Gujarat: Avni Sethi wins Jane Lombard Prize for Art and Social Justice

Curated by Avni Sethi at the age of 23, in 2013, ‘Conflictorium’, with its tagline “keep talking”, aims to encourage people to discuss conflicts in a healthy manner rather than brushing these incidents under the carpet by simply refusing to talk about them.

Hosting Conflictorium in New York in the fall of 2021 will shed light on the current political relationship between India and the United States, one based on mutual complicity, without criticism or reproach, the jury citation mentioned.

Established at The New School in 1992, the Vera List Centre for Art and Politics is a scholarly research centre and a public forum for art, culture, and politics.

The New School’s Jane Lombard Prize for Art and Social Justice is awarded by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics to an artist or a group of artists in recognition of a particular project’s long-term impact, boldness, and artistic excellence.