Explore how India’s ancient traditions inform its contemporary art.
Explore how India’s ancient traditions inform its contemporary art in Delhi, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaipur, and Mumbai. Join Christopher Noey, an expert on Asian art and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, to see how India preserves its ancient treasures in these cities and their surrounding regions, starting with Mughal tombs in Delhi. Meet contemporary artists at Delhi’s India Art Fair to learn how they work in dialogue with their country’s distant past. Venture to Rajasthan to explore palace architecture and courtly life, with stays in luxurious royal residences, including one where Jodhpur’s royal family still lives. Conclude in Mumbai to tour a growing contemporary gallery scene and some of India’s oldest museum collections.
Highlights
- Travel with art historian Christopher Noey through Delhi, Rajasthan, and Mumbai, tracing Indian art from Mughal emperors to today’s contemporary artists.
- Ride a rickshaw through Old Delhi’s spice-scented lanes from the 17th-century Jama Masjid, India’s largest mosque, and have lunch at Haveli Dharampura, a restored 19th-century mansion.
- Join a guided visit to Delhi’s Humayun’s Tomb and the new subterranean Sunken Museum, housing 2,000 years of Mughal artifacts.
- Spend a full day at the India Art Fair, South Asia’s leading annual event for modern and contemporary art, with opportunities to purchase original works.
- Walk among 1,444 carved white marble pillars at the 15th-century Ranakpur Jain Temple, arranged across 29 halls and 80 domes.
- Tour Rajasthan’s great royal monuments, such as Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, Amber Fort in Jaipur, and City Palace in Udaipur.
- Cruise to the UNESCO-listed Elephanta Cave Temple to stand before the triple-headed Shiva sculpture.
- Sleep in former royal residences and heritage hotels, such as the Taj Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodhpur, where the Princely State’s royal family still lives.
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