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

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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”

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Gandhi Reimagined: Cop Shiva’s Photographs Invoke Peace at Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Kochi Muziris Biennale /

Artist-photographer Cop Shiva’s acclaimed series Being Gandhi (2012) is drawing attention at the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale, reviving conversations around Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals in a rapidly transforming India. Presented at the KM Building, Fort Kochi, as part of the exhibition Like Gold curated by Murtaza Vali for the Rizq Art Initiative, the series reintroduces Gandhi’s moral philosophy through remarkable contemporary

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The winds and water of Winslow Homer: The blue that still speaks to us today

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On February 24, the art world marks the birthday of Winslow Homer, an artist whose work continues to feel startlingly alive more than a century after his death. Born in 1836, Homer painted oceans, wars, and solitary figures with an honesty that resists nostalgia. His seas were never just blue, his landscapes never just beautiful—they

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NorBlack NorWhite Unveils “Church of Palm” at Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2026

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New Delhi-based fashion and cultural collective NorBlack NorWhite, known for fusing traditional Indian crafts with contemporary streetwear, debuts its new multidisciplinary art practice AMMA Studios with an installation titled Church of Palm at the 2026 Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Founded by Amrit Kumar and Mriga Kapadiya, NorBlack NorWhite traces its roots to long-standing relationships with artisans and craft communities across India. The duo has spent more

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