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Athmaja Biju

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

Yashobhoomi Wins International Architecture Award 2025

Architecture /

Yashobhoomi, the India International Convention and Expo Centre (IICC) in Dwarka, New Delhi, has received the International Architecture Award 2025 in the Civic Centers category. The award, presented by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, recognizes outstanding global architectural achievements from over […]

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AUTOPOIESIS: A Song for Resuscitation Set to Open at Arthshila Goa

Exhibitions /

Arthshila Goa presents AUTOPOIESIS: A Song for Resuscitation, curated by Shaunak Mahbubani, featuring works by six artists from peninsular South Asia: Jahangir Jani, Sajan Mani, Saviya Lopes, Imaad Majeed, Jovita Alvarez, and Priyageetha Dia. The exhibition opens on 6 December 2025 from 6:30–9:00 pm with a live sonic set by Imaad Majeed and remains on

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11 Million Dots: London’s Voices Encoded in Largest Public Artwork

News /

A new participatory public artwork titled 11 Million Dots, created by artist Rafael El Baz, has been unveiled on the six-story façade of a data center near Park Royal in Ealing, west London, covering 2,700 square meters (29,000 square feet) and marking the city’s largest such installation.​ El Baz collected ambient sounds from the area along

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Sheikha Moza Unveils Lawh Wa Qalam: World’s First M.F. Husain Museum in Doha

News /

Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, inaugurated the Lawh Wa Qalam: M.F. Husain Museum on November 27, 2025, at Education City in Doha, marking the opening of the world’s first institution dedicated to the life and work of Indian modernist master Maqbool Fida Husain. The 32,300-square-foot facility, realized from a 2008

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Alma Allen, Trump’s Unexpected Choice for the U.S. Pavilion at Venice

art market news /

Alma Allen, a largely self-taught sculptor born in Utah and now based in Mexico, has been confirmed as the United States’ official representative for the 61st Venice Biennale, in a move that caps weeks of speculation and controversy around the Trump administration’s cultural agenda. The artist will present the exhibition “Alma Allen: Call Me the

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The Curator Who Rescued Europe’s Stolen Art From the Nazis

Featured /

In occupied Paris, during WW2, amid the systematic plunder of Jewish collections and French museums, a little-known museum curator, Rose Valland, became one of the most effective resisters of Nazi cultural theft. Working almost alone in the Musée du Jeu de Paume, she persistently saved tens of thousands of artworks from disappearing into the Reich.

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Royal Enfield Announces Programming for Second ‘Journeying Across The Himalayas’ Festival

Festival /

Royal Enfield Social Mission has revealed the full lineup for the second edition of Journeying Across The Himalayas, a week-long multidisciplinary festival focused on the cultural and natural heritage of the Himalayan region. Scheduled from 4 to 10 December 2025 at Travancore Palace in New Delhi, the event adopts the theme “Ours to Tell,” emphasizing

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A. Ramachandran’s ‘Sandhya Rāga’ Opens in New Delhi

Exhibitions /

Vadehra Art Gallery, in collaboration with the Shridharani Art Gallery at Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi, presents Sandhya Rāga, a posthumous exhibition of the late artist A. Ramachandran’s final works. The exhibition runs at Shridharani Art Gallery from 19 to 29 November 2025, and continues at Vadehra Art Gallery, Defence Colony, from 5 December 2025 to

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‘Footprints on the Moon’: Photography Show at BIC Celebrates India’s Lunar Leap

Exhibitions /

A unique three-day photography exhibition titled “Footprints on the Moon,” spotlighting India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, is being held at the Bangalore International Centre (BIC) from November 28 to 30, 2025. The show features 13 evocative backlit works by Chennai-based photographer Dheeraj Khandelwal, whose images capture the drama and emotion of the Chandrayaan-3 launch as

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Italian Comics Artist Elena Mistrello Expelled from France on Account of Her Antifascist Activism

News /

Italian comics artist Elena Mistrello was turned away at Toulouse-Blagnac airport on November 21, 2025, and returned to Milan on the next available flight after French border authorities classified her as a “grave threat to public order” under Schengen security protocols. ​The expulsion has been linked to Mistrello’s documented antifascist activism, specifically her participation in

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