Explore the exhibition “Divine Color: Hindu Prints from Modern Bengal” and learn about a moment in the late-19th century when the intersection of technology, art, and Hindu religious practice catalyzed dramatic cultural and social change in India. Discover how the emergence of lithography as a method to produce affordable images for Hindu worship caused ripple effects across the print industry, religious life, and political discourse, helping to bring modern India into being. 

Laura Weinstein, Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, Art of Asia, MFA