Patna: A Rising Star In Museum Landscape
Team Art Soul Life speaks to Anjani Kumar Singh, Advisor to Chief Minister, Bihar and Director General of Bihar Museum at Patna. He is the force behind showcasing the rich heritage of Bihar with a focus on storytelling and giving an engaging and dynamic experience to the visitors of the Bihar Museum, Patna.
ASL: What is the vision behind organising the Bihar Museum Biennale?
The Bihar Museum Biennale originated because there was no platform for museums and related art institutions. There are many famous art, design and architecture biennales in the world, but no platform for sharing collections, issues and innovations related to museums. We organised a conference of Indian museums of all types and floated this idea. There are more than a thousand museums in India, but we hardly knew each other in detail. We started the Bihar Museum Biennale to bridge this gap.
ASL: What has been the experience of organising biennales?
The first edition of the biennale in 2021 was for Indi...
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