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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts hosts Maharaja exhibit

June 16, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Earlier this year, San Francisco, California’s Asian Art Museum hosted the exhibit Maharaja: The Splendor of India’s Royal Courts.  While this exhibition has closed on the west coast, those on the east coast of the United States now have the opportunity to enjoy the Maharaja exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia: The first exhibition to explore the extraordinarily rich visual culture of India’s last royal families, Maharaja: The Splendors of India’s Great Kings spans the period […]

Categories: Art, Events • Tags: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Maharaja, Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Great Kings, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

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The Weekly Beard! for April 9, 2012

April 9, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

The Maharaja exhibition at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, California, closed yesterday, but I had the privilege to visit the museum before it did. It was an intriguing and three-dimensional look at the life and styles of India’s maharajas, including those of the Sikh states of Kapurthala, Patiala and Lahore (the latter of which was that of renown Sikh monarch Maharaja Ranjit Singh). The exhibition was very well done and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The image above came […]

Categories: The Weekly Beard • Tags: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, California, Kapurthala, Lahore, Maharaja, Patiala, San Francisco

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Picture of the Day: New Punjabi American museum exhibit opens in Yuba City, California

April 2, 2012 by Rupinder Mohan Singh

Showcasing the story of the Punjabi American and South Asian migration to the United States is a valuable and needed resource for current and future generations. I congratulate all the individuals and families along with the Punjabi American Heritage Society of Yuba City for their dedication and hard work for the successful completion of this project. – California Governor Jerry Brown (as quoted in the Punjabi American Heritage Society press release) on the opening of the Becoming American exhibit at […]

Categories: Art, Picture of the Day • Tags: Becoming American, California, Community Memorial Museum of Sutter County, Fresno, Jerry Brown, Maharaja, Punjabi American Heritage Society, San Francisco, Sikhs: Legacy of the Punjab, Yuba City

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