Some of the artefacts from South India on general display at the National Museum in New Delhi. Photo: R. V. Moorthy
INDIA---For the first time since its inception, the National Museum here will host an exhibition featuring artefacts from a private donor’s collection, an official said Tuesday. The month—long ‘A Passionate Eye’ exhibition will open Friday and showcase around 100 works from the private collection of art connoisseur C. L. Bharany and his father, all of which they collected from across India. Sculptures in stone, bronze and wood; paintings on paper and cloth; manuscripts and textiles from over the past two millennia will be shown in this exhibition curated by three experts. “It thus acknowledges one of many people who have helped gather items of our cultural heritage,” National Museum director general Venu V. said in a statement. “It highlights the role private collectors have played in enriching the nation’s public museums,” he added. [link]
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