Divia Patel Author

Divia Patel is a curator in the Asian Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Her areas of expertise include contemporary art, popular culture and photography of South Asia, as well as the 19th century copies of the paintings of Ajanta. She has curated several exhibitions including the award-winning, internationally touring show, Cinema India: The Art of Bollywood and The Photographers’ Pilgrimage: Exploring Buddhist Sites. She co-curated Indian life and Landscape, an exhibition of paintings by western artists in India from the 17-20th centuries, which toured extensively through India. She has published widely on Indian cinema graphics, photography, contemporary art, design and paintings. She is currently co-curating a forthcoming exhibition on Indian Textiles.