November 13 , 2025
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Aditya Birla Auditorium | On-site
The panel will explore Tyeb Mehta’s legacies and global impact amid his ongoing retrospective exhibition at ART MUMBAI, presented by the Saffronart Foundation, Tyeb Mehta Foundation and the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. It will bring together voices to reflect on his enduring influence, the evolution of modern Indian art, and the continued relevance of his ideas today. Tyeb Mehta, a key figure in Indian modernism, explored themes of violence, mythology, and the human condition through his distinct visual language. Influenced by Partition, Francis Bacon, and American minimalism, his motifs of falling figures and diagonals evoke tension and struggle. This panel examines his legacy, influences, and enduring impact. Image Copyright: Tyeb Mehta Foundation Collection and Image Courtesy: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
Roobina Karode is the Director and Chief Curator of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi, since its founding in 2010. With postgraduate specialisations in Art History and Education, she has been an influential educator, writer, and curator, previously teaching at JNU, the National Museum Institute, and the College of Art, Delhi. A Fulbright (2000) and Ford Fellow (2005–07), she received the India Today Best Curator Award (2016) and curated the India Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale (2019). At KNMA, she champions underrepresented artists and redefines exhibition practices, positioning the museum as a dynamic space for critical dialogue.
Himani Mehta Dehlvi is a Costume Designer for film, television and theatre for over three decades. Her recent release on Netflix ‘Trial by Fire’ garnered critical acclaim. Himani’s repertoire spans independent cinema like The Sweet Requiem, No Fathers in Kashmir, Into the Dust, The Field, and Bhopal Express to mainstream international features like The Avengers, Jungle Book, Bourne Supremacy, Monsoon Wedding and Outsourced. In theatre, she designed productions including 'Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shair Hoon', 'Habibnama', and 'Much Ado About Nothing' for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and consulted for London's National Theatre on 'The Father and the Assassin' and 'Dara'.
Yusuf Mehta trained at the National School of Drama and the Film and Television Institute of India and received the 1988 National Award for Best Educational Film for Multimedia in Distance Education. His career spans theatre, film, and television, including Mohan Joshi Haazir Ho, Utsav, and Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi. As Head of the School of Animation and Visual Effects at Whistling Woods International from 2015-2023, he expanded its scope to include 2D and 3D Animation, Comic Design, Game Design, Visual Effects and Virtual Reality, championing Indian aesthetics and cultural heritage to shape a distinctive “Indian sensibility” in animation and interactive media.
