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Athmaja Biju

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

Wild World: An Animal Map of the Planet by Anton Thomas

Art Of The Day, Artist Profile /
Anton Thomas Wild World map

When artist-cartographer Anton Thomas began sketching Wild World in his Melbourne apartment during the quiet months of 2020, the world outside had shuttered. Yet, in that isolation, Thomas opened a vast landscape — an entire planet reborn through coloured pencil and pen. Over three years, he meticulously drew 1,642 animal species from every ecosystem imaginable. These included […]

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AstaGuru’s Masters Legacy Auction Offer Rare Modern Indian Art

art market, Auction /
M F Husain Untitled (Horses) Masters Legacy

Auction Highlights AstaGuru’s Masters Legacy, Scheduled for March 10-11, 2026 features over 70 lots by pioneers like M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, F.N. Souza, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Krishen Khanna, Nandalal Bose, and sculptors such as Ramkinkar Baij and Himmat Shah, tracing Indian modernism from nationalist revivalism to bold abstraction. Standouts include Lot 49: Husain’s Untitled (Horses) (c. 1990, acrylic

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Mumbai Becomes a Living Museum Once Again: DAG’s ‘The City as a Museum’ Returns for Edition Two

Festival /

The city of Mumbai is once again turning into an open-air museum this March, as DAG Museums presents the second edition of The City as a Museum, Mumbai. The ongoing festival reimagines Mumbai as a living archive—where its streets, institutions, and histories become both venue and collaborator in a dynamic exploration of performance, art, community, and

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

Exhibitions /
'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

Exhibitions /

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

craft & Handmade, Exhibitions /
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

Architecture, Interview /

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

Art Festivals, Culture & Heritage, Festival /
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

Culture & Heritage /

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

Venice Biennale 2026 /

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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