From Picasso’s Guernica to M.F. Husain’s paintings, we look at the politics of art, the controversy over Raihan’s photographs and the question of who gets to decide what can be displayed.
Raihan Vadra’s photos removed: is all art political?
Raihan Vadra’s 75 photographs of Delhi protests were removed from his exhibition at Bikaner House, reportedly over restrictions on political art. But can art ever be truly apolitical? From Picasso’s Guernica to M.F. Husain’s paintings, we look at the politics of art, the controversy over Raihan’s photographs and the question of who gets to decide what can be displayed.
