4. The British Museum, London, UK
We hope you have enjoyed the final stop on our whistle-stop tour!
Join us for our final week of our whistle-stop tour as we appreciate the exquisite artistry of India.
The Sanskriti Foundation
The Sanskriti Foundation was established in 1979 and is a registered Public Charitable Trust based in NewDelhi, India. They hold a large collection of Indian art spread across multiple museums, two of which we will stop by on this tour (Sanskriti Museum of IndianTextiles and Terracotta).
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles
Starting as a small private collection, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles has grown into a museum which displays the diversity of Indian textiles traditions. Through an expansive inventory of textile genres, the museum moves away from the segregated nature and elitism found in masterpiece culture. Their aim is to build a visual and cultural archive that can serve as an academic resource for years to come.
Let’s have a look at work featured in their collection!
The piece above shows a painted sacred cotton hanging (picchavai) which is displayed in Vallabhacharya shrines. The picchavai is an important and elaborately designed textile which holds great religious and cultural significance. It reflects different festivals, seasons, and the daily routine of the deity Lord Krishna and is changed accordingly. In this picchavai, we can see acts of offering and devotion to Shrinathji.
Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta
Also belonging to the Sanskriti Foundation, Sanskriti Museum of Indian Terracotta exhibits a range of terracotta art from earthen pots to giant sculptures of Tamil deities. Having been present in Indian culture for over five millennia,Terracotta art is deeply rooted in community and the imagination of Indian life and creativity.
If you don’t have any trips planned to New Delhi you are still in luck, Google Arts & Culture has a virtual experience which allows you to explore the museum. Click here to see more.
V&A Museum
The Victoria & Albert Museum has an enormous collection of more than 1.2 million objects in their museum, some of which feature works from India. The South & South East AsianCollection is where you will find a variety of Indian artefacts and art.
This serene 6th-7th century female terracotta head is thought to be from the Buddhist stupa site, Pambarcan. Interestingly, you can map ethnographic historical events using this art. The V&A has noted that the use of appliqué decoration links this sculpture to earlier art of the Gandharan period. A perfect opportunity for our tour to take a historical pit stop! The terracotta head takes us back to AD450-500, when Buddhist monasteries in Gandhara were destroyed by Huna invaders.Displaced craftsmen seemed to have moved into the Jammu-Kashmir region, which is why we see the survival of the Gandharan style in the Jammu-Kahmir region.
©Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Karun Collection
Karun Thakar is a unique collector whose ethos and love for art has resulted in his remarkably diverse collection. His international collection spans from India, Japan, Afghanistan and West/North Africa; containing, ceramics, jewellery, weavings, Islamic and Venetian glass trade beads, antique textiles, early Indian terracotta art and much more.
What makes Karun stand out as a collector is his belief that “every object in his collection has a story to tell about the people who made it and the way that they lived. He lends and donates pieces to international museums to deepen the understanding of what they mean and the culture they belong to.”
To see some of the stunning embroidered Indian textiles from his collection click here to visit the virtual exhibition Embroidered Gardens of Punjab, which was curated for HALI Fair online in 2021.
Here are a few recommendations of museums with Indian art featuring in their collections:
1. RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA
2. National Museum, New Delhi, India
3. National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
4. The British Museum, London, UK
We hope you have enjoyed the final stop on our whistle-stop tour!
