Mumbai : A City Through Objects - 101 Stories from the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum By Tasneem Zakaria Mehta 2,999.00 inclusive of all taxes Buy Now Or from your local bookseller. There was a whole statement being made. I married a Hindu and the only thing he told me was, 'Couldn't you find a good Muslim boy'? Ms Mehta is a Vice President of the International Council of the MoMA, New York. When they are in town, Mehta hyperventilates if they wear shorts or hail taxis at night. They held their wedding in 1997 in a wonderful ceremony. As Managing Trustee and Honorary Director of the museum since 2003 she has a future-forward approach to what she describes as a jewel box museum, rich with exhibits but also compact and easily navigable within an hour ortwo. Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, Honorary Director of Mumbais Dr Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum and Vice-Chairperson of the Indian National Trust for Art and. Curated by Tasneem Zakaria Mehta . The College is committed to providing equal access and opportunity in employment and education to all employees and students. In fact, Mr Kunte [the Municipal Commissioner] has publicly said that I was doing a great job. Mehta spent her childhood drawing and painting and being a go-getter came naturally. The models [of professions, ethnicities and religions] had become very popular at the Great Exhibition of 1851 and subsequent showings. We've maintained the ticket price at Rs10 for the last 13 years even though the Corporation has been wanting us to raise it. The couple's two daughters study abroad Malika, 27, is pursuing public policy at Harvard and 21-year-old Ahilya is at Wellesley College. The colonial wrought-iron table is from Mehta's time in Alexandria, Egypt, where she lived for two years. She has taken on more than I could ever actually imagine taking on and has still managed to commit herself to everything equally. Tasneem Zakaria Mehta is Board Member at Wockhardt Ltd. See Tasneem Zakaria Mehta's compensation, career history, education, & memberships. "I interact with them quite closely. Excerpts: How should museums evolve so that they do not become anachronistic? Download the Business Standard App for latest Business News and Market News . They allow us a peek into a civilisation long past or bring us close to today's issues. BDL completed 150 years in 2022, and to celebrate that we did some in-depth research on our collections and brought out a book Mumbai: A City Through Objects 101 Stories from the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum that was co-published with Harper Collins and authored and edited by me. "The idea is to take new forms of art to the public," she says. The show draws from the Museum's collection of ancient and traditional games and explores the idea of 'play' from different perspectives. While studying there, I lived with a host family for months and travelled to different parts of Europe on my own. "She has created a jewel of a museum against daunting odds.". I have all my work, my notes, my music, pictures, etc on my laptop.ON YOUR iPOD: I love Bollywood music and Bollywood movies. [6] As the editor, she interviewed prominent figures like Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, J.R.D. I am like the visual editor here and my task is to make sure that the overall product is great.". The view itself is like a piece of art. However, Mumbai's only city museum to win the UNESCO 2005 Asia Pacific Award of Excellence, one of her many accolades, is evidence that the 62-year-old gets things done. To the left, Sagar Upvan (popularly known as the BPT garden) extends a green limb into the seacutting off the line of sight to noisy, busy Gateway of India. A vibrant Gulammohammed Sheikh has pride of place in the sitting room, a Sudhir Patwardhan hangs in the sit-out, Jitish Kallats, Gieve Patels and artists of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale jostle for space on other walls. "As a curator, you should be able to say why a work of art is good or bad. [citation needed]. Opinion. In 2003, Mrs. Tasneem Zakaria Mehta Author Overview TasneemZakaria Mehta has been deeply engaged with art and culture, especiallyof India, since she graduated from the Sir J.J. School of Art many yearsback. Exclusive Stories, Curated Newsletters, 26 years of Archives, E-paper, and more! Each artist explored a different theme such as alienation, pollution, destruction of biodiversity, unnatural divisions, mutations and distortions, the politics of water and waste and the destruction of landscapes and rivers. Mehta is also vice chairman of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage and a Mumbai chapter convenor. [10] She was the step-mother of 2 children. She has achieved so much and everytime I mention it to her, her eyes sparkle because she always says that she is doing exactly what she loves. Mehta is past chair of the Task Force for Culture and Museums for the Confederation of Indian Industries. They thought Indians didnt have the intellect needed to produce a Michelangelo-level sculpture. Her vision for Bhau Daji Lad, she says, is to provide a platform to all forms of contemporary art. This New York Apartment Designed by Shamir Shah is Quintessentially Big Apple in Charm and Character, The Grand Affair That is Roohi and Chetan Jaikishans Mumbai Apartment, The Fabulous Homes of Our Countrys Top Art Patrons, Read Our November-December 2017 Art Issue, GQ India | VOGUE India | Cond Nast Traveller India. Additionally, the school let her pursue her love for sports and while at the school, she was Sports Captain and represented her school and state at the Judo Junior Nationals Tournament. Tasneem Zakaria Mehta is an art historian, writer, curator, designer, and cultural activist. The physical and digital come together in many forms, not least because the Museum's entire permanent collection has been digitised. The overall programming has been a huge success. News Follow on Ahilya Mehta, the striking daughter of Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, managing trustee and honorary director, Bhau Daji Lad Museum and Vikram Singh Mehta, chairman of Brookings, India is a spirited women's empowerment activist at heart. Please include '@' in the email address, Copyrights 2023 Business Standard Private Ltd. All "In India, we are lagging on this because there is no pressure to perform and therefore there is a laidback attitude. Partner site: Zee News 1998-2022 Diligent Media Corporation Limited, All Rights Reserved. BDL revived the art scene after its 2008 relaunch. Mukesh Ambani gives us substantial support. Canadian tabla fusion artist Gurpreet Chana plays the hang at Bhau Daji Lad Museum at Byculla, on June 1, 2017 in Mumbai, India. But perfection can create conflict. "I always came first in art at Cathedral & John Connon School and graduated in Fine Arts from JJ School of Arts," she says. The British didnt use the word sculptor because they didnt want to dignify the craftsmen with the term. "Besides, I raise money from the Bajaj family. And that has been the case up till now." It is fascinating to see a museum take on a current critical issue. And what plans are you making for Bhau Daji Lad? Tasneem Zakaria Mehta Photos. So managing the museum came easy to me." BDL has also hosted several online and in-person sessions on climate change, waste management, land ecosystem, ozone depletion, and so on, which have received an overwhelming response from schools and NGOs. Zakaria is married to Paula Throckmorton. Tasneem-Zakaria-Mehta: Get Latest News, Videos & Photos by Tasneem-Zakaria-Mehta on the trending topics, breaking news and top headlines at Times of India. "Ma'am encourages us to study the objects. On Thursday evening, Mumbai was witness to a gathering of friends, family and fans of the late Vinod Mehta, founder and editor-in-chief of Outlook, when his latest book, Editor Unplugged, was. "We have fights about that. Museum display has moved quite a distance from rows of glass cases but what is the present trend? The elder, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, is an art historian and writer, living in Mumbai. ALSO READ: Woman is as Woman Does: An ode to womanpower. Thats what we have been careful of in this book. Persistence is second nature to Mehta. If you don't make that sale, i.e. She is a member of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and has been a nominator for the Rockefeller Foundations Bellagio Creative Arts awards. The work was featured as part of the exhibition 'Asymmetrical Objects', curated by Tasneem Zakaria Mehta and co-curated by Himanshu Kadam. A leaders of India's heritage preservation movement, Mehta has successfully pioneered the revival and restoration of several of Mumbai's important cultural sites. Buy Now | Our best subscription plan now has a special price. With piles of books scattered everywhere, the large office of art historian Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, managing trustee and honorary director of Mumbai's Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, looks eloquently cluttered. The facial expressions of the models and the photographs are almost exact. She followed this with a Masters in Liberal Arts at New York's Columbia University. There are echoes of her daughter in a Nicola Durvasula artwork, reflections of her mill conservation efforts with INTACH in Meera Devidayals prints, and a painting of Raziya Sultana by Heeral Trivedi finds connect to a book about the warrior princess written by Mehtas father, Rafiq Zakaria. Mehta has a tight schedule when we meet her in the middle of a weekday afternoon. We focus on how great we were in the past, but what about today? Mehta's next six months are quite busy. We hope to take these online now. "I never get time to shop or get my sari blouses tailored," she laments. A silver replica of it was gifted to King George V and Queen Mary when they visited in 1911. Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, Honorary Director of Mumbais Dr Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum and Vice-Chairperson of the Indian National Trust for Art and. BDL has already hosted exhibitions around this and will continue to engage with civic issues as well as questions around decolonisation, gender disparity, injustice and violence. French Open: Rafael Nadal sets up 59th match with Novak Djokovic, Copyright 2023 The Indian Express [P] Ltd. All Rights Reserved, Tasneem Zakaria Mehta: 'We focus on how great we were in the past, but what about today? Being a good curator also requires a lot of looking around to train the visual eye, she says. 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