Gandhi Through the Artist’s Eye: How India’s Visual Culture Keeps Recasting the Mahatma
On Gandhi Jayanti 2026, the Mahatma’s image remains one of the most durable and contested symbols in Indian visual culture, spanning nationalist modernism, public memory, and contemporary artistic reinterpretation. From Nandalal Bose’s foundational imagery to Gigi Scaria’s later interventions, artists have continually reshaped Gandhi for new political and cultural eras.
