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Athmaja Biju

Athmaja Biju is the Editor at Abir Pothi. She is a Translator and Writer working on Visual Culture.

Kenyan Photographer Thandiwe Muriu Makes India Debut at India Art Fair 2026 with 193 Gallery

French contemporary art space 193 Gallery will mark its first appearance at India Art Fair 2026 with a solo presentation of Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu, introducing her internationally acclaimed photographic series CAMO to Indian audiences. The gallery will showcase Muriu’s works at Booth F04, in what it describes as the opening of “a new chapter of cross-cultural […]

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India Art Fair 2026: Programs You Should’t Miss

Essential Talks, Panels & Curated Experiences (February 5-8, 2026), Delhi 1. THE AMA ARTIST AWARD CONVERSATION: UMAR RASHID Counter-Colonial Narratives & Global Platforms Umar Rashid (Frohawk Two Feathers), inaugural winner of the prestigious Angus Montgomery Arts Award, brings revolutionary methodology to contemporary art’s relationship with history. His work synthesizes African cosmology, Native American ledger art,

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Latest Exhibition Addressing Printmaking in the Era of AI Opens in Delhi During India Art Fair Week

Coinciding with the 17th edition of the India Art Fair, Dhoomimal Gallery, under the direction of Uday and Sunaina Jain, presents Print Age—a major survey exhibition exploring the evolution and endurance of printmaking in the age of artificial intelligence. The exhibition opens to the public on February 4, 2026, and runs until March 15, 2026, at

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Satish Gujral’s Century: Architecture as Living Memory at The Gujral House, an India Art Fair Parallel Show

The Gujral House in Lajpat Nagar, long a significant landmark in Delhi’s cultural landscape, opens its doors this weekend with Satish Gujral 100 | World of Architecture, an architectural retrospective that turns the late modernist’s own home into a lens on his built legacy. Curated by New Delhi–based curator and scenographer Reha Sodhi, the exhibition runs from

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Khoj Explores the Future of Humanity and Technology Through Landmark Exhibition and Symposium in New Delhi

Khoj International Artists’ Association has announced a major new exhibition and accompanying symposium interrogating the intersections of art, technology, and society. Titled Are You Human?, the two-site international exhibition will open simultaneously at Khoj Studios and DLF Avenue Mall, Saket, from January 30 to February 28, 2026, inviting audiences to rethink the rapidly evolving relationship between bodies,

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‘Tension of Belongings’ at Students’ Biennale explores identity, memory, and community through art

The Students’ Biennale exhibition Tension of Belongings delves into the layered idea of belonging within communities, presenting artworks that interrogate how identity evolves through memory, migration, and everyday life. Curated by Seethal C. P and Sudheesh Kottembram, the exhibition is on view at the BMS (Brights) Warehouse and features works by three emerging artists from Andhra Pradesh — Gorle

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Major U.S. and European Galleries Join National Strike Against ICE Crackdown

A wave of prominent art galleries across the United States and even in Europe will shut their doors on Friday, January 30, in a coordinated act of protest against the Trump administration’s expanded Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations and the use of deadly force against demonstrators. The action, part of a nationwide general strike,

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GALLERYSKE and PHOTOINK Open New Space Together in Delhi, Featuring Shows Running Parallel to India Art Fair

Marking a new chapter in their decade-long collaboration, GALLERYSKE and PHOTOINK will inaugurate their second shared space in Defence Colony, New Delhi, this February. The two galleries, known for their experimental alliance that began in 2016, continue to advance a distinctive collegial model that bridges contemporary art and photography under one roof. To inaugurate the

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The Artist-Curator as Institutional Provocateur: Riyas Komu in Conversation

Riyas Komu occupies a rare and deliberately cultivated position in contemporary Indian art: neither fully artist nor curator, but insistently both. He is an intellectual and institutional force, constantly pushing his boundaries in reshaping how art is produced, encountered, and understood in India and the Indian Ocean world. Over nearly three decades, the Mumbai-based artist

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