[4] Her writings include artists' monographs, exhibition catalogues, books, and sets of widely anthologized essays on art, film, and cultural theory.

[5] She has written various books, including Contemporary Indian Artists (1978), When Was Modernism: Essays on Contemporary Cultural Practice in India (2000) and Critic’s Compass: Navigating Practice (forthcoming).

She has also been on the advisory boards of Third Text[8] (London), Marg (Mumbai), and ARTMargins.

She was awarded the Padma Shri for her contribution to Art by the Government of India in 2009.

She lectures internationally and has held Visiting Fellowships at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study in Shimla, Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge, and Nehru Memorial Museum & Library in Teen Murti, New Delhi.