India and Pakistan at 75
As India and Pakistan celebrate 75 years of independence, we look at how artists and cultural institutions are commemorating the act of partition that brought them into being—and how it continues to affect the art world today.
Controversial $1.8bn redevelopment of Delhi’s parliament complex enters second phase
A number of the Indian capital's major cultural institutions, including the National Museum, will be rehoused
Delhi's delayed Partition Museum set to open this winter
It will be India's second institution dedicated to the mass displacement of 1947
Gandhi's handwritten notes to Lord Mountbatten on the eve of India's partition go on show
Group exhibition at John Hansard Gallery in Southampton is curated by the Mumbai artist Jitish Kallat and includes works by Kader Attia and Zarina
Comment
'Indian art is in deep crisis': Anish Kapoor on his home country, 75 years after independence
Freedom of expression in India is dead because of Modi's "Hindu Taliban", the artist says
The curator of Pakistan's first—and only—Venice Biennale pavilion dissects her country's contemporary art scene
As the nation celebrates 75 years of independence, Zahra Khan charts major moments and challenges in its history and her own career
An Indian artist on staging a public art project across the Indo-Pakistan border
New Delhi-based Manisha Gera Baswani discusses her ongoing series Postcards from Home that photographs fellow artists in both countries
Exhibitions
India and Pakistan turn 75: exhibitions on independence and partition to see around the world
From Kolkata to Chicago, here are 11 shows that deal with the many histories of nationhood and freedom in the subcontinent
Analysis
'A logistical nightmare': how deteriorating India-Pakistan relations affect the South Asian art trade
From smuggled paintings to cancelled visas, the heads of the subcontinent's fairs, biennials and galleries weigh in on the ramifications of the contested border
How partition divided a centuries-old manuscript between India and Pakistan—and continues to plague the region's heritage
Research on the Chandayan of Mulla Da’ud has suffered ever since 24 folios narrating the love story were split up across the border in 1947