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5 Best Things We Look Forward to at India Design ID 2026

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India Design ID Delhi 2026, the 14th edition of India’s premier design week, runs from February 19-22 at NSIC Grounds, Okhla, drawing over 125,000 visitors to explore “The Age of Design Syncretism”—blending heritage, modernity, craft, and technology. Held annually in February, India Design ID showcases over 150 Indian and international brands in furniture, lighting, decor, […]

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Access, Archives and a City: The Museum of Art & Photography at Three

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MAP’s third birthday on 18 February 2026 marks the consolidation of a museum that has quickly become one of India’s most important experiments in making art public. Opened on 18 February 2023 as South India’s first major private museum, the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) in Bengaluru now sits at the intersection of collection,

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Bengaluru Gallery Showcases Eastern Indian Masters and Moderns in New Exhibition

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Bengaluru’s Gallery G is currently hosting The Masters & The Modern: East Edition, a major exhibition spotlighting artists from Eastern India, including Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, and Jharkhand. Curated by Kolkata-based art historian and curator Kallol Bose, the show runs till March 31, 2026, at Gallery G, Maini Sadan, Lavelle Road. Bringing together over three generations of

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Archiving the Vanishing: Kulpreet Singh’s ‘Extinction Archive’ and the Aesthetics of Loss

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The Extinction Archive project by artist Kulpreet Singh, produced by KNMA on the view of India Art Fair 2026, depicts animals and plants at peril and spans over 900 endangered species, painted on pesticide-dipped rice paper, making the magnitude and accumulation of what is vanishing clear. This show has attracted the attention of art lovers

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5 Palestinian Artists You Need to Know

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The growing global attention on Palestinian art reveals a thriving creative scene that pairs memory with resistance and beauty with resilience. Across generations and mediums, from embroidery to barbed wire,these five artists offer a poignant lens into Palestinian life, culture, and identity. Samar Hussaini: Heritage in Thread and Texture For Samar Hussaini, ancestral memory is

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Henrike Naumann, German Artist Exploring the Politics of Design, Passes Away

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German artist Henrike Naumann, widely regarded as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary European art, has passed away. Known for her immersive installations that interrogate the politics of design, domestic interiors, and social ideology, Naumann’s practice bridged historical memory and the aesthetics of everyday life. Her work often dissected how furniture, décor, and consumer

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Love Beyond Words: How Artists Capture the Human & Animal Bond

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There are many kinds of love worth celebrating this Valentine’s Day. Among the most tender and enduring of them is the love humans share with their pets, a bond that artists through the centuries have immortalized on canvas, paper, and print. From Renaissance portraits to Japanese woodblock prints and modern Indian art, these depictions remind

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Girjesh Kumar Singh’s Haal Mukaam, or Current Address: Reading the Politics of Demolition vs Constructive Art

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“Haal Mukaam: Current Address”, a solo show by Girjesh Kumar Singh, on view at the India Art Fair 2026, profoundly asks questions about home, identity, and what home is. The artist uses bricks and mortar from demolished houses to make these artworks, recasting them into rhetorics of loss, memory, and changed landscapes. Singh’s practice is

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Material, Memory, Myth: The Indian Artists Shaping Venice Biennale 2026

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India, presenting a curated show at Venice Biennale 2026, one of the most significant exhibitions in the world of contemporary art, with a powerful collective presentation titled ‘Geographies of Distance: Remembering Home’. Five of India’s most vibrant contemporary artists—Alwar Balasubramaniam (Bala), Sumakshi Singh, Ranjani Shettar, Asim Waqif, and Skarma Sonam Tashi—will collaborate on the project,

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‘A Story in Red’, an Immersive Art House Experience in Kochi By Asian Paints Royale: A Review

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Talking in Colour: ‘A Story in Red’ is an Immersive Art House Experience in Kochi presented by Asian Paints Royale Where walls, objects and shades of red come together as a contemporary art narrative. Kochi is a city where time slows down and it somehow finds a way to linger. Whether it is the bamboo

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