Cultural Catalyst

The DAG Delhi exhibition, India's Rockefeller Artists, features works by the grant's beneficiaries

- Aditya Mani Jha

The history of modernity in art, literature, music et al is inextricable from the history of philanthropic grants. To break free from convention, artists require all the support-financial and otherwise-they can get. Studying the history of grants, therefore, provides a valuable window into the evolution of art itself. DAG Delhi's ongoing exhibition, India's Rockefeller Artists, focuses on some of the beneficiaries of such an endowment.