
Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum Unveils ‘We the People’ at India Art Fair 2025
New Delhi [India], February 8: To mark the 75th anniversary of India’s Constitution, the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum presents We the People at India Art Fair 2025. This exhibition explores the role of individuals in shaping Indian identity, through rare and significant works of art.
While the adoption of the Constitution in 1950 marked a definitive moment in India’s democratic history, We the People challenges the conventional narrative that visibility and agency for common citizens emerged only with the Republic. The exhibition offers an alternative story using two remarkable sets of portraits created in Jaipur, and highlights the unexpected significance of a throne – a palace object whose role we think we know well.
In the late 1700s, the court artist Ramji Das produced a singular...