Geeta Kapur

Geeta Kapur, is a Delhi-based critic and curator. Her essays are widely anthologized and her books include Contemporary Indian Artists (1978); When Was Modernism: essays on contemporary cultural practice in India (2000); forthcoming, Critical Inscriptions in Contemporary Art: Navigating Practice. She was founder-editor, Journal of Arts & Ideas; member advisory council, Third Text; she is Trustee/ advisory editor, Marg; and editorial advisor ArtMargins. Curatorial projects include: ‘Dispossession’, Johannesburg Biennale (1995); ‘Bombay/Mumbai’, Century City, Tate Modern (co-curation, 2001); ‘subTerrain’, House of World Cultures, Berlin (2003); ‘Aesthetic Bind’, Chemould, Mumbai (2013-14). She was Jury member, Venice, Dakar and Sharjah Biennales; member, Asian Art Council, Guggenheim Museum; advisory member, Asian Art Archive, Hong Kong. She lectures internationally and has held Visiting Fellowships at the Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla; Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, Delhi; Clare Hall, University of Cambridge; Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. Geeta Kapur was awarded the Padmashri in 2009.