Lyrical Colors, Flowing Stories: Conversations on Paintings with Artist Nilima Sheikh

In this conversation on Saturday, April 22 between Baroda-based artist Nilima Sheikh, scholar Jinah Kim and curator Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım, explore the themes of color and water in traditional painting of South Asia and how these are reflected in Sheikh’s work. Relevant examples from the collections of South Asian and Islamic art on view at Harvard Art Museums will also be discussed. Before and after the discussion, the Islamic and South Asian galleries on Level 2 will be open to view some of the works featured in the program. Admission is free, but seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. The lecture will take place in Menschel Hall, and doors will open at 1:30 p.m.

Based in Baroda, India, Nilima Sheikh creates works focused on loss, roots, longing, displacement, violence, the perception of tradition and ideas of femininity. She was selected by the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University as the inaugural Distinguished Artist Fellow (2023).