Dayanita Singh: Photo Lies opens at the Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation (JNAF), Mumbai on 21 November, marking the start of an ambitious new touring exhibition conceived by the artist to ask the question: How do you disseminate an exhibition?
In the wake of Singh’s recent retrospective Dancing with my Camera, this new multi-venue project addresses this question by showing different configurations of an exhibition in different cities, adding something new and specific with each iteration. This model reflects Singh’s approach to her ‘museum’ structures which are able to change, both in their form as well as in the images they hold.
In addition to Photo Lies at JNAF, exhibitions will open simultaneously and subsequently across India.
Exhibition dates and venues:
Photo Lies – Jehangir Nicholson Art Foundation, Mumbai | 21November 2024–23 February 2025
Time Measures – Jaipur Centre for Art, Jaipur | 22 November 2024–16 March 2025
Museums of Tanpura – Bengal Biennale, Indian Museum, Kolkata | 6 December 2024–5 January 2025
Travelling Museums – Indian Museum, Kolkata | 11 January–31 March 2025
Photo Architecture – Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad | 1March –27 April 2025
Mona and Myself – Gallery White, Vadodara | 6 March–30 April 2025
Dayanita Singh: Dancing with my Camera was first curated by Stephanie Rosenthal (then Director of Gropius Bau, Berlin) touring to four institutions in Europe: Gropius Bau, Berlin (2022); Museum Villa Stuck, Munich (2022-23); Mudam Luxembourg (2023); and Serralves Museum, Porto (2023-24).
