Maqbool Fida Husain, Untitled, 1986. Oil on canvas. Photograph by Jeffrey R. Dykes/PEM.

PEM Opens Three New South Asian Galleries Nov. 27

The Salem art museum aims to explore Indian identity through multiple lenses with its extensive new display of colonial and modern Indian art.

Northshore MagazineNovember 27, 2020

Today, November 27, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) opens three new galleries that provide a deeper understanding and appreciation of India and its people through more than 100 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and personal correspondence. The installations trace the history of India from its colonial period through its independence in 1947 and the rise of a vibrant movement in modern Indian art. These new South Asian Art galleries are part of PEM’s ongoing initiative to reinstall its vast and storied collection in new and surprising ways. India and Identity In an attempt to simplify and explain a diverse, compl

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PEM Opens Three New South Asian Galleries Nov. 27

The Salem art museum aims to explore Indian identity through multiple lenses with its extensive new display of colonial and modern Indian art.

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