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4 days ago
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Janeita Singh wins 'Oxford Bookstore Art Book Prize' 2025 for 'F.N. Souza: The Archetypal Artist'
New Delhi: Academician and art critic Janeita Singh has won the third edition of the Oxford Bookstore Art Book Prize for "F.N. Souza: The Archetypal Artist", published by Niyogi Books. The winner, chosen out of the five shortlisted titles, was presented with a trophy, certificate and cash prize of Rs 1 lakh. The ceremony was hosted at the Embassy of Norway on Wednesday. "To be loved is to be seen and known. The critical study on Souza's life and art was a dance with provocation, heresy, and beauty. Now that 'F.N. Souza: The Archetypal Artist' lounges on hallowed shelves -- how delicious, then, to be crowned by the Oxford Bookstore Art Book Prize in the homeland. That the book resonates with readers and institutions alike is a reward beyond the prize." Singh said on winning the award. The jury, led by art critic and chairperson Alka Pande, included May-Elin Stener, Ambassador of Norway to India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives; Priti Paul, director of Apeejay Surrendra Group; Apurva Kackar, director of institutional affairs and outreach at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA); and Swagat Sengupta, CEO of Apeejay Oxford Bookstores. "As art increasingly becomes a collectible, the need to document it thoughtfully through high-quality production is more essential than ever. The prize plays a vital role in encouraging artists, galleries, cultural institutions, and publishers to publish more art books. These publications serve as important records that preserve and disseminate artistic and cultural ideas', said Pande while announcing the winner. Alongside the winning title, the jury also commended two more books of the shortlisted titles: "Raza, the other modern" by Gayatri Sinha, Yashodhara Dalmia and Geeti Sen, and published by Mapin Publishing and The Raza Foundation, and Progressive Art Gallery's "A Thousand Shadows", authored and published by Navin Sakhuja.
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5 days ago
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Janeita Singh wins the 2025 Oxford Bookstore Art Book Prize for ‘FN Souza: The Archetypal Artist'
FN Souza: The Archetypal Artist by academic and art critic Janeita Singh is the winner of the 2025 Oxford Bookstore Art Book Prize. She was awarded a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh. The book, published by Niyogi Books, offers an analysis of the paintings created by the modern Indian painter FN Souza and his life. This collection of 21 essays combining research in art history, Eastern–Western philosophy, classical literature, Jungian analysis, psychology, anthropology, religion and theatre began as a personal quest by the author to seek answers to cultural constructs of life, body and sexuality. With her interest in interdisciplinary research, Singh endeavours to morph inquiry into a webbed storytelling format to reach the general and inquisitive reader. This illustrated monograph is her debut nonfiction book based on a 12-year research project, begun in 2012. Instituted in 2022, the Oxford Bookstore Art Book Prize is an innovative collaboration between Oxford Bookstores and the Visual Arts Gallery, celebrating the best in art publications published in the English language. The Prize is an open invitation for publishers, academics who research art and culture, collectives and independent artists based in India who are involved from the conceptualisation stage through the production stage of various forms of art publications.
