This exhibition in Mumbai offers a new way to view the world and its conflicts

Updated On: 01 February, 2025 08:31 AM IST | Mumbai | Shriram Iyengar

With her vast solo survey at the recently-reopened Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Reena Saini Kallat offers visitors a new lens to view the world and its conflicts, and offers a plea for a kinder, empathetic world

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Verso-Recto-Recto-Verso engraved with verses from constitutions of colonial countries stands against the backdrop of the statue of Prince Albert. Pics/Satej Shinde

The quiet of its inside contrasts the giggle-fest of children outside the Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum. Our visit coincides with that of primary school students visiting the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Botanical Gardens for the ongoing annual Mumbai Flower Festival. Our focus though is on Reena Saini Kallat’s Cartographies Of The Unseen, the first major exhibition at the museum since its reopening. “Saini Kallat is a very important artist, and is connected to the city’s fabric,” points out Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, curator of the exhibition and director of the museum.

Tasneem Zakaria Mehta (left) and Reena Saini Kallat alongside the latter’s installation, Memoria Corona, at the museum