Research centre for Indian art set up in Zurich museum

What is the News?

Museum Rietberg based in Zurich, Switzerland has established a unique research centre and fellowship programme named GBF Centre.

What is the purpose of the GBF Centre?

GBF Centre is a public-private partnership initiative meant for scholars, curators and artists who specialise in Indian painting.

The centre takes its name from the initials of its founders, three renowned names in art historical research, Prof. B.N. Goswamy from India, Prof. Milo Cleveland Beach from the U.S and Dr. Eberhard Fischer from Switzerland.

Aim: To enhance international scientific, artistic, and curatorial exchange on Indian art and advance the museum’s own collections through dialogues from different perspectives.

As part of the initiative, research fellows will get a chance to engage with original artworks from renowned collections for three to six months in a project of their own design.

The research fellows will work with the museum’s team of scholars as well as experts from Switzerland and Europe. Their papers will be presented at lectures and conferences and feed into the work at the Rietberg.

About Museum Rietberg

Museum Rietberg was founded in 1952. It is the only art museum for non-European art in Switzerland, and houses collections from Asia, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania.

It holds exhibitions, cultural events, and global collaborations. Its Indian paintings collection is ranked alongside those in London, Paris, and Berlin.

Source:  This post is based on the article “Research centre for Indian art set up in Zurich museum” published in The Hindu on 16th October 2021.