Art historian, curator, author, public speaker and teacher... all these descriptions fit Dr. B. N. Goswamy perfectly. Professor Emeritus of Art History at Punjab University, where he has taught for eight decades, Dr. Goswamy has co-curated major exhibitions of Indian art at the world’s leading museums, including the path-breaking exhibition Masters of Indian Painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2008. Recently, he brought out another book, ‘The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 101 Great Works, 1100-1900,’ which has been sourced from about 40 museums and private collections in the world. He has written...
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