Exhibitions & Films

2008 Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj. The Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York. Catalogue published by Mapin Publishing, India.
2006 Chola. Sacred Bronzes of Southern India. Royal Academy of Arts, London. Catalogue published by Royal Academy of Arts, London. Jointly curated with John Eskanazi.
2002 The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Dallas Museum of Art; Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue published by American Federation of Arts, New York with Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
2000 India Through the Lens: Photography 1840–1911. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Catalogue published by Mapin Publishing & Prestel Verlag.
1999 Devi: The Great Goddess. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Catalogue published by Mapin Publishing & Prestel Verlag.
1998 Sakhi: Friend and Messenger in Rajput Love Paintings. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. With brochure.
1997 India: Past Forward: Purva Uttara. Developed concept for the eight-part television film series on India’s heritage, sponsored by Marg Publications, Served as host and narrator for three segments on Sanchi, Mahabalipuram & Orissa. Aired on India’s Star TV and Discovery channels in 1997 to celebrate fifty years of India’s independence. Four films directed by Shyam Benegal and four by Zafar Hai.
1988 “Impossible Picturesqueness.” Edward Lear’s Indian Watercolors 1873–1875. Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York. Catalogue published by Mapin Publishing, India.
1986 From Merchants to Emperors. British Artists and India 1857–1930. Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Co-curated with Pratapaditya Pal. Catalogue published by Cornell University Press.