Botticelli masterpiece to be on display at Bengaluru art event

BENGALURU: For the first time in Bengaluru, art lovers can admire the 1490 masterpiece Madonna and Child by Italian Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli.

Key points

• Backed by Prestige Group and Rezwan Razack's Museum of Indian Paper Capital as its cultural partner, the exhibition runs through September 20.
• Arriving after a preview in Delhi, the showcase places the Italian masterpiece alongside ancient Etruscan Mater Matuta figures, a Kushan-period Hariti and a rare 6th-century Skandamata from Udaipur.
• Explaining the curatorial narrative, co-curator Naman P Ahuja highlighted the contrasting cultural energies placed at opposite ends of the gallery.

What happened

Arriving after a preview in Delhi, the showcase places the Italian masterpiece alongside ancient Etruscan Mater Matuta figures, a Kushan-period Hariti and a rare 6th-century Skandamata from Udaipur. Giandomenico Milano, Consul General of Italy in Bengaluru, remarked the city has been chosen to showcase the art piece as of its growing bilateral importance. Bengaluru is central to Italy's engagement in India, with more than 100 Italian firms operating here.

While our industrial ties are growing, culture gives a human dimension to this relationship, Milano remarked, describing the show as a key milestone in view of the 2027 India-Italy Year of Culture and Tourism. Explaining the curatorial narrative, co-curator Naman P Ahuja highlighted the contrasting cultural energies placed at opposite ends of the gallery.

"At one end stands the compassionate mother who must sacrifice her child, and on the other side we put Chamunda who would kill anyone who tries to attack her child, " Ahuja remarked. Backed by Prestige Group and Rezwan Razack's Museum of Indian Paper Capital as its cultural partner, the exhibition runs through September 20.

The bottom line

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