R. Siva Kumar is an Indian contemporary art historian, art critic and curator and taught art history in Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan. His major research has been in the area of early Indian modernism with special focus on the Santiniketan School. He has authored many important books and articles on modern Indian art and artists, and curated major exhibitions including Santiniketan: The Making of a Contextual Modernism and The Last Harvest: Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore and retrospectives of important Indian artists.
