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Khoj Explores the Future of Humanity and Technology Through Landmark Exhibition and Symposium in New Delhi

Khoj International Artists’ Association has announced a major new exhibition and accompanying symposium interrogating the intersections of art, technology, and society. Titled Are You Human?, the two-site international exhibition will open simultaneously at Khoj Studios and DLF Avenue Mall, Saket, from January 30 to February 28, 2026, inviting audiences to rethink the rapidly evolving relationship between bodies, […]

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‘Tension of Belongings’ at Students’ Biennale explores identity, memory, and community through art

The Students’ Biennale exhibition Tension of Belongings delves into the layered idea of belonging within communities, presenting artworks that interrogate how identity evolves through memory, migration, and everyday life. Curated by Seethal C. P and Sudheesh Kottembram, the exhibition is on view at the BMS (Brights) Warehouse and features works by three emerging artists from Andhra Pradesh — Gorle

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Major U.S. and European Galleries Join National Strike Against ICE Crackdown

A wave of prominent art galleries across the United States and even in Europe will shut their doors on Friday, January 30, in a coordinated act of protest against the Trump administration’s expanded Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations and the use of deadly force against demonstrators. The action, part of a nationwide general strike,

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GALLERYSKE and PHOTOINK Open New Space Together in Delhi, Featuring Shows Running Parallel to India Art Fair

Marking a new chapter in their decade-long collaboration, GALLERYSKE and PHOTOINK will inaugurate their second shared space in Defence Colony, New Delhi, this February. The two galleries, known for their experimental alliance that began in 2016, continue to advance a distinctive collegial model that bridges contemporary art and photography under one roof. To inaugurate the

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The Artist-Curator as Institutional Provocateur: Riyas Komu in Conversation

Riyas Komu occupies a rare and deliberately cultivated position in contemporary Indian art: neither fully artist nor curator, but insistently both. He is an intellectual and institutional force, constantly pushing his boundaries in reshaping how art is produced, encountered, and understood in India and the Indian Ocean world. Over nearly three decades, the Mumbai-based artist

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Body Politics and the Question of Fluidity: Decoding Manjot Kaur’s Artistic Eco-System

In Manjot Kaur’s paintings, the lush, liminal world interprets the Indian miniature tradition and seeks novel ways to present it, producing a new lexicon and visual delight. As we know, painting is the art of seeing, and it enlarges and broadens the viewer’s world when engaged with. This is achieved in Kaur’s painting through translating

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5 Modernist Churches of Italy You Must Know

Between 1962 and 1965, the Second Vatican Council ushered in liturgical reforms emphasizing participation and clarity, freeing Italian architects from rigid typologies to create bold, modernist sacred spaces. Postwar Italy’s economic boom, urban sprawl, and secular shift met Vatican II’s call for renewal, birthing experimental churches that anchored new communities. Marta Minuzzo’s “Templi Moderni. Costruire

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The Weight of Witness: Materiality and Memory in Birender Yadav’s ‘Only the Earth Knows the Labour’

Birender Yadav’s ‘Only the Earth Knows the Labour’ (2025), which is exhibited at the Muziris Biennale in Kochi, deserves special attention in the context of the ideas it puts forward. The marginalisation of migrant workers is a significant subject in Yadav’s 2025 work. Yadav focuses on the “facelessness” of those who construct our contemporary infrastructure

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Auspice and Abundance: Ritual Paintings from Hazaribagh Set to Open at Gallery Vayu

Gallery Vayu will present Auspice and Abundance: Ritual Paintings from Hazaribagh from February 3 to 15, 2026, coinciding with India Art Fair. Curated by Pramod KG, the exhibition brings together Sohrai and Khovar ritual paintings by acclaimed artists Malo Devi, Putli Ganju, Parvati Devi, and Rudhan Devi, in collaboration with OPS Art Gallery. The show focuses on

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