Art Deco Mumbai Trust and Alliance Française de Bombay invite you to celebrate the centenary of the Art Deco style, with this lecture by Mustansir Dalvi – “100 Years of Art Deco – Back to the Future“

18 January
5:00 PM
AF Bombay Auditorium, Theosophy Hall

While Art Deco made up much of Bombay from the 1930s to the 50s, it debuted a decade prior in Paris, at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts. We start the celebrations of the 100th year by winding the clock back to Art Deco’s origins, tracing its beginnings and journey before it arrives in Mumbai to shape this city. In the wake of the First World War, the world came together to find a new and modern means of expression – one that looked to the future even as it drew from the past – and Art Deco was born. From modern designs of buildings, furniture and films, to geographies around the world – there’s a lot to unpack in the Art Deco story.

Mustansir Dalvi is a multifaceted personality: an architect and professor of architecture, poet and translator, author and editor, columnist and curator, academician and semiotician, as well as an urban commentator and historian. Currently serving as a trustee of Art Deco Mumbai, he previously held a position on the Academic Council of the University of Mumbai.

Born in Bombay, Mustansir Dalvi continues to contribute to the city’s rich cultural and academic landscape, teaching architecture in Mumbai and shaping future generations of architects.