Aditi Anand

Dr Alka Pande is an art critic, cultural theorist, curator and lecturer who has published extensively on Indian art, aesthetics and visual cultures. An alumnus of Punjab University, Dr Pande completed her postdoctoral research in critical art theory at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She is presently curator of the Visual Arts Gallery at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Dr Pande was made a 'Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres' in 2006 in recognition of her significant contributions to the fields of art and literature. Aditi Anand (no relation to the subject) is a writer and trained lawyer. Her professional interest lies in contributing to the genres of both historical biography and narrative non-fiction as part of a cultural retelling of significant historical and contemporary events. She is currently researching a legal biography based on the life of an eminent jurist. Dr Grant Pooke is a senior lecturer in art history at the University of Kent, UK. His research interests cover Cold War visual cultures, Marxist art histories and aspects of contemporary art. His publications include Francis Klingender: A Marxist Art Historian Out of Time (2008), Contemporary British Art: An Introduction (2011) and Fifty Key Texts in Art History (co-editor, 2012).