Tracking the art movement in Madras during the Presidency

Artist and film-maker Gita Hudson’s talk-screening of art documentaries under the joint auspices of the Department of Art and Culture and the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) recently, spanned a significant phase of the art movement during the Madras Presidency (1684-1950) that spanned a large southern swathe in the pre-Independence era