South Asian Art: Miniature Painting, Mughal Tradition, and Contemporary Practice

The Mughal miniature tradition dates to the 16th century. In the 1990s, Bashir Ahmed established a miniature painting department at the National College of Arts in Lahore. His students, Shahzia Sikander, Imran Qureshi, Nusra Latif Qureshi, transformed it into a contemporary art form. Here is the story.