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The world’s most watched art event is facing its sharpest internal revolt yet. More than 70 artists and curators participating in the 61st Venice Biennale have issued an open letter. It demands that La Biennale di Venezia exclude Israel, Russia, and the United States from this year’s edition. This is the first time curators of […]
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In a landmark moment for the Indian art market, Raja Ravi Varma’s oil masterpiece Yashoda and Krishna sold for Rs 167.20 crores (approximately $17.97 million) at Saffronart’s Spring Live Auction in Mumbai on April 1, establishing a new global record for the highest value achieved by a work of South Asian art ever sold at auction. The
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StoneX will present the New Delhi preview of Mastery, its cultural film series, through an immersive film festival at Sameksha Art Gallery on April 3 and 4, 2026, from 11 AM to 5 PM. The two-day event marks the opening of a multi-city programme leading up to the series’ release on OTT platforms. Conceived as an immersive experience, the festival
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Jolly Bros & Co is a project of TEVA Architects and is a 3,000 sq ft nostalgic dining space. It blending colonial-era aesthetics with local Hyderabadi identity A new café in Banjara Hills is drawing attention for its meticulous recreation of Mumbai’s iconic Irani café culture. Jolly Bros & Co, designed by Hyderabad-based TEVA Architects.
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Veteran Mumbai-based artist Vishakha Apte presents Mapped by Tide and Time, a solo exhibition spanning painting, printmaking, paper constructions, and ceramics, opening in Mumbai this April before travelling to New Delhi. About the Exhibition Mapped by Tide and Time, curated by Ina Puri, opens at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai from 14th to 20th April 2026, and
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Curated by Yash Vikram, Wild Grass at Eikowa Contemporary brings together five artists to examine how rural India is actively reshaping itself in the face of climate change, migration, and modernity. About the Exhibition Wild Grass has opened at Eikowa Contemporary on 20 March 2026, running through 18 April. The exhibition challenges two persistent myths about the Indian
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In one of the most talked-about installations at the sixth Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Delhi-based artist Niroj Satpathy transforms the overlooked detritus of urban life into a meditation on memory, labour, and the invisible rhythms of a city at night. Titled Dhalan, the installation at S.M.S. Hall in Mattancherry is constructed entirely from materials sourced at Delhi’s landfill
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Opening on 27 March 2026, Akanksha Patil’s Narratives in Transit is a deeply political solo exhibition curated by veteran critic-curator Georgina Maddox, and hosted at Gallery Art Positive, Lado Sarai, New Delhi.
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Ibrahim Mahama, the world-renowned Ghanaian contemporary artist ranked No. 1 on ArtReview‘s 2025 Power 100 list and the first African artist ever to hold that distinction was allegedly assaulted by Ghana police officers in Tamale on Saturday, March 21, 2026. The incident has triggered a wave of outrage from Ghana’s art community and renewed urgent calls
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The Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) has announced the closing day programme for the 6th edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB), scheduled for 31 March 2026. The day marks the culmination of one of India’s most prominent contemporary art events, bringing months of exhibitions, public programmes, and cultural dialogue to a formal close. Kodiyirakkam: A Ceremonial Farewell at
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