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The Art of Sumakshi Singh: Weaving Memory, Space, and Silence

Artist Profile, venice biennale 2026 /

Artist Sumakshi Singh, known for her unique ability to materialise the intangible—memory, perception, fragility, and time—is a leading figure in contemporary Indian art, and represents India at this year’s Venice Biennale. She brings an artistic language composed of thread, translucency, stillness, and the delicate tension between presence and disappearance. Her delicate yet theoretically grounded paintings […]

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Steel Giants of Iceland: Turning Power Lines into Walking Monuments

Architecture /

The Land of Giants reimagines Iceland’s high-voltage pylons as 150-foot-tall (45-meter) human-like steel figures, turning functional infrastructure into monumental sculptures. Proposed by Choi+Shine Architects for Landsnet, Iceland’s power transmission company, the concept won recognition in a 2008 international competition.​ Project Origins Choi+Shine, led by Jin Choi and Thomas Shine, entered the 2008 Icelandic High-Voltage Electrical Pylon

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

Design, venice biennale 2026 /

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”

News /

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

Art Festivals /

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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Pritzker Prize Delays 2026 Announcement Amid Epstein Files Controversy

Architecture, News /

The Pritzker Architecture Prize, often called architecture’s Nobel, has postponed its 2026 laureate announcement following revelations from Jeffrey Epstein’s documents linking foundation leader Tom Pritzker to the financier. Typically revealed in early March, the delay comes after U.S. Department of Justice files released on January 30 named Pritzker over a thousand times in Epstein’s emails.

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Amit Ambalal’s ‘Leela’ Exhibition Opens at Mumbai

Exhibitions /

Sakshi Gallery in Mumbai will host veteran artist Amit Ambalal’s fifth solo show titled Leela, opening tomorrow and running through March 31, 2026.​​ The preview takes place on Thursday, February 26, 2026, from 6 pm to 9 pm at the Ground Floor Gallery, Sakshi Gallery, Third Pasta Lane, Colaba, Mumbai.​ The exhibition remains open to the

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Memory and Material: New Show at Mumbai Brings Five Artists into Dialogue with the Past

Exhibitions /

Mumbai’s Sakshi Gallery opens its latest exhibition Memory Keepers on February 26, 2026, bringing together five artists — Debashish Paul, Élodie Alexandre, Hasan Ali Kadiwala, Moumita Basak, and Sudipta Das — whose works explore memory as both fleeting and enduring. On view until March 31, the show unfolds as a contemplation of how the personal and collective

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Three Centuries of Botanical Art Bloom at MAP Bengaluru

Exhibitions /

The Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) in Bengaluru is set to unveil Paper Gardens: Art, Botany, and Empire, a major exhibition exploring the intertwined histories of art, science, and empire through botanical illustrations from the 17th to 20th centuries. Opening on March 7, 2026, and running until July 5, 2026, the exhibition presents over 120 rare works that trace

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