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Athmaja Biju

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

‘She Who Saw the Deep’: Ceramic Practices Converge at Museo Camera

'She Who Saw the Deep', a three-person ceramic sculpture exhibition

A new ceramic sculpture exhibition titled ‘She Who Saw the Deep’ opens at Museo Camera, Gurugram, from March 25 to 29, 2026, bringing together three artists whose practices converge around the act of looking beneath the surface of lived experience. Presented by Galerie at Museo, the show runs daily from 11 am to 7 pm […]

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Tibetan Exile and Identity Take Centre Stage at New Exhibition in Goa

The Museum of Goa (MOG) is set to open a landmark exhibition, Refuge, Resilience, and Rights: The Tibetan Story, on March 1, 2026, in collaboration with the Tibet Museum. The eight-day exhibition examines the themes of exile, identity, and cultural survival, presenting an evocative exploration of how Tibetan culture has endured beyond its homeland. Part of The

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Threads That Bind: Reframing Kantha in Contemporary Context

Threads that Bind: The Kantha Project,

Gallery Vayu, in collaboration with utsaco, presents Threads that Bind: The Kantha Project, a new exhibition curated by Amit Vijaya. It is On view from March 11 to 20, 2026, at Gallery Vayu, Lodhi Road. The show brings together textile artworks that reimagine the traditional craft of kantha as a site of contemporary artistic and philosophical inquiry.

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Walking the Talk: Gita Balakrishnan and the Architecture of Empathy

In an era when design is often equated with visual spectacle, Gita Balakrishnan stands out for turning architecture into an instrument of empathy and social change. Trained at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, and later at Carnegie Mellon University, she began her career with hands-on community work in Bangalore’s slums through AVAS,

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Sufi Heritage Festival Returns to Sunder Nursery, Celebrating Sufism

Sufi Heritage Festival

The serene Mughal-era gardens of Sunder Nursery will once again echo with the sounds of devotion, poetry, and mysticism as the Sufi Heritage Festival returns for its second edition on February 28 and March 1, 2026 (2–10 PM). Conceptualised by Yasmin Kidwai and Himanshu Anand under Culture Plus, and powered by Aadyam Handwoven (an Aditya Birla initiative), the festival seeks to recast Sufism not

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Songs of the Stone Returns with Rakesh Chaurasia at Qutub Minar

Delhi’s iconic Qutub Minar will once again become the stage for an extraordinary confluence of sound, light, and legacy as Songs of the Stone returns for its second chapter on 8 March 2026. Conceptualised by Simar Malhotra under her cultural platform Inkpot India, the series transforms heritage monuments into immersive performance spaces where music and architecture converse across centuries. Presented in

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111 Artists Announced for “In Minor Keys,” Main Exhibition of the 61st Venice Biennale

The 61st Venice Biennale has unveiled the list of 111 participating artists for its main exhibition, In Minor Keys, curated by the team of the late Cameroonian-Senegalese curator Koyo Kouoh. Slated to open this April in the Giardini and Arsenale, the exhibition is being widely regarded as one of the most anticipated editions in recent years,

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Raw Collaborative’s Design Cultures – City Collabs Kolkata Set to Showcase Indian Design Legacy

Raw Collaborative is bringing its innovative Design Cultures series to Kolkata with the City Collabs edition, running from February 27 to March 1, 2026, at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity (KCC). This travelling showcase explores India’s diverse design landscape by blending craft traditions, contemporary practices, and cultural narratives, making design accessible and place-specific.​ Event Highlights

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Met Gala 2026 Unveils Dress Code: “Fashion Is Art”

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced the dress code for this year’s Met Gala: “Fashion Is Art”, a directive that invites guests to treat their outfits as autonomous artworks while aligning with the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition, “Costume Art.” What the dress code means The phrase “Fashion Is Art” is deliberately open‑ended, meant less as a

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Rooting the Rooted: CET’s AARAM Fest Revives Kerala’s Indigenous Arts and Crafts

Under the evocative theme “Rooting the Rooted – Revival of Indigenous Kerala Arts and Crafts,” third-year students of the Department of Architecture & Planning at the College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET) organized the 4th edition of AARAM, the annual Architecture and Design Fest, on February 22 and 23. Carrying the poignant narrative –“One last game of pakida (betting

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