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COMMUNITY BUILDING AS ARTISTIC PRACTICE: KARACHI LAJAMIA

Co-founders of the experimental pedagogical project, Shahana Rajani and Zahra Malkani tell us what it means to make work from within community life.

FROM VERSE TO VELVET : ANITA DUBE

In this BMW Artist Film, we meet conceptual artist Anita Dube, whose journey from art historian and critic has been marked by a commitment to personal expression, materiality, and a deep engagement with social histories.

CITY AS MUSE : SOONI TARAPOREVALA

In this BMW Artist Film, Sooni Taraporevala invites us to trace Bombay’s layered histories through her lens, uncovering the stories that continue to shape her work. 

India Art Fair and the South Asian contemporary art boom

Since its inception in 2008, India Art Fair has been a champion of the region’s artists, galleries and arts initiatives. Fair Director, Jaya Asokan takes us through the fair’s legacy.

HUMA BHABHA ON SCULPTING CORK AND BRONZE

We speak to US-based artist Huma Bhabha about how she makes and sees her monumental ‘monstrous’ sculptures

DESIGNERS WE LOVE: STUDIO RAW MATERIAL

We speak to Dushyant Bansal and Priyanka Sharma of Studio Raw Material about their design philosophy rooted in regional specificity, collaboration and improvisation

ARTIST DUO CREATES IMMERSIVE MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATIONS INSPIRED BY BIOLUMINESCENCE: NON-LINEAR AND CURSORAMA

We speak to the winners of the 2025 ‘The Future is Born of Art’ Commission, led by BMW India and India Art Fair

DESIGNERS WE LOVE: ALAIIA GUJRAL

Delhi-born Alaiia Gujral on redefining design as a space for heritage, innovation and collaboration

City Guide: Mumbai

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

SALT: A GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Hylozoic/Desires (H/D), Himali Singh Soin and David Soin Tappeser’s artist duo, explore the various facets of salt — its political history, spiritual resonances and chemical properties as an artistic medium

ARTWORK AS LIVING FORM : RASHMI KALEKA

Take a stroll down Rashmi Kaleka’s world of living art in this BMW Artist Film, and discover what it takes to create an edible forest

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.

Dreamers | सपने देखने वाले : Gurjeet Singh

Presented by Chemould CoLab, in collaboration with Jaipur Rugs, at the Chemould Prescott Road in Fort, artist Gurjeet Singh presents a body of work, as a tribute to the lives of the artisans and residents of Jaipur. This collection of works serves as a reflection of the artisans’ lifestyle – the works capture not just the realities of … Continued

May 8-June 7, 2025

Chemould Prescott Road 3rd floor, Queens Mansion, Ghanshyam Talwatkar Marg, Azad Maidan, Fort, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Material Stories: Group Show

Srishti Art presents Material Stories, a group show which is an ode to a transformative moment in Indian art—when artists began experimenting with a variety of mediums to arrive at a visual language that was both indigenous and resonant with modern ideas. Materials once associated with folk and ritual— terracotta, wood, thread, scrap—became central to … Continued

April 26-June 7, 2025

Srishti Art, 15 Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana

The Calligraphy of Belonging: Solo by Hiral Bhagat

Hiral Bhagat presents The Calligraphy of Belonging where the artist represents contemporary Indian calligraphy script of her mother tongue, Gujarati. This extensive repertoire illustrates how typographically-composed texts from poetry are transformed through forms, sound and space. With the shifting landscapes of our lives, we strive to adjust and search for a new sense of identity. … Continued

2-8 June, 2025 11:00 am

Jehangir Art Gallery, Gallery no. 4 Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai- 400001

to Make a Home with You : Group Show

Art and Charlie presents to Make a Home with You, a group show curated by Mihir Thakker. This exhibition explores the human need for a place of acceptance, equally sought by us and our allies, a space where neglected feelings can find shelter. The artists in this exhibition reflect on the simple, yet powerful need … Continued

April 5-June 8, 2025

Art and Charlie, 71A, Pali Village, Bandra West, Mumbai, India

Purusha Prakriti : Group Show

Bespoke Art Gallery presents Purusha Prakriti, a landmark exhibition curated by renowned art historian and critic Uma Nair, showcasing a powerful confluence of tradition, nature and contemporary expression, this exhibition brings together 40 distinguished artists, including masters, sculptors, ceramicists, and installation award winners from across India and the world. The show coincides with Earth Day … Continued

April 19-June 10, 2025

Bespoke Art Gallery, Sindhubhavan, Ambli Road, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Translucent Worlds: A Group Exhibition in Watercolour

Kalakriti Art Gallery presents Translucent Worlds which brings together a diverse group of artists who explore the fluid, luminous, and unpredictable medium of watercolor. Known for its immediacy and delicacy, watercolor allows for both precision and spontaneity—its transparent layers revealing not just images, but process and emotion. Spanning landscapes, abstractions, portraiture, and experimental forms, the … Continued

May 12-June 11, 2025

8-2-465/1, Road no. 4, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Indian Modern Art: Evolution of Narratives: Group Show

Art Exposure presents Indian Modern Art: Evolution of Narratives, a landmark survey that brings together a dynamic and wide-ranging assembly of artists whose practices trace the shifting contours of modern Indian art. Spanning from the early 20th-century revivalist aspirations of the Bengal School to the assertive individualisms of late-century modernists, the exhibition explores how artists … Continued

May 10-June 15, 2025

Art Exposure, 16/2, Lake Terrace, Kolkata, India

The Geometry of Ordinary Lives : Prasanta Sahu

Emami Art presents The Geometry of Ordinary Lives, a solo exhibition of Prasanta Sahu’s decade-long inquiry into the intersection of art, research and lived experience. This exhibition encapsulates the evolution of his interdisciplinary practice, characterised by a synthesis of diverse mediums and epistemologies to explore the subtleties of rural and suburban life through traditional knowledge, … Continued

April 25-June 21, 2025

Emami Art, 777 Anandapur, E.M. Bypass, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

(Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia: Young Artists’ Voices : Group Show

SOAS Gallery presents (Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia: Young Artists’ Voices, an exhibition featuring works by 26 emerging and established artists from six South Asian countries, including newly commissioned pieces. With many of the artists exhibiting in London for the first time, the exhibition will provide a global platform for a new generation … Continued

April 11-June 21, 2025

SOAS Gallery, SOAS University of London, 10 Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London

Re-Figuring : Group Show

Emami Art presents Re-Figuring, a group exhibition featuring the most recent work of ten contemporary visual art practitioners working across painting, sculpture, graphic drawing, video and photography. At the core of the exhibition lies a pressing question : What does a figure objectify? Through diverse approaches, from hyper-figurative renderings to fragmented, semi-abstract forms and documentation, … Continued

April 25-June 21, 2025

Emami Art, 777 Anandapur, E.M. Bypass , Kolkata, West Bengal, India

DESTINATION INDIA: FOREIGN ARTISTS IN INDIA 1857–1947: GROUP SHOW

DAG presents Destination India: Foreign artists in India 1857–1947. A group show which looks at the work of foreign artists who visited India between the Uprising (1857) and Independence (1947) as examples of a late phase of Orientalist art. The famous landscape painters of a much earlier era, such as William Hodges and Thomas and William … Continued

May 1-June 28, 2025

The Taj Mahal Palace, Arthur Bunder Rd, Apollo Bandar, Colaba, Mumbai

Whimsical Lines: Urban refrain through tribal abstraction : Bhuwal Prasad

Gallerie Nvya presents Whimsical Lines: Urban Refrain Through Tribal Abstraction, a solo show by artist Bhuwal Prasad. The exhibition, which was previously on view at Bikaner House from April 4-9, 2025, continues at the gallery’s space in Saket. Prasad seamlessly fuses indigenous Indian art with contemporary abstraction, creating a vibrant visual language rich in playful … Continued

May 24-June 28, 2025

Gallerie Nvya, 101-103, Square One Designer Arcade, C-2, District Centre, Saket, New Delhi

Enlightenment from an unlikely envelope: Archives of Adil Jussawala

The Guild presents Enlightenment from an Unlikely Envelope: Archives of Adil Jussawalla, curated by Deeptha Achar and Chithra K. S. Drawing from the archives of the poet and photographer, Adil Jussawalla, this exhibition showcases a small selection of his collection of materials—texts, manuscripts, scrapbooks, notes, lists, photographs, books, newspaper clippings, poems, plants, among other things— … Continued

May 3-June 29, 2025

1/A, Pipewala Building, 4th Pasta Lane, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road Colaba, Mumbai, India

A Touch of Carmine

Art Musings presents A Touch of Carmine features a group of contemporary artists, each with their own unique language. Works on display include some early paintings from the gallery’s permanent collection. Find out more here

May 17-June 30, 2025

ART MUSINGS, Admiralty Bldg, Colaba Cross Lane, Mumbai 400005

A Moment in Modernity: Haren Thakur

Art Magnum and Gallery Time and Space present A Moment in Modernity, a landmark solo exhibition of works by artist Haren Thakur, curated by celebrated art historian Dr. Alka Pande. Haren Thakur is recognised as a modernist artist whose work intricately weaves together traditional tribal art forms with contemporary aesthetics. His art reflects a deep … Continued

May 4-June 30, 2025

Art Magnum, 60/2C, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi

A TREASURY OF LIFE : INDIAN COMPANY PAINTINGS C. 1790-1835 : GROUP SHOW

DAG presents A Treasury of Life: Indian Company Paintings c. 1790-1835, a group exhibition featuring an expansive collection of Company Paintings made during the British period. The term ‘Company painting’ was coined some seventy years ago to describe works made by Indian artists working for European patrons in India – typically employees of the various … Continued

April 12-July 5, 2025

DAG, New Delhi, 22A Windsor Place, Janpath Road, New Delhi, India