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CITY AS CANVAS : SAMEER KULAVOOR

Step into Sameer Kulavoor’s world of urban narratives in this BMW Artist Film, and discover how he transforms everyday observations into striking art installations and  publications

MOVING THINGS AROUND : TEJA GAVANKAR

In this BMW Artist Film, artist Teja Gavankar invites us to witness how her spatial interventions unlock the extraordinary in the everyday.

Weaving Speculative Realities with liactuallee

For Mumbai-based fibre artist liactuallee, each stitch is a step toward speculative futures and ecological storytelling. Explore their world of craft, queerness, and hope in this exclusive feature.

Threads of Belonging: Imon Phukan

Rooted in the rich traditions of Assam, artist Imon Chetia Phukan transforms textiles into vibrant narratives. Discover how her art explores identity, loss, and interconnectedness, drawing from her personal journey across diverse geographies, in this exclusive film and interview.

Seeds of Change: The Agrarian Narratives of Umesh S.

For Bihar-born multidisciplinary artist Umesh S, art and agriculture intertwine to explore disappearing seeds and traditional farming knowledge. Discover his journey of preserving rural heritage through sculptural forms in this special film & feature.

THE ART TOUR GUIDES TRAINING PROGRAMME

    WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? If you are: A fast-thinking, approachable and adaptable person A dynamic communicator proficient in both English and Hindi Keen to learn about South Asian Art, Culture and Design through a research-intensive curated training programme  Someone who can move about 10k-20k steps a day (not joking!) Available from 9 … Continued

OPEN CALL : DESIGNER-IN-RESIDENCE

INDIA ART FAIR X RAW MANGO are thrilled to present an all-new programme! Ready to bring your bold, innovative ideas to life? We’re calling all designers in Textile, Sculptural Objects, Digital/Graphic Media, Photography, and Film to be part of something extraordinary during India Art Fair Delhi 2025! This is your chance to work closely with … Continued

Everything Everywhere Anyone : Princess Pea

Anonymous artist, Princess Pea takes us into her world and introduces us to her alter ego which allows artistic freedom for herself and for the community she builds along the way. 

Limitless Vision: Sashikanth Thavudoz

Join Sashikanth Thavudoz, the winner of the 2024 ‘The Future is Born of Art’ Commission by BMW India and India Art Fair, as he presents his visionary installation for the BMW i7 – an ode to the symbiotic relationship between nature and innovation.

City Guide: Mumbai

From art and architecture to hidden gems – our insider guide to India’s ‘City of Dreams’

What I Did Last Summer: Payal Arya

Artist Payal Arya recounts a summer spent with family, creating a film inspired by her grandmother’s stories of the Partition, visiting the SARA Centre in Karnataka, and facilitating a workshop for students of Symbiosis Institute of Design.

What I Did Last Summer: Noorain Inam

Artist Noorain Inam chronicles her residency at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, documenting her prepartion for her second solo with Indigo+Madder, and everyday life along the choppy coast of Cornwall.

AN INDIAN ART LOVER’S GUIDE TO THE 60TH VENICE BIENNALE

India’s great modernists and path-breaking contemporary artists will be on view at the oldest and largest international art biennale in the world

TRADITION FOR THE FUTURE: BHURI BAI

We meet Bhuri Bai, one of India’s best known contemporary Bhil artists at her workspace in the Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum

“MY NAME IS A PHOTOGRAPHER”: RAGHU RAI

India’s first Magnum photographer, Raghu Rai welcomes us to his workspace and sanctuary in New Delhi where he makes music out of images

“SOUTHASIA IS ONE WORD”: PRASIIT STHAPIT

Photo-based artist Prasiit Sthapit tells stories of South Asia’s borderlines and contemporary Nepal

Devi and Vahana: Sanjay Manu Bai Chitara

Inherited Arts Forum presents Devi and Vahana a solo exhibition of works by Sanjay Manu Bai Chitara. The display celebrates both the Devi and her vahana with painterly and sculptural renditions in Madhubani and Gond styles as well as miniature bronzes and life-size wooden works, amongst much more. Find out more about the show here.

January 25-December 25, 2024

Inherited Arts Forum, First floor, F 320, Lado Sarai, New Delhi, India

Solitary Gardens : Arjuna Gunarathne

Akara Contemporary presents, Solitary Gardens, which depicts an unsettling sense of longing simmers in the lush compositions of Arjuna Gunarathne’s work. His family, neighbours and occasionally stories of co-immigrants find refuge in these fantastical leafy gardens and dense groves. Green becomes a surrogate for home, sometimes growing into domestic spaces and the crevices of the … Continued

November 23-December 27, 2024

Akara Art, 4/5Churchill Chambers, 32 Mereweather Street, Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

VELU, RAZA, AKKITHAM : Group Show

Akara Modern presents, VELU, RAZA, AKKITHAM. This exhibition opens a fresh dialogue about Indian modern art and its dual engagement with Western modernism and native traditions. By showcasing the works of Raza, Velu, and Akkitham, the exhibition invites viewers to draw comparisons, explore visual similarities, and appreciate how these artists represent the pinnacle of abstraction … Continued

5-31 December, 2024

1st Floor, Churchill Chambers, Flat 4/5, B K Boman Behram Marg, Apollo Bandar, Mumbai, India

Rabbit Hole : Amitesh Shrivastava

Project 88 presents Rabbit Hole, Encountering a strange creature – the White Rabbit, impeccably dressed with a pocket watch, but in a hurry- Lewis Carroll’s protagonist, Alice, follows him instinctively into a “large rabbit-hole under the hedge.” As she falls, Carroll conjures an otherworldly landscape underground, where perspectival realism collapses under the slightest point of … Continued

November 12-December 31, 2024

Project 88, Ground Floor, BMP Building, N.A. Sawant Marg Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

COME AS YOU ARE : Vyom

079 Stories presents, COME AS YOU ARE, Vyom’s second solo exhibition at 079 stories gallery is an exhibition imagined in parts; in it’s making and its viewing. Multiplicities with singular origins, with the artist as the maker-imaginer, reflecting upon a oneness in all that is known and unknown. Overlapping 3 bodies of work. The mind, … Continued

December 1, 2024-January 2, 2025

079 Stories, Rajpath Club Road, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

TRANSCENDENCE – Beyond the Boundaries of Perception: Group Show

KYNKYNY Art Gallery presents Transcendence, an exhibition that brings together a group of visionary artists—Yuvan Bothysathuvar, Ganesh Selvaraj, Gurudas Shenoy, Meenal Singh, Basuki Dasgupta, and Saravanan Parasuraman—each offering a unique lens through which to explore the abstract form. Through their works, these artists examine the interplay of form, color, and texture, dissolving the boundaries of … Continued

December 7, 2024-January 3, 2025

KYNKYNY Art Gallery, 104 Embassy Square, 148 Infantry Road Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Contours of Identity : Francis Newton Souza & Avinash Chandra

DAG Presents, Contours of Identity : Francis Newton Souza & Avinash Chandra which is celebrating the birth centenary of F. N. Souza and pairs him with his fellow émigré artist Avinash Chandra, two of the best-known Indian artists in London in the 60s . They share significant parallels in their lives and careers, as explored … Continued

November 12, 2024-January 3, 2025

DAG, The Taj Mahal Palace, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai, India

A Show of Hands | In Memoriam: Gieve Patel

Vadehra Art Gallery presents, A Show of Hands, In Memoriam, a special exhibition held in memoriam of beloved artist Gieve Patel, curated by respected poet, art critic and cultural theorist Ranjit Hoskote. A celebrated cornerstone of the Indian art community, Gieve Patel passed away in 2023. His oeuvre exemplified a passionate concern for the psychological … Continued

November 21, 2024-January 4, 2025

Vadehra Art Gallery, D-40 & D-53 Defence Colony, New Delhi, India

Like Air, I’ll Rise : Group Show

Experimenter, Ballygunge Kolkata presents Like Air, I’ll Rise, which anchors itself within conversations about care, solidarity, and resistance. Drawing its title from Maya Angelou’s poem ‘Still I Rise’, the exhibition presents works by twelve women practitioners, including artists, activists, poets, dancers, filmmakers and collectives, who draw upon archives of the present and past, as well … Continued

November 27, 2024-January 4, 2025

Experimenter, 2/1, Hindustan Rd, Dover Terrace, Ballygunge, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Heart Land : Vineet Kacker

Nature Morte presents Heart Land, an exhibition of new ceramic sculptures and wall pieces by the Delhi-based artist Vineet Kacker. Kacker’s works draw from the landscape, art, and iconography of the Himalayas, particularly Ladakh; from built forms that reference the sacred, as well as from a personal engagement with spiritual disciplines. Adapting techniques similar to … Continued

November 15, 2024-January 4, 2025

Nature Morte, #7, Poorvi Marg, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, Delhi, India

Bengal Biennale : Anka Banka : Through Cross-Currents

Bengal Biennale presents Anka Banka : Through Cross-Currents, this edition explores the intersections where contemporary art dissolves boundaries and creates new forms. Science reshapes art, fashion merges politics with resistance, and abstract formalism critiques socio-political realities. Music finds expression in photography, while art democratises by existing in both museums and rural spaces. Artists and artworks … Continued

November 29, 2024-January 5, 2025

Various Venues in Kolkata and Santiniketan

Museum of Tanpura : Dayanita Singh

Bengal Biennale presents, ‘Museum of Tanpura’. Dayanita Singh’s solo show is a rumination on time, music, and the ephemeral nature of human connection. Dayanita, who dismantles traditional hierarchies of photographic display, invites us into a space where the photograph is no longer a static object but a living, breathing participant in the act of remembering. … Continued

December 6, 2024-January 5, 2025

Bengal Biennale, The Indian Museum, 27, Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Fire Brigade Head Quarter, Kolkata, India

Migrant Memory : Raki Nikahetiya

Kalakriti Art Gallery presents, Migrant Memory, by seasoned artist Raki Nikahetiya, which talks about how human history is shaped by migration. It has been an age-old response to circumstances that compel us to seek new horizons, whether driven by hope, necessity, or survival. Migration embodies resilience, as individuals and communities navigate the duality of holding … Continued

December 1, 2024-January 5, 2025

Kalakriti Art Gallery, Road No. 4, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telengana, India

Metamorphosis: Transformations in Art through Embroidery : Group Show

MASH Presents, Metamorphosis, a group show, curated by Dr Arshiya Lokhandwala, is an exhibition that seeks to showcase the innovative methodologies within which South Asian artists are interpreting the complexities of the contemporary world, reinvented through traditional embroidery techniques taking place in Milaaya Art Gallery, Mumbai. By exploring the theme of Metamorphosis, the artists engage … Continued

November 18, 2024-January 5, 2025

2nd Floor, Whitehall Building, Kemps Corner, August Kranti Marg, Mumbai 400036

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975 – 1998 : Group Show

The Barbican presents The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998, the world’s first exhibition to explore and chart this period of significant cultural and political change in India. Featuring nearly 150 works of art across painting, sculpture, photography, installation and film, this landmark group show examines the ways in which 30 artists have distilled significant … Continued

October 5, 2024-January 5, 2025

Barbican Centre, Silk St, London, UK

Stillness in Motion : Kavita Jaiswal

Art Heritage presents, Stillness in Motion,  Kavita Jaiswal’s solo exhibition where she revisits the line as a focal element, exploring its depth and versatility through thickness, density, and fluidity variations. The palette of whites, greys, and blacks imparts a serene, positive energy, while the calligraphic elements embedded in many pieces evoke her immersion in literature. … Continued

November 22, 2024-January 6, 2025

Art Heritage, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205 Tansen Marg, New Delhi