Art exhibition on Mother Teresa begins in New Delhi

November 03, 2012: A week-long art exhibition and film session on Mother Teresa began in New Delhi on Friday. Former Election Commissioner of India Navin Chawla inaugurated the event titled MOTHER TERESA- Communicator of Compassion, at the Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre, New Delhi.

The program included screening of the film In the Name of God’s Poor directed by Kevin Connor. The event is organised by Art.i, established by the Office for Social Communications of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India in cooperation with the Hungarian Centre.

The exhibition gallery showcases 35 paintings done by 24 renowned artists from 9 Indian states during an art camp held in Kolkata in 2011. The camp was held under the same title to mark the first birth centenary of the Blessed Teresa.