“It is said that India’s history could be written through a history of her textiles.” With its roots in the Indus Valley civilization, the history of Indian textiles has been traced back over 50o0 years. The Indian textile landscape can seem like a daunting subject to approach with such an extensive history and the sheer […]
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Satyaranjan Das’ latest presentation, The Farmer’s Voice, currently on view at Third Roast in Vasant Kunj, Delhi, brings into focus the shifting relationship between land, memory, and urban expansion. Running until 19 June, the exhibition unfolds within an intimate studio setting, inviting audiences to participate in the evolving work. Rooted in his upbringing in a village
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An ongoing exhibition by Neekoee Foundation and 079 Stories brings renewed attention to one of Bengal’s most compelling theatrical legacies through a photographic series by Naveen Kishore. Titled Green Room of the Goddess: The Chapal Bhaduri Story, the show presents a portfolio of 17 photographs that document the life and performance of Chapal Bhaduri, once celebrated
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Parallels of Perception, an ongoing group exhibition by The Quartz Collective, is on view from 8 to 15 June 2026 at Shridharani Art Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi. The show features artists Nitasha Jaini, Gitanjali Kashyap, Ritu Aggarwal, Ritu Singh Panday, and Shikha Gupta, and is curated by Georgina Maddox. The exhibition brings together
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Before matchboxes became museum items or collector’s memorabilia, they occupied a far more intimate role in everyday lives: wedged between cigarette boxes, resting beside kitchen burners, tucked away in shirt pockets, and passed from hand to hand in the quiet rhythm of mundane life. A major part of India’s visual art culture lies outside art
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Dr Alka Pande is one of India’s most renowned art historians, and curators, with a practice that bridges scholarship, exhibition-making and public pedagogy. For over three decades, she has worked on Indian aesthetics, visual culture and gender, shaping how diverse audiences encounter the subcontinent’s artistic and cultural histories. Pande holds postgraduate degrees in History and
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“Shared Epic Worlds: The Shahnameh, the Mahabharata, and the Indo-Persian Imagination,” currently on view at Sunder Nursery, is not simply an exhibition about two great epics. It is about movement—of stories, manuscripts, images, languages, and ideas across centuries of interaction between Iran and India. Against the backdrop of current geopolitical tensions, the Iran Culture House
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Büro Ziyu Zhuang has completed Prairie Ark, a public gallery on the shores of Lake Laoli in the Ulanchabu Steppes of Inner Mongolia, about 160 kilometres west of Beijing. The building reads like a flying saucer that has come to rest on the grasslands, lower and more horizontal than a conventional museum. Studio founder Ziyu
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Intimate Gestures: Indian Masters on Paper, a new salon exhibition in New Delhi, brings works on paper by modern and contemporary Indian masters into a close, reflective setting where visitors can see every mark and gesture. Why Paper Is The Star Of This Show Kalakaar’s salon show runs from 29 May 2026 to 31 July
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Akar Prakar, New Delhi, presents In – Equal Measure, a two-person exhibition featuring Aditya Krishnamurthy and Supriyo Karmakar, on view from 30 May to 27 June 2026. The curated note is penned by Siddhi Shailendra. The exhibition unfolds as a contemplative inquiry into perception, structure, and the meanings that emerge in the spaces we often overlook.
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