Dalmia Yashodhara

Yashodhara Dalmia is an art historian and independent curator
based in New Delhi. Her book The Making of Modern Indian Art:
The Progressivesis regarded as a definitive account of a seminal
phase of Indian art. Among her other publications is Journeys: Four
Generations of Indian Artists (2011). She has also written several
essays, articles and reviews on contemporary Indian art.
When the National Gallery of Modern Art opened in Mumbai in
December 1996, Dalmia curated the inaugural exhibition titled The
Moderns, which featured 200 works by twelve greats of modern
Indian art, including Francis Newton Souza, M.F. Husain and
Tyeb Mehta. In September 2010, Dalmia curated a major show of
contemporary Indian artists titled Indian (Sub)Way at the Grosvenor
Vadehra gallery in London. In January 2011, she curated the show
Tyeb Mehta:Triumph of Vision in Delhi, which consisted of unseen
paintings by the artist, including his magnificent last work. Currently
she is involved in a project on South Asian art.