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Athmaja Biju

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

The 10 Defining Moments of Indian Art in 2025

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2025 marked a transformative year for Indian art, defined by centenary celebrations of modernist giants, record-shattering auctions totaling over ₹1,000 crore in high-value sales, and global institutional milestones like the M.F. Husain museum opening in Doha.​ M.F. Husain’s Untitled (Gram Yatra) set auction recordSold for ₹118.62 crore ($13.8 million) at Christie’s New York in March, becoming the […]

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Exhibition “Ce qui se trame: Woven Histories Between India and France” at Paris’ Mobilier National

Design /

The exhibition Ce qui se trame – Histoires tissées entre l’Inde et la France explores four centuries of artistic and commercial exchanges between India and France through textiles. It opened on December 4, 2025, at the Mobilier National’s Galerie des Gobelins in Paris and runs until January 4th, 2026​ Co-curated by designer Christian Louboutin, who handles artistic

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Somnath Bhatt’s “છાયારાષ્ટ્ર · Republic of Shadows” Opens at New Delhi

Exhibitions /

GALLERYSKE, New Delhi, presents છાયારાષ્ટ્ર · Republic of Shadows, an exhibition by artist, designer, and writer Somnath Bhatt, on view from December 17, 2025, to January 21, 2026. This marks Bhatt’s first solo presentation in India and follows his growing international recognition for a practice that moves fluidly between digital form-making, mythic imagination, and material experimentation. The exhibition

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Rogan Art of Kutch: An Ancient Textile Painting Tradition

craft & Handmade /
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Rogan painting survives today in and around Nirona village in Kutch, Gujarat, where members of the Khatri family continue to practice the technique.Artisans trace the form to Persian roots and explain that the word “rogan” comes from a Persian term for oil or varnish, which reflects the castor oil base of the paint. Historical records

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Bhil Tribal Art: Dots, Stories and Shifting Surfaces

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The Bhil rank among the largest tribal communities in India and live across Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.Many Bhil narratives trace ancestry to the archer Eklavya from the Mahabharata and to Valmiki, associated with the Ramayana, although these links remain part of oral tradition rather than formal history. Agriculture and forest‑based livelihoods strongly shape

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Metropolitan Museum, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and US Collector Return Antiquities to Turkey​

International Art News /

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and a private US collector have agreed to return dozens of antiquities to Turkey, following investigations into their alleged illicit excavation and export. The works, which span multiple ancient Anatolian cultures, were identified by Turkish authorities and US investigators as having

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Arnulf Rainer, Pioneer of Postwar Austrian ‘Overpaintings,’ Dies at 96​

Obituary /

Austrian artist Arnulf Rainer, a central figure of postwar European abstraction best known for his radical “overpaintings,” has died at the age of 96. He passed away on a Thursday in Upper Austria, shortly after his 96th birthday, according to reports from Austria’s APA news agency and statements from his family.​ Early life and training

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AstaGuru’s ‘Historic Masterpieces’ Auction Sets Multiple World Records

Auction /

AstaGuru’s “Historic Masterpieces” auction of Modern Indian Art has achieved a white-glove result, recording a 100% sell-through rate with all 87 lots sold. Held online from 14–17 December 2025, the sale realised a total of INR 1,63,65,61,028 (approximately USD 18.49 million). The auction set new world records for several modern Indian artists, including Rabindranath Tagore,

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‘Art in Motion’ Brings Together Three Delhi Artists at Bikaner House

Exhibitions /

Kalamkar Gallery at Bikaner House, New Delhi, is hosting Art in Motion, a group exhibition featuring works by Delhi-based artists Ashoka Sarkar, Rekha Jaggi, and Shashi Kumar Paul. The exhibition opened with a preview on December 18, 2025, and remains on view from December 19 to 22, between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Art in Motion brings

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