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Ahmedabad-based artist Rakesh Patel will present a sculpture at the Château du Grand Launay sculpture park in France, a project envisioned by noted collector Jean Marc Decorp. Spread across two hectares, the park features works by over 25 international artists and remains open to the public from April to October. Patel is the only Indian […]
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Mumbai’s newest experimental art platform, Six Continuum, will open its inaugural exhibition There Are No Punch Cards on April 18, 2026, featuring new jacquard works by Silvassa-based studio Mechaniya, co-founded by Tanvi Ranjan and Namrata Kothari. Running until May 18 at Eon One, Prabhadevi, the exhibition foregrounds the studio’s ongoing engagement with industrial textile processes, digital technologies,
Mechaniya Reimagines Textile Futures in Six Continuum’s Debut Show Read More »
Art Dubai will stage a special special-edition fair at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, from 15 to 17 May 2026, with a VIP preview on 14 May. Art Dubai marks its 20th anniversary with this focused edition and leans into its deep ties with the region’s art scene. The fair positions the event as a response to
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Cisternerne in Copenhagen now hosts the large-scale cinematic opera installation Marina Abramović: Seven Deaths, installed in the city’s former underground water reservoirs in Søndermarken. The exhibition runs from 14 March to 30 November 2026 and turns the dark, damp cisterns into a sequence of chambers devoted to seven iconic operatic deaths. In each film, Abramović dies
Why Marina Abramović Keeps Dying for Love at Cisternerne Read More »
A leader and father figure to the most marginalized groups of the Indian subcontinent, Dr. B R Ambedkar continues to shape the visual language and voice of resistance of the milieu. On the Day of Baba Saheb’s birth anniversary, let’s look at the myriads of depictions and iconography of Dr. Ambedkar, celebrating the legend.
Picturing Babasaheb: Depictions of Dr B.R. Ambedkar in Visual Art Read More »
The Sovereign Asian Art Prize, a prestigious international accolade celebrating innovative contemporary art from Asia, has unveiled its shortlist featuring seven exceptional Indian artists: Harsha Durugadda, Ishita Chakraborty, Rahul Kumar, Ravikumar Kashi, Sangita Maity, Mayur Vayeda, and Tushar Vayeda (the Vayeda Brothers). Harsha Durugadda (b. 1989, Hyderabad) From a family of sculptors, Harsha Durugadda crafts
Indian Artists Shortlisted for the Sovereign Asian Art Prize 2026 Read More »
Pithora painting originates among the Rathwa and related communities in the Chhota Udepur and Panchmahal districts of Gujarat and adjoining areas of Madhya Pradesh. Families commission these large wall murals as part of vows to Baba Pithora, a chief deity who grants protection, health and prosperity. When a family experiences hardship and then witnesses improvement,
Pithora Painting of the Rathwa: Ritual Maps of Devotion Read More »
Gond painting grows out of the visual and oral traditions of the Pardhan Gonds and related Gond communities across Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, eastern Maharashtra, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The word “Gond” derives from the Dravidian expression “kond,” which refers to green mountains and points to the community’s long relationship with hilly forested terrain. Historically, Pardhan
Gond Painting of Central India: Myth, Nature and Modern Markets Read More »
The Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) in New Haven, Connecticut has put a remarkable 37-foot-long Indian scroll on public view for the first time. The exhibition Painters, Ports and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750–1850 runs until 21 June. A Panorama of Lucknow in Scroll Artists created the scroll between 1821 and 1826. It
Monumental 19th-Century Lucknow Scroll on View at Yale Read More »
The National Gallery has named Kengo Kuma and Associates, working with BDP and MICA, as the winner of the competition to design its new wing under Project Domani. The scheme is part of a £750 million campaign and will be subject to ratification after a standstill period ending 16 April 2026. According to the National
National Gallery Selects Tokyo Architect for Major Expansion Read More »