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2022’s biggest art stories—and what they mean

The Week in Art

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The 75th Anniversary of Partition in India

The anniversary of partition in India is a major moment for Indian culture. How has that been dealt with? And to what extent has that narrative of the Modi government kind of shaped those celebrations? I think it's really interesting to look at where 50 years of partition was in 75 years and 50 years, we were so sort of in that era where globalism was a good thing. We're now seeing quite a revengeous turn instead during the Modi government instrumentalising the Ayatollah-Pindy nationalism - using culture as a weapon.

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