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The Art of Sumakshi Singh: Weaving Memory, Space, and Silence

Artist Profile, Venice Biennale 2026 /

Artist Sumakshi Singh, known for her unique ability to materialise the intangible—memory, perception, fragility, and time—is a leading figure in contemporary Indian art, and represents India at this year’s Venice Biennale. She brings an artistic language composed of thread, translucency, stillness, and the delicate tension between presence and disappearance. Her delicate yet theoretically grounded paintings […]

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Indian Artist Sumakshi Singh Wins Special Mention at Prestigious LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025

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Delhi-based textile artist becomes only second Indian ever shortlisted for international craft award Studio Sumakshi Singh has been awarded a special mention at the prestigious LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025, making her only the second Indian artist ever to be shortlisted for the international award in its nine-year history. Singh’s winning work, “Monument,” is a

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Remembering Home Across Distance: A Conversation with Amin Jaffer

Interview, Venice Biennale 2026 /

Dr. Amin Jaffer, an internationally celebrated curator with a career spanning institutions such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Al Thani Collection, and major biennials, brings a deeply transnational perspective to his role as curator of the India Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. His practice has consistently explored how objects, materials, and histories travel

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The First Contemporary Indian Art Exhibition at the Hermitage Set to Open

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Copy of Nobody Knows For

In a historic first, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg will host a major exhibition of contemporary Indian art titled Sediments of Becoming: Fossilised Present, Summoned Pasts from 4 June to 4 October 2026. Organised in collaboration with Threshold Art Gallery, New Delhi, the exhibition signals a significant moment in global cultural exchange, bringing

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Venice Biennale 2026: 10 Must-See National Pavilions

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Currently, the art world is following the Venice Biennale. The ambience of the 61st Venice Biennale is more subdued than normal. The speciality of this year’s Biennale is that many of the national pavilions shift away from spectacle toward intimacy, recollection, and slow attention, under the theme In Minor Keys, conceived by the late curator

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India Pavilion Opens at Venice Biennale 2026 with ‘Geographies of Distance’

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Today marks the opening of the Pavilion of India’s historic exhibition, Geographies of Distance: Remembering Home, at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The show, which is organised by Dr Amin Jaffer and presented by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, features five prominent modern artists whose works explore what

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Material, Memory, Myth: The Indian Artists Shaping Venice Biennale 2026

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India, presenting a curated show at Venice Biennale 2026, one of the most significant exhibitions in the world of contemporary art, with a powerful collective presentation titled ‘Geographies of Distance: Remembering Home’. Five of India’s most vibrant contemporary artists—Alwar Balasubramaniam (Bala), Sumakshi Singh, Ranjani Shettar, Asim Waqif, and Skarma Sonam Tashi—will collaborate on the project,

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India’s Vibrant Return to Venice Biennale, titled ‘Geographies of Distance’  

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India, presenting an official national pavilion with its vibrant artists’ line-up at La Biennale di Venezia after 2019, will present under the theme of ‘Geographies of Distance: Remembering Home’ at the Arsenale from May 9 to November 22, 2026. The pavilion, presented by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, in collaboration with the Nita

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New Show at Exhibit 320 Explores Exile, Migration, and Memory

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Exhibit 320 in New Delhi has unveiled a powerful new exhibition, Where the Dust Settles, curated by Prayag Chakradhar, which runs from Saturday, 27th September to Sunday, 26th October 2025 at the gallery’s recently expanded Lado Sarai space. Featuring works by Richa Arya, Wahida Ahmed, B. Pradhan, and Mohd. Musa, the exhibition examines exile, displacement, and the enduring politics

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‘SURFACE’- An exhibition celebrating Indian Embroidery

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“Surface,” an exhibition held at the heart of Jodhpur’s old walled city, where the sandstone murmurs of an earlier age, invites visitors to celebrate the world of Indian embroideries and surface embellishments.  Jodhpur art events Exhibited at three heritage venues — Achal Niwas, Anoop Singh ki Haveli, and Lakshmi Niwas — curator Mayank Mansingh Kaul,

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