AFRAH SHAFIQ CREATES A LIVING ARCHIVE INSPIRED BY EMBROIDERY TRADITIONS AND THE WOMEN BEHIND THEM, ACROSS TIME AND CULTURES

In a world where women’s labour largely remains invisible, artist Afrah Shafiq reimagines the humble sampler, an often hidden piece of cloth used by countless women to practice embroidery patterns, as a way to record and map embroidery traditions, arithmetic logic, and coded languages embedded in motifs across time and cultures, in a deeply personal … Continued

IMBALANCE OF ECOLOGY : DEEPAK KUMAR

Deepak Kumar welcomes us into a studio he once only imagined. Tucked within Kaladham, the space serves as both a home and a laboratory

DESIGNERS WE LOVE: Morii Design

India-based studio Morii Design works between craft, intuition, and collective memory. In its practice, embroidery becomes language, time unfolds through process, and inherited knowledge is made present through the hands of many.

Triveni at 75: Sustaining a Living Culture in the Capital

In this special conversation marking 75 years of Triveni’s journey, we sit down with Amar Shridharani, Honorary General Secretary of Triveni and son of its founder, who has preserved and extended his mother’s mission with impeccable commitment. In a candid dialogue, Amar reflects on legacy, architecture, openness, and what it means to sustain a space that remains at once intimate, experimental and fiercely true to its founding vision.

The Work of Remembering

Artist Amol K Patil welcomes us into Project 88, where A Forest of Remembrance unfolds as a space of listening—carrying histories of labour, movement, and resistance across the city.

The Performative Body: Explorations of Space and Time by Arun B.

Arun B. grew up in Kadirur, a village in Thalassery, Kannur District in Kerala, which has a deep connection with the origin of the oldest martial art Kalaripayatu–Kalari and Theyyam–with sounds of chenda, their rituals, chants, colour, dialogues, and materials that they use to create an environment. Later, when he moved to Baroda, the shift … Continued

DESIGNERS WE LOVE: Ghiora Aharoni

New York based artist, Ghiora Aharoni works between cultures, scripts and lived histories. In his practice language becomes form, time bends and inherited memory is made present.

DESIGNERS WE LOVE: PRIYANKA SHAH | SHED

Founded in 2014, SHED operates as a space for enquiry rather than a conventional studio, moving fluidly across furniture, objects, play systems and small architectural works. The studio’s work occupies a territory between the domestic and the speculative, recalibrating familiar forms—tables, game boards and storage pieces—through material experimentation, precise craftsmanship and a questioning of convention. … Continued

Memory, Domesticity, and the Politics of the Visual in Farhin Afza’s work

For Hyderabad-based artist Farhin Afza, family archives are not inert records but living sites where memory, comfort, and violence collide

DESIGNERS WE LOVE: DHRUV AGARWWAL

Ahead of his presentation at India Art Fair 2026, presented through Galerie Maria Wettergren, we speak to Dhruv Agarwwal about nostalgia as a driving force behind his design language, the role of scale in his work and what it means to build contemporary relevance without disconnecting craft from its source

“I AM AN ARTIST BECAUSE I AM A PAINTER” : NILIMA SHEIKH

Artist Nilima Sheikh welcomes us into her home and studio in Baroda, where painting becomes a way of carrying stories across time, place, and memory.

WHO’S ASLEEP AND WHO’S AWAKE: SUDARSHAN SHETTY

Artist Sudarshan Shetty welcomes us into his Mumbai studio, where objects, images, and constructed worlds are brought into careful relation.

Invisible Infrastructures and the Workings of a World Unseen : Shreni

Artist Shreni works with digital systems and speculative ecologies to uncover the invisible infrastructures that sustain urban life. This film traces her process—from foraging data and texture in Mumbai to building a large-scale video installation that imagines what it might look like when a city remembers.

BANGLES & MUSHROOMS: DUMIDUNI ILLANGASINGHE on Fragility, Femininity and Healing

Sri Lankan – born artist Dumiduni Illangasinghe works slowly, attentively, and with deep emotional precision. Currently based in Varanasi, Illangasinghe moves between a formal studio at Banaras Hindu University and temporary, improvised setups in her dorm room. The shift between these spaces mirror her practice – oscillating between material experimentation and inward reflection, between structure and vulnerability.

THE LOGIC OF WONDER: SHAILESH BR

In this BMW Artist Film, Shailesh BR invites us into his world of invention and satire, to challenge belief, choice and the structures that quietly govern our lives.

WHERE I WORK : Mohd. Intiyaz

In a modest home studio filled with art and nostalgia, Mohd. Intiyaz resurrects the lives of forgotten children. In these raw, unflinching portraits that reflect his own migrant past, every brushstroke becomes an act of remembrance and quiet rebellion against a world that looks away.

Trajectory of Senses: Group Show

Ganges Art presents Trajectory of Senses, a group exhibition curated by Dr. Shatarupa Thakurta Roy, exhibiting work of Arman Ovla, Anu Mahato, Mojgan Jahanara, Mudita Bhandari, Neha Verma, Rajarshi Sengupta, Rashmee Pal Chouteau, and Urmila Chouteau. The exhibition unfolds a sensory experience of how materials, gestures, and forms resonate across sight, sound, touch, initiating a … Continued

June 1-July 1, 2026

Ganges Art Gallery, Kolkata

When Objects Speak : Group Show

Art Alive Gallery presents When Objects Speak, an exhibition featuring works by Anjaneyulu G and Vipul Rathod. The exhibition considers the object as a narrative device, exploring how everyday things become repositories of memory, identity, and lived experience. Through hyper-realistic renderings and assemblages of miniature papier-mâché forms, the artists transform familiar objects into reflections on … Continued

May 30-July 3, 2026

Art Alive Gallery, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi

Slow Rot: Group Show

Method Delhi presents Slow Rot, a group exhibition featuring ten contemporary artists, Aditya Dhabhai, Dhruvi Jain, M. Imaran Ahamed, Milan Sharma, Mitali Das, Priyesh. T, Revant Dasgupta, Riya Chandwani, Sajid Wajid Shaikh, and Tithi Das, whose works confront the unsettling realities of human fragility, psychological unrest, and the grotesque undercurrents of contemporary existence. Their works … Continued

May 9-July 3, 2026

Method, Defence Colony, Delhi

A Singular Modernist: A. Ramachandran

Vadehra Art Gallery presents a solo exhibition, A. Ramachandran: A Singular Modernist, featuring the renowned Indian master A. Ramachandran’s drawings, paintings, and sculptures. Spanning over five decades of artistic practice, the exhibition reflects his enduring engagement with nature and humanity, bringing together works that reveal the depth, sensitivity, and expansive vision that have defined his … Continued

June 4-July 4, 2026

No.9 Cork Street, London, United Kingdom

Gaps in My Resume: Ubik

APRE Art House presents Gaps in My Resume, first solo exhibition in India by UBIK, and their first show anywhere in eight years. The exhibition locates UBIK’s practice at the precise intersection of irony and complicity: the sidelong glance, the nudge, the overheard sentence at an art world party that suddenly explains everything. At a … Continued

June 11-July 4, 2026

APRE Art House, Colaba, Mumbai

Brick by Brac : Group Exhibition

TARQ presents Brick by Brac, a group exhibition conceived and organised by Tom Burckhardt and Sameer Kulavoor, bringing together ten artists from India and the United States. The exhibition explores practices rooted in incrementalism, repetition, sequentiality, and accumulation, where meaning emerges through process-driven acts of making rather than singular gestures. Working across drawing, collage, photography, … Continued

May 28-July 4, 2026

TARQ, Fort, Mumbai

The Garden of Reclaimed Dreams: Nek Chand

Akara presents Nek Chand: The Garden of Reclaimed Dreams, an exhibition celebrating the extraordinary legacy of Nek Chand Saini, creator of Chandigarh’s iconic Rock Garden. The exhibition highlights the artist’s remarkable ability to transform discarded materials into enduring works of imagination. The art works blur the boundaries between sculpture, landscape, and storytelling, while reflecting on … Continued

June 11-July 4, 2026

Akara Modern, Colaba, Mumbai

South Asian Modern Art 2026: Group Show

Grosvenor Gallery presents South Asian Modern Art 2026, a group exhibition showcasing works by modernist masters of South Asian art world namely Jamini Roy, Francis Newton Souza, Maqbool Fida Husain, Sayed Haider Raza, K.K. Hebbar, Imran Mir, Rasheed Araeen, Abdur Rahman Chughtai, Avtarjeet Dhanjal, Mohan Samant, Syed Sadequain, Anwar Jalal Shemza, Lancelot Ribeiro, Rashid Choudhury, … Continued

June 10-July 4, 2026

Grosvenor Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Treeish: Group Show

Project 88 presents Treeish, at No. 9 Cork Street, a group exhibition curated by Prajna Desai.  The exhibition explores nature and arboreal agency through works by six artists, Claire Baker, Goutam Ghosh, Mahesh Baliga, Neha Choksi, Tejal Shah, and Trupti Patel, drawing inspiration from the poetic and scientific observations of Harriet Rix. Find out more … Continued

June 3-July 4, 2026

No.9 Cork Street, London, United Kingdom

Come Eat With Us?: Group Show

SAC Art Amsterdam in partnership with Art and Charlie presents Come Eat With Us? the works of Deepak Dhiman, Reem Masri, Savia Lopes, and Yogesh Barve. The exhibition brings together narratives of domesticity, identity, community, memory, loss, resilience, and joy. Through painting, sculpture, and image-making, the works explore how personal and collective experiences intersect, inviting … Continued

June 5-July 5, 2026

SAC Art Amsterdam, Panamakade 200, Amsterdam, Netherlands

She: Group Show

The Pristine Contemporary presents She, a group show featuring seven women artists from the subcontinent— Afina Ashraf, Alishba Binte Faysal, Jahnvi Singh Rohet, Krisha Bhuva, Mahnoor Salman Khan, Mays Al Moosawi, and Pem Lham. The artists explore a woman as a force who evolves through love, labour, memory, and selfhood, often negotiating between roles without … Continued

May 25-July 5, 2026

Pristine Contemporary, New Delhi

Sukoot ≠ Uzr | Silence Is Not An Apology: Nur Mahammad

Anupa Mehta Contemporary Art presents Sukoot ≠ Uzr | Silence Is Not An Apology, a debut solo exhibition of Nur Mahammad. The exhibition explores identity, displacement, memory, and belongingness through the lens of silence as an architecture of landscape. Drawing from Indo-Islamic design and Persian miniature traditions, it brings historical visual languages into conversation with … Continued

June 11-July 9, 2026

Anupa Mehta Contemporary Art, Colaba, Mumbai

Alchemy of Absolute Intimacy: Sayanee Sarkar

Emami Art presents Alchemy of Absolute Intimacy, Sayanee Sarkar’s solo exhibition. Through a series of paintings on canvas, paper, and wood panels, the artist explores ideas of body, gesture, and intimacy. The exhibition reflects on intimacy as a space of emotion, memory, and connection,  allowing us to think about presence, absence, and the many ways … Continued

May 22-July 10, 2026

Galleries 2 & 3, Ground Floor, Emami Art, Kolkata

Bombay Blooms – Six Paintings: Lady Winifred Strangman

sub:continent presents Bombay Blooms, an exhibition of works by Lady Winifred Strangman, curated by Ruta Waghmare Baptista. The exhibition highlights the artist’s close observation of Bombay’s flora and fauna, rendered in true-to-life colours and rich detail. The art works reflect Strangman’s engagement with the natural world, while archival material and a historical timeline situates her … Continued

May 30-July 10, 2026

sub:continent, Azad Maidan, Fort, Mumbai

An Ancient Ballad : Group Show

Emami Art presents An Ancient Ballad, a group exhibition featuring artists, L.M. Sen, K. C. Pyne, Arunima Choudhury, Ajit Kumar Das, Alakananda Sengupta, Chandra Bhattacharjee, Partha Dasgupta, Raja Boro, Rahul Sarkar, Sayandeep Kangsabanik, Subrata Biswas, and Tapas Biswas. The exhibition is an archive of decisions taken by these artists to engage with their process of … Continued

May 22-July 10, 2026

Emami Art, Kolkata

The Way You Like It: Thisath Thoradeniya

Saskia Fernando Gallery presents The Way You Like It, a solo exhibition by Thisath Thoradeniya. The exhibition unfolds as a play dreamt on paper. Through expressions of warmth, suspense, humor, and fear, Thoradeniya considers the human condition as an absurd theatre. The works navigate moments of uncertainty and recognition, while remaining conscious of the impossibility … Continued

June 11-July 11, 2026

Saskia Fernando Gallery, Srilanka