NEW DELHI, INDIA, January 21, 2011: The world famous Art Institute of Chicago, where celebrated Indian philosopher Swami Vivekananda delivered a historic address in 1896, is reviving its links with India in a big way. ‘We have embarked on a mammoth project to exhibit royal art from Jaipur in Chicago in 2013. The institute has joined hands with the National Museum in Delhi and the royal family of Jaipur,’ its president James Cuno told IANS in the capital.
Under a formal American global exchange program, Chicago and New Delhi are designated as sister cities to facilitate collaborations and exchanges in art, culture, business and education. ‘The institute’s curator of South Asian art, Madhuvanti Ghose, is organizing an exhibition of Jaipur royal arts down the centuries with the support of the royal family and the National Museum,’ said Cuno.
The exhibition, one of the biggest that the international community will ever see, will comprise miniatures, artefacts, sculptures, textiles and relics of the Jaipur royalty created by artists who were commissioned for the purpose.