Ranjit Hoskote

Ranjit Hoskote began writing art criticism while still a student at Elphinstone College, Bombay. Published in the Times of India’s legendary Arts pages, edited by Shanta Gokhale, his early writings exploded on the genteel Indian art scene of the late 1980s. Over a career spanning 35 years, Hoskote has produced rigorous critical accounts of four generations of artists including Jehangir Sabavala, Tyeb Mehta, Mohan Samant, Sudhir Patwardhan, Gieve Patel, Atul Dodiya, Jitish Kallat and Praneet Soi. He has curated major retrospective, survey and research exhibitions in India and internationally. In 2008, he co-curated the 7th Gwangju Biennale; in 2011, he curated India’s first-ever national pavilion at the Venice Biennale.