Senior Curator, V&A. South Asian Art. Co-curator of Fabric of India Exh. Author of India Contemporary Design: Fashion, Graphics, Interiors. Views are my own
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Joined January 2012
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In our @UCLpress book ‘What Photographs Do’ @DiviaPatel1 describes how ‘within the @V_and_A Asian Department sits an archive of some 60,000 photographs, mostly nineteenth century images of South Asian architecture and landscape, and a smaller number of the people of the region’🧵
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We pay tribute to Mr. Karni Jasol upon his untimely death. In our time with him, we found him to be an absolute treasure trove of knowledge. A lot of the changes at @FortMehrangarh are his contributions. We deeply mourn his death. RIP.
#karnisinghjasol #Jodhpur
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With heart wrenching pain, I write this tribute for one of India’s greatest & youngest museum directors, #KarniSinghJasol 💔Karni dazzled the world with his brilliant leadership as he led the @FortMehrangarh #museum #Jodhpur to newer heights.
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Announcing: The Karun Thakar Fund in collaboration with @V_and_A
The fund offers scholarships of up to £10,000 to students studying any aspect of Asian or African textiles and/or dress at any university in the world. See the link for more information
vam.ac.uk/research/projects/…
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A fantastic scholarship for all students studying, researching on Asian and African clothing + textiles. Apply! @V_and_A @DiviaPatel1 vam.ac.uk/research/projects/…
I too am the daughter of immigrants from East Africa. That doesn’t give me a free pass to tell black footballers what to do when they experience racism. Taking the knee is a fitting and appropriate action.
A ridiculous attack on the British Home Secretary, who is herself the daughter of immigrants from east Africa. The suggestion that @pritipatel "stoked the fires" of racism ahead of Euro 2020 is both appalling and fundamentally false.
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Are you a scholar of Asian or African textiles & dress? The @V_and_A has just launched its Karun Thakar Fund to support new research in materials-based, object-led learning. @DrCChecinska @avfotheringham #soanebritain @DiviaPatel1 Apply here... vam.ac.uk/research/projects/…
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Now: Intersections: gender, race, diaspora
"Aesthetics & Personhood of the Black Body" TeleicaKirkland @CIADuk "The Problem with Indian Fashion" @DiviaPatel1 @V_and_A "We Are Heard" @EricadeGreef & SiviweJames "The Myth of Tignon & Invention of New Orleans" @stylesquared @Harvard
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The @V_and_A will undergo radical restructuring and cut around 140 posts to reduce costs by at least £10m ow.ly/iW3L50DL3Lr?
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Vast staff cuts imminent at V&A, insiders say theguardian.com/artanddesign…
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Delighted to see @V_and_A at number 1 on Time Out’s top 10 museums in London list. We’re all so looking forward to welcoming everyone back from Aug 06 | timeout.com/london/attractio…
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Here it is! These are SAHM’s July events! From the 24th to 26th we have a film festival, full lineup will be released soon. A giant thank you to all the collaborators. Please join us in celebrating the first ever #SouthAsianHeritageMonth.
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Welcome back! V&A reopens 6 August @ Victoria and Albert Museum instagram.com/p/CCn-U4ulrwf/… – at Kensington, London
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This has just been tweeted from the UK Civil Service account.
This is the craziest political weekend for a long time.
Thank you @OfficialJassa. It's heartening to hear that museum exhibitions can leave a lasting impression on a personal, intellectual and emotional level.
...to connect my very white-presenting self with the culture that felt so intimate to me in private, yet so distant in public. In 2015 I attended the Fabric of India exhibition with my mum at the @V_and_A. As we discovered the deeper histories behind the warps/wefts we loved...
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Still two weeks to apply for the @britishlibrary PhD placements. Projects on Chinese art, photography of the Silk Roads and Persian manuscripts in @BLAsia_Africa. Deadline: 14 February. – at Tottenham, London
Apply for an exciting opportunity to work with @BLAsia_Africa on a PhD Placement. We are offering projects on Chinese art, photography of the Silk Road, the manuscript collection of Sir William Jones and Persian manuscript illumination. More at
bl.uk/news/2019/january/phd-…