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The solo exhibition ‘a choreography in green’ by Kerala-based artist Smitha M. Babu at Vadehra Art Gallery is notable both as a continuation of the artist’s ongoing artistic journey and as an attempt to break free from that continuity. ‘Uses atmospheric washes, soft tones and layered storytelling to create dream-like, meditative scenes exploring ideas of […]
Smitha M. Babu’s Choreography in Green: Islands of Memory Read More »
Murari Jha’s solo exhibition at Nature Morte Gallery, which ran from April 18 to May 17, brings together a body of work that reflects his ongoing engagement with memory, the body, and the idea of objects. According to the gallery, the exhibited works, made in a variety of materials (stone, bronze, wood, brass, synthetic putty,
Murari Jhas Theatre of Objects Between Abstraction and Association Read More »
The solo exhibition of young artist Raja Boro, Echoes of the Earth: A Woodcut Diary, who came from a village in Assam to Shantiniketan in Bengal and later to Baroda University, is notable both for reflecting the paths he travelled and for echoing the places he visited. Fundamentally, the exhibition is both a material meditation
Raja Boro’s Echoes of the Earth: Printed Landscapes of Memory and Belonging Read More »
Cisternerne in Copenhagen now hosts the large-scale cinematic opera installation Marina Abramović: Seven Deaths, installed in the city’s former underground water reservoirs in Søndermarken. The exhibition runs from 14 March to 30 November 2026 and turns the dark, damp cisterns into a sequence of chambers devoted to seven iconic operatic deaths. In each film, Abramović dies
Why Marina Abramović Keeps Dying for Love at Cisternerne Read More »
A leader and father figure to the most marginalized groups of the Indian subcontinent, Dr. B R Ambedkar continues to shape the visual language and voice of resistance of the milieu. On the Day of Baba Saheb’s birth anniversary, let’s look at the myriads of depictions and iconography of Dr. Ambedkar, celebrating the legend.
Picturing Babasaheb: Depictions of Dr B.R. Ambedkar in Visual Art Read More »
Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) has named Han Ishu and yang02 as winners of the sixth Tokyo Contemporary Art Award (TCAA) 2026–2028. The award ceremony and symposium took place on 4 March 2026 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. About the Tokyo Contemporary Art Award The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and TOKAS established the TCAA
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Melvin Edwards (1937–2026), who died last week at 88, was a Houston-born sculptor and activist who was raised during segregation and portrayed Afro-American lives in abstract terms. He first studied painting at the University of Southern California before turning to welding in 1959. Building on this distinctive artistic foundation, Edwards crafted intricate, abstract assemblages from
Melvin Edwards: New Political Vocabulary of ‘Lynch Fragments’ Read More »
Sri Lankan artist Kingsley Gunatilake brings five decades of practice to the capital, confronting library burnings and civil war through scorched books and abstract paintings. Blueprint12 opens Endless Stairs, a solo exhibition by Sri Lankan artist Kingsley Gunatilake, at Bikaner House, CCA Ground Floor, New Delhi, from 4 to 8 April 2026. The show draws together
Endless Stairs Opens at Bikaner House New Delhi Read More »
French artist Thomas Henriot lights up New Delhi with The Weight of Light, his solo exhibition of massive ink drawings and shimmering gold thread tapestries at Art Centrix Space. Opening 11 April 2026, the show runs through 12 May and dives into his unique style: single, sweeping lines of Chinese ink on Japanese paper, created
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Nayanaa Kanodia, a pioneer of naïve art in India, returns to New Delhi after nearly two decades with her solo exhibition Staged Realities. This captivating show at CCA, Bikaner House, curated by Archana Khare-Ghose and presented by Dhoomimal Gallery, blends recent and earlier works. Kanodia captures Mumbai’s bustling streets, elite private worlds, class divides, gender
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