Kochi Muziris Biennale

The Kochi Biennale Foundation has announced that acclaimed contemporary artist and curator Jitish Kallat will assume the role of President of the Kochi–Muziris Biennale to chair the selection of the curator for its next edition. The announcement was made by Dr. Venu V., Chairperson of the Foundation, marking a significant moment in the Biennale’s leadership transition. Kallat, who lives and […]

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

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

French artist Shivay La Multiple, currently a Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) Residency artist, has turned the much-maligned water hyacinth into a symbol of resilience and protection in her latest exhibition at Devassy Jose and Sons, Bazaar Road, Mattancherry. Long dismissed as an invasive threat to waterways, the water hyacinth here becomes almost divine—a guardian of waterscapes rather than their conqueror. Native

The Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) inaugurated Ghetto Biennale with Spectres of History (2025), a compelling exhibition by Haitian artist collective Atis Rezistans, under its Invitations Programme on February 13 at St Andrews Parish Hall, Fort Kochi. The opening was followed by a high tea, drawing an audience of artists, curators, and art enthusiasts. The exhibition brings to India the

Marina Abramović’s arrival at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale made a turning point in the festival’s history rather than a simple visit. The performance art pioneer brought an air of both intensity and invitation, whose radical quests of the body, endurance, vulnerability, and reality have transformed art for over fifty years. Abramović offered a unique fusion of

Internationally acclaimed Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović will deliver a special lecture titled “The Past, Present, and Future of Performance Art” on February 10, as part of the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2025. The event will take place at the Samudrika Convention Centre, Willingdon Island, from 6 pm to 8 pm. Open to attendees aged 16 and

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

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