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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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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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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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Between Earth and Ephemera, and the Art of Skarma Sonam Tashi

Artist Profile, Venice Biennale 2026 /

As India’s representative at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2026, Skarma Sonam Tashi is carrying an artistic career advancing at an incredible pace, as well as the spirit of an entire high-altitude culture in Ladakh. Tashi, a sculptor whose materials, philosophy, and form speak forcefully to the ecological and cultural crises of our time, was

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Art Ichol Presents MAI Festival 2026 in Maihar

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The quiet town of Maihar has come alive this weekend as the second edition of the MAI Festival (Maihar Art Ichol Festival) unfolds at Art Ichol, bringing together artists, musicians, filmmakers, and thinkers for three days of cross-disciplinary exchange. Conceived as an intimate gathering rather than a spectacle, the festival , running from 20 to 22 February  celebrates the

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Indian Galleries at Art Basel 2026

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Art Basel 2026 will feature select Indian galleries, continuing the country’s presence at the world’s premier art fair despite a relatively modest representation amid 290 exhibitors from 43 countries.Vadehra Art Gallery and Tarq stand out with dedicated projects in the Feature and Statements sectors, respectively, while Chemould Prescott Road and Experimenter participate in the main

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

India Art Fair 2026 /

“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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