Bard Graduate Center Presents A Festival Exploring the Cultural Worlds of South Asia
Curated by historian Sugata Ray, Lahore on my Mind unites thinkers, curators, and artists, from the United States, Europe, and South Asia.
Lahore on my Mind is a public festival at the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan that moves between the past and the present to explore the early modern, colonial, and contemporary cultural worlds of South Asia.
Featuring artist interventions and discussions with thinkers, curators, and artists from the United States, Europe, and South Asia, the interdisciplinary festival is curated by historian Sugata Ray and takes the exhibition John Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London as a starting point to reflect on how visual arts, performative practices, and literary cultures are shaping South Asia’s identity in a globalized world.
Thursday, November 9
18 West 86th Street
- Poetry Reading by Meena Alexander – 7pm
Meena Alexander an internationally acclaimed poet who was born in Allahabad, India and lives and works in New York City.
Friday, November 10
38 West 86th Street
- Openings – 7pm
Shahzia Sikander, visual artist
Manan Ahmed, Assistant Professor of History, Columbia University
Saturday, November 1118 West 86th Street
- Empire, Post-Empire, Neo-Empire – 12pmGyan Prakash, Professor of History, Princeton UniversityRina Banerjee, visual artistMeena Alexander, Distinguished Professor of English, Hunter College / The Graduate Center CUNY
- Outside Kipling’s Wonder House – 2pmTasneem Zakaria Mehta, Honorary Director, Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai, IndiaNadeem Omar Tarar, Director, National College of Arts, Lahore, PakistanNavina Najat Haidar, Curator of Islamic Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Interventions in the Gallery: Alok Vaid-Menon – 4pm
Alok Vaid-Menon is a gender non-conforming performance artist, writer, educator, and entertainer. FREE with RSVP
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