Bollywood Superstars: A Short Story of Indian Cinema

05/18/23 • 36 min

In this new episode of our podcast, our host Aisha AlAhmadi, Assistant Curator at Louvre Abu Dhabi, visits the exhibition Bollywood Superstars: A Short Story of Indian Cinema with the exhibition’s curators Julien Rousseau, Head of the Asian Collection at the Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Hélène Kessous, Anthropologist, and specialist of South Asian cinema,

Featuring extracts from some 40 films and more than 80 artworks, Bollywood Superstars investigates the diverse origins of Indian cinema. From 19th century traditional shadow theatre and early silent movies to the 21st century gods of the screen, the exhibition presents the richness of the India’s image-making traditions alongside the influence of popular arts such as storytelling, dance, and theatre, and its close relationship with mythology and religion.

The exhibition Bollywood Superstars: A Short Story of Indian Cinema is on show at Louvre Abu Dhabi from the 24th of January until the 4th of June 2023.

On Show is a podcast produced by Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Our warm thanks go to our guests Julien Rousseau and Hélène Kessous for their participation and the team of France Museum for their support.

This podcast episode is also available in Arabic and French on the Louvre Abu Dhabi mobile app and our website: louvreabudhabi.ae

Executive production: Amine Kharchach; Marine Botton.
Episode Host: Aisha AlAhmadi.
Preparation and scripting: Marine Botton, Aisha AlAhmadi.
Recording: Amine Kharchach and Richard Haggan.
Post-production, music and mix: Making Waves.
Show Cover: Maysa Sultan.

Artwork credits: Emperor Aurangzeb in Public Audience, Mughal Empire, India, Udaipur, 1710-1720, gouache on paper, gold highlights, Louvre Abu Dhabi (LAD 2012.092). © Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi / APF

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The exhibition Bollywood Superstars: A Short Story of Indian Cinema is on show at Louvre Abu Dhabi from the 24th of January until the 4th of June 2023.

On Show is a podcast produced by Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Our warm thanks go to our guests Julien Rousseau and Hélène Kessous for their participation and the team of France Museum for their support.

This podcast episode is also available in Arabic and French on the Louvre Abu Dhabi mobile app and our website: louvreabudhabi.ae

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Impressionism: Pathways to Modernity

In this episode, we visit the exhibition Impressionism: Pathways to Modernity with the exhibition’s curators Sylvie Patry and Stéphane Guégan, respectively Chief Curator, Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs and Collections at Musée d’Orsay, and Advisor to the Presidency of the Musée d’Orsay and the Musée de l’Orangerie.

The exhibition brings together more than 150 masterpieces and features pioneering works by Manet, Monet, Renoir, Morisot, Cézanne... inviting visitors to explore why Impressionism was considered so shocking in the 19th century and how it paved the way for the artistic revolutions that were to come.

The exhibition Impressionism: Pathways to Modernity is on show at Louvre Abu Dhabi from the 12th of October 2022 until the 5th of February 2023.

On Show is a podcast produced by Louvre Abu Dhabi.

Our warm thanks go to Sylvie Patry and Stéphane Guégan for their participation and the team of France Museum for their support.

This podcast episode is also available in Arabic and French on the Louvre Abu Dhabi mobile app and our website: louvreabudhabi.ae

Executive production: Amine Kharchach, Marine Botton.
Preparation, scripting and episode host: Marine Botton
Recording: Amine Kharchach, Richard Haggan.
Post-production, music and mix: Making Waves.
Show cover: Maysa Sultan.

Artwork : Pierre-Auguste Renoir, (Limoges, 1841–Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1919), The Cup of Chocolate , 1877–78, Oil on canvas, Louvre Abu Dhabi (LAD 2022.002). © Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi / Photo Sylvie Van Roey

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Letters of Light

In this episode, we visit the exhibition Letters of Light with our host Marine Botton accompanied by Laurent Héricher – curator of the show and chief curator at the French National Library – and Mariam Al Dhaheri – assistant curator at Louvre Abu Dhabi.

As we walk through the five different sections of the exhibition, we will take a close look at some of the oldest and most important manuscripts from the three monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Join us as we dive into the birth of the three monotheisms and the origins of the sacred writings from the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible and the Holy Quran.

The exhibition Letters of Light is on show at Louvre Abu Dhabi from the 13th September 2023 to 14th January 2024.

On Show is a podcast produced by the Louvre Abu Dhabi.

A special thanks to our guests Laurent Héricher and Mariam Al Dhaheri for their participation, and the team of France Muséums for their support.

This podcast episode is also available in Arabic and French on the Louvre Abu Dhabi mobile app and our website: louvreabudhabi.ae

Executive production: Amine Kharchach, Marine Botton.
Preparation, scripting and episode host: Marine Botton.
Recording: Amine Kharchach and Richard Hagan.
Post-production, music and mix: Making Waves.
Show Cover: Maysa Sultan.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.