Union Culture Ministry Bars Lalit Kala Academy Chairman From Taking Administrative Actions https://thewire.in/culture/union-culture-ministry-bars-lalit-kala-academy-chairman-from-taking-administrative-actions In an order issued on January 8, 2024, the ministry cited V. Nagdas’s failure to respond to an earlier “complaint” while alleging non-compliance with the ministry’s “administrative directions”.
Under his chairmanship, the academy presented two exhibitions — ‘Imag(in)ing the Immediate – Curating from a National Collection’ and ‘The Afghan Journal’ — in addition to announcing a mega art camp in Ayodhya in the run-up to the Ram Temple inauguration which didn’t materialise due to “funding issues”, the paper reported.
Within two months of taking charge, Nagdas had conducted around eight workshops in different parts of the country and was planning to conduct an Art Triennial in 2025 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi..https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2023/Jun/28/an-artist-on-a-mission-2589106.html Speaking about the challenges faced by artists today, he says, “Technology has dominated all art fields. Most of the budding artists are playing with technology not with brushes and canvases. They often forget the art with other mediums and the research and studies about that. Masters don’t follow this technology because of the generation gap and thus, there will be a clash. Both, students and teachers, need to have conversations and exchange of ideas. We also need more infrastructure and scholarships for the student artists to facilitate studios and galleries,” adding that every form of art should be taken into consideration and should be given prominence.