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The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection Opens in London

Exhibitions /

The Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) and Christie’s London present The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection. The show brings works from KNMA’s growing collection to Christie’s King Street as part of Christie’s summer exhibition series. It aims to widen access to South Asian artistic practices and place them in new international contexts. […]

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The Golden Hour in Taiwan is a shade of Blue: The Photography of Shen Chao-Liang 

Editor's Pick /

Shen Chao-Liang, a photographer and professor at Huafan University, visited India for the first time to present the Stage Trucks of Taiwan—mobile performance vehicles traditionally used to celebrate birthdays, religious ceremonies, weddings, and mark funerals across both historic and contemporary Taiwanese communities. Reminiscent of the traveling cinema tents that once brought Bollywood films to rural

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Andreas Angelidakis Reimagines the National Pavilion as an Anti-Fascist Escape Room

Interview, Venice Biennale 2026 /
Andreas Angelidakis

Andreas Angelidakis, an architect and artist from Athens, is making waves at the Venice Biennale with his artwork, which is characterised as providing an anti-fascist escape room with purposefully campy touches. His work encompasses a wide range of disciplines, including publishing, exhibition design, architecture, and curating, and as a self-described internet addict, he uses and

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Lines of Trauma: Mapping Partition Through the Body and the Border

Artist Profile /

In 1947, Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British barrister who had never visited India before, was commissioned to delineate a line bifurcating British India. He was handed outdated maps and obsolete census data to divide the country primarily based on religious demographics. A few weeks later, on August 17th, the Radcliffe Line was announced, formalising the

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Serendipity Arts Announces Ninth Edition of Residency Programme in New Delhi

Art Festivals /

Serendipity Arts has announced the ninth edition of the Serendipity Arts Residency 2026, reaffirming its long-standing commitment to nurturing emerging artistic practices through an immersive, interdisciplinary programme. Scheduled over three months in New Delhi, the residency continues to provide a critical platform for experimentation, mentorship, and creative exchange across contemporary art forms. Bringing together practitioners

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Vichitra Brings Bengal–Bihar Artistic Dialogue to Bihar Museum

Exhibitions /

A new ensemble exhibition titled Vichitra/विचित्र will open at the Temporary Gallery of the Bihar Museum, Patna, on 1 July 2026, bringing together fourteen artists across generations in a significant inter-regional cultural collaboration. Organised by Emami Art and the Kolkata Centre for Creativity (KCC), Kolkata, the exhibition will remain on view until 21 July, from

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Listening to the Sea: Jon Cuyson’s Quiet Politics at the Venice Biennale

Interview, Venice Biennale 2026 /

Through the installation ‘Sea of Love,’ which tells the story of the sea from four perspectives—the sailor, his mother, his lover, and the sea of echoes—Philippine artist Jon Cuyson is creating a new kind of visual experience at the Venice Biennale. The work explores a spatial environment shaped by the logic of the sea, using

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Unboxed 2.0 Brings Queer Voices to the Fore at Art Junction, New Delhi

Exhibitions /

Unboxed 2.0, the second edition of the queer art exhibition at Art Junction, The LaLiT New Delhi, has a special preview on 26th June 2026, reaffirming the space’s commitment to inclusive and progressive cultural programming. Co-curated by Naresh Kapuria, Praveen Mahto, and Shashi Baghwar, and organised in collaboration with The LaLiT Suri Hospitality Group and

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AstaGuru’s Collector’s Choice Auction Sets Records for 10 Modern Indian Artists

Auction /

AstaGuru’s ‘Collector’s Choice’ auction, held on 22–23 June 2026, delivered strong results and set new benchmarks for ten modern Indian artists, underscoring sustained momentum in the Indian art market. The Mumbai-based auction house reported record-breaking performances for artists including B Prabha, C D Mistry, Laxman Shrestha, Anupam Sud, Dhanraj Bhagat, K G Subramanyan, Niren Sengupta,

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