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mrinalinimukherjee.foundation Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation is a trust that preserves and promotes the legacies of artists Mrinalini Mukherjee, Benodebehari Mukherjee and Leela Mukherjee.

MMF supports artists and arts communities through its various projects and grants.

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: ๐๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ญTo mark the Royal Academyโ€™s exhibition โ€œ๐˜ˆ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต: ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ช...
03/02/2026

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: ๐๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐š๐ซ๐ญ

To mark the Royal Academyโ€™s exhibition โ€œ๐˜ˆ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต: ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆโ€, the presents a special symposium bringing together renowned artists, scholars, curators, and critics in conversation around the living legacies of South Asian modernism.

Focusing on artists who emerged from the Santiniketan and Baroda schools, the symposium will reflect on practices that bridged materiality, identity, culture, connection and geopolitical contexts across the twentieth century, and continue to shape contemporary understandings of modernism in South Asia.

๐Ÿ“… Thursday, 12 February 2026
โฐ 10 amโ€“6 pm
๐Ÿ“ The John Madejski Fine Rooms, Burlington House

Speakers include Skye Arundhati Thomas ,
Shanay Jhaveri , Dr Zehra Jumabhoy , Geeta Kapur, Bharti Kher , Tarini Malik ,
Nilima Sheikh , Dr. Devika Singh ,
Prof Siva Kumar .kumar ,
Laura Smith .jayne.laura , Dr. Emilia Terrancciano , and Grant Watson .watson.grant

๐Ÿ”—Find more information about the symposium from the link in the bio.

Presenting this monthโ€™s article by Kamayani Sharma, as part of the ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ร— ๐Œ๐Œ๐… ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ โœจโœ๏ธ What if one of art...
29/01/2026

Presenting this monthโ€™s article by Kamayani Sharma, as part of the ๐’๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ ร— ๐Œ๐Œ๐… ๐€๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐–๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ โœจโœ๏ธ

What if one of art historyโ€™s most luminous yellows came from cow urine?

In her latest essay, Kamayani looks at the histories of Indian yellow and Bengal light to reveal how colonial science and empire intersected with visual culture.

Read โ€œHow cow urine became an unlikely ingredient in art and photographyโ€ by Kamayani Sharma.
alaap

๐Ÿ”—Link to article in bio.

As 2025 comes to a close, we reflect on a year shaped by steady engagements with collaborators and grantees, new beginni...
31/12/2025

As 2025 comes to a close, we reflect on a year shaped by steady engagements with collaborators and grantees, new beginnings, and continuing conversations around practice, research, and access at the Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation.

Swipe through for a glimpse of some moments that defined the year.

As we move into 2026, we remain deeply grateful to our grantees, collaborators, jurors, partners, and our wider community.

For a detailed update, check out our newsletter ๐Ÿ’Œ

Wishing you a Happy New Year! โœจ

๐Ÿ–Š๏ธ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿฑ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ.

๐™‡๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ค ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™ž๐™ค ๐™‹๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š!Drawn from the Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation Archive, the exhibition traces the ...
29/12/2025

๐™‡๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™ค ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™ž๐™ค ๐™‹๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š!

Drawn from the Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation Archive, the exhibition traces the Mukherjeeโ€™s working spaces, material experiments, and processes across the decades.

Visit us before we close for the New Year.

11/12/2025

Art historian, critic and independent curator Deepak Ananth has written extensively on Mrinalini over the years and remembers his friend Dillu here.

โ€œRemembering Dilluโ€, is a series of tributes from those who knew her closely including family, friends, collaborators and colleagues to honour the 75th birthday of Mrinalini Mukherjee.

Image credits: Mrinalini Mukherjee Archive. Introductory text on video: Shikha Trivedi.
Deepak Ananth photo credit: Dayanita Singh

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11/12/2025

Sonia Ballani, Executive Director of Vadehra Art Gallery, recalls her experience of working with Mrinalini Mukherjee at the Vadehra Art Gallery.



To honour the life, spirit and extraordinary legacy of Mrinalini Mukherjee on what would have been her 75th birthday, we are sharing โ€œRemembering Dilluโ€, a series of tributes from those who knew her closely including family, friends, collaborators and colleagues.

Image credits: Mrinalini Mukherjee Archive.
Introductory text on video: Shikha Trivedy

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11/12/2025

Artist and gallerist Peter Nagy shares his experience of working with Mrinalini Mukherjee at Nature Morte, Delhi where they produced three shows exhibiting her ceramic and bronze works in 2001, 2004, and 2013 respectively. Mrinalini later asked Peter to curate her seminal retrospective at the National Gallery of Modern Art in 2015.



โ€œRemembering Dilluโ€, is a series of tributes from those who knew her closely including family, friends, collaborators and colleagues to honour the 75th birthday of Mrinalini Mukherjee.

Image credits: Mrinalini Mukherjee Archive. Introductory text on video: Shikha Trivedy

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11/12/2025

Architect K.T Ravindran and artist Amba Sanyal, both knew Dillu separately before she played cupid and brought them together. Here is a lovely tribute from them โœจ

To honour the life, spirit and extraordinary legacy of Mrinalini Mukherjee on what would have been her 75th birthday, we are sharing โ€œRemembering Dilluโ€, a series of tributes from those who knew her closely from family and friends to collaborators and colleagues.

Image credits: Mrinalini Mukherjee Archive. Introductory text on video: Shikha Trivedi

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11/12/2025

Shikha Trivedy is a renowned journalist and a close friend of Mrinalini. Shikha shares with us an article that she wrote in memory of her dear friend soon after her passing.

๐Ÿ”— Read the article here: https://www.ndtv.com/blog/mrinalini-mukherjee-brilliant-pure-artist-with-all-that-entails-767231

โ€œRemembering Dilluโ€, is a series of tributes from those who knew her closely including family, friends, collaborators and colleagues to honour the 75th birthday of Mrinalini Mukherjee.

Stay tuned for more โœจ

Image credits: Mrinalini Mukherjee Archive. Introductory text on video: Shikha Trivedy

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11/12/2025

Sheila Makhijani is a contemporary artist and fellow Delhiite who worked closely with Mrinalini on several projects. She pays a โ€˜sweetโ€™ tribute to Mrinalini on this special day.

Honouring Mrinalini Mukherjeeโ€™s 75th birthday, and to celebrate her life, spirit, and enduring legacy, we are sharing โ€œRemembering Dilluโ€, a series of tributes from those who knew her closely, including family, friends, collaborators, and colleagues.


Image credits: Mrinalini Mukherjee Archive. Introductory text on video: Shikha Trivedi

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