The Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) inaugurated Ghetto Biennale with Spectres of History (2025), a compelling exhibition by Haitian artist collective Atis Rezistans, under its Invitations Programme on February 13 at St Andrews Parish Hall, Fort Kochi. The opening was followed by a high tea, drawing an audience of artists, curators, and art enthusiasts. The exhibition brings to India the […]
Internationally acclaimed Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović will deliver a special lecture titled “The Past, Present, and Future of Performance Art” on February 10, as part of the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2025. The event will take place at the Samudrika Convention Centre, Willingdon Island, from 6 pm to 8 pm. Open to attendees aged 16 and
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Art is multiplicity; it is multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and intersubjective; therefore, it is impossible to define what art is. Art implies many things, and so is the artist. When the contemporary world suggests that art is a product of capitalism, the art life of Shilpi Rajan testifies that art is also ‘socialism,’ or at least an
Living in the times of visual overdose; burdened with visual illiteracy; the responses to an art event could vary from complete dismissal to adulation. I met a spectrum of these between the two extreme points at the sixth edition of KMB (Kochi Muziris Biennale). The complexity of times we are living in and the demands
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There is always a heavy weight to thoughts and news about and from Kashmir. There is always an undercurrent of sorrow and severe conflicts in it. That undercurrent is the hallmark of the artworks of the Kashmiri artist Moonis Ahmad Shah, displayed at the Kochi Muziris Biennale. Moreover, Moonis Ahmad Shah’s world of art also
Krispin Joseph PX How do you spend your time during the Pandemic? Reading, writing, watching, practising art, music, dancing, learning something, or doing some cooking? What do you think about yourself and the world? Where did you reach, and did you find out anything interesting? What do you think about art practice in pandemic situations?
Almanac of a lost year in the form of a visual diary at Kochi Muziris Biennale Read More »
Rajesh Kumar The creepy-crawlies are no longer just a part of the soil, all ignored and disgust upon, they are now a major part of the paintings by Smitha GS. The paintings are full of creepy crawlies and that’s what she loves. You name them, there they are, crawling of flying all over her canvas.
“During the lockdown, I decided to explore the domestic space and work with a medium which is easy to deal with and has a certain degree of fluidity. As I began to work on it with small papers and watercolour, a disconnect with the world outside happened inside me. So, I created a new world
365 watercolour journal by Vasudevan Akkitham at Kochi Muziris Biennale 2022 Read More »
Rajesh Kumar Songs about love and mischief from the people of Phek district of Nagaland makes the documentary ‘Up Down and Sideways (Kho ki Pa Lu)’. The film is made by Anushka Meenakshi. Currently the film is been exhibited at the Kochi Muziris Biennale 2022. The documentary is about the 5000 local villagers who plant
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The Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) has announced the closing day programme for the 6th edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB), scheduled for 31 March 2026. The day marks the culmination of one of India’s most prominent contemporary art events, bringing months of exhibitions, public programmes, and cultural dialogue to a formal close. Kodiyirakkam: A Ceremonial Farewell at
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