Raqib Shaw Show to Huntington

Raqib Shaw, Last Rites of the Artist's Ego at Shankryacharya Temple (after Ludovico Mazzolino), 2015-2016. Private collection

A touring exhibition of London-based Indian artist Raqib Shaw will appear at the Huntington Nov. 16, 2024, to Mar. 3, 2025. Shaw is known for hyper-detailed paintings inspired by global Old Masters. 

Organized by Zehra Jumabhoy, "Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West" appeared at the Frist Art Museum, Nashville, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston. It is currently at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. 

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Anonymous said…
Shaw is quite technically talented and his creative sense is more appealing than that of the pre-Raphealites of the 1800s. When looking up his name I mistakenly clicked on this person:

https://robertshaw.ie/

So many skilled people in any field or profession. So the tastemakers and gatekeepers (and marketplace too) really do determine who's up or down, who's in or out.

I wonder if the Lucas museum will affect the Raqib Shaws of the art world compared with the [insert name of an abstract or non-figurative artist here]?