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Across museums, cultural organizations, universities, colleges, schools, corporate institutions and various other forums around the world.
U.S.A, Europe, Central and South Asia, South Africa, India.
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The President’s Lecture, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minnesota, USA | November 12th, 2015
Forecast Public Lecture, Minnesota, USA | November 11th, 2015
“Workshop on Public Engagement: Green Entrepreneurship” The San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA | September 15th, 2010
Bank of India, New York, USA | 2010
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy, Berlin, Germany | October 7th, 2010
Nehru Centre, London, United Kingdom | September 28th, 2010
Bank Muscat, Muscat, Oman | August 12th, 2007
Vernissage, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | April 14th, 2022
Lovell Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa | June 22nd, 2013
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa | February 27th, 2013
UNISA, Pretoria, South Africa | March 8th, 2013
National Museum of Natural History, Pretoria, South Africa | February 21st, 2013
Prince of Wales Museum, Mumbai, India | June 30th, 2016
WEF, New Delhi, India | September 13th, 2017
IGNCA, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India, India | 2017
September 24th, 2018 | Interview: Arth Art for Earth by Manav Gupta, Times of India, India
May 30th, 2020 | Interview: Artist Manav Gupta reflects on Covid-19 through his art, India Ahead, India
March 14th, 2018 | Interview: An interview with an eminent artist and thinker, Manav Gupta, Doordarshan, India
September 17th, 2019 | Interview: Guftagoo, Doordarshan, India
October 17th, 2018 | Interview: World’s first ever travelling Museum for Contemporary Public Art, Punjab Kesari, India
IGNCA, Ministry of Culture, Govt of India, India | July 5th, 2018
Brahma Kumari Centre, New Delhi, India | March 7th, 2018
Apeejay School, (Online) India | November 7th, 2020
Gyanshree School | April 17th, 2018
TEDx The Shriram Millennium School Noida, UP, India | November 7th, 2018
TEDx Lingaya University, New Delhi, India | October 31st 2011
Annual Guest Lecture, LPU University, Punjab, India | November 19th, 2018
HORASIS, India, Promoting India’s Artistic Inspiration beyond COVID, Horasis India Meeting, Co Powered by CII, (Online), India | July 24th, 2021
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President's Lecture Series: Manav Gupta
The President’s Lecture, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minnesota, USA | November 12th, 2015
HORASIS, Promoting India’s Artistic Inspiration beyond COVID, Horasis India Meeting, Co Powered by CII, (Online), India | July 24th, 2021
'Arth - art for earth' by Manav Gupta
Times of India Interview
‘Arth – art for earth’ is Indian contemporary artist Manav Gupta’s brainchild of 20 years and it explores the meaning of life. ‘Arth’ means ‘wealth’ and ‘meaning’ in the Devanagri script. Through ‘Arth’, a travelling museum which is scheduled to travel across 29 mega cities across the world, the artist explores the earth and nature and urges us to ‘stop a while’ and think about living a life of environmental consciousness. Arth’s exhibitions in clay started in Pretoria, South Africa in 2013 where it was hosted by the National Museum and Indian High Commission. Since then, owing to the exhibition’s success, it has been showcased at various other locations including Aerocity, New Delhi in 2014; India Habitat Centre, New Delhi in 2015; Old Fort, Delhi in 2016; DLF Mall of India, Noida as the Yamuna Project in 2017 followed by a prototype of his Permanent Museum at Amrita Shergill Marg, New Delhi. The 2018 edition was launched on World Environment Day, hosted by IGNCA, Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The artist’s signature suite of ‘excavations in hymns of clay’ is set-up in the 23 acres of IGNCA lawns. The exhibits are made of clay and pottery in different forms imitating nature and are created as ‘excavations’ from ideas of sustainable development. The art installations include ‘The Bed of Life’, ‘The River’, ‘The Beehives Garden’, ‘Rain’, ‘Time Machine, and ‘Noah’s Ark’ and they are made different forms of pottery– earthen lamps (“diyas”), local cigar (“chilam”), earthen cups (“kullar”)– transforming them into monumental art installations which are environment friendly and also supports local artists. What’s more, the travelling museum’s River Waterfront also transforms into a platform for people from different walks of life in the leading megacities to come together and discuss important environmental issues and the need for sustainable development through art poetry and cultural performances. And if we don’t address these problems now, we all will have to be the ‘Noah’s Ark’. The exhibition is currently on-going at IGNCA, New Delhi till October 22, 2018.
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