INDIA ART FAIR 2026

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

WHOSE ASLEEP AND WHOSE 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.

INDIA ART FAIR ART TOUR GUIDES TRAINING PROGRAMME 2025-2026

Apply now to be part of our Art Tour Guides Training Programme designed and conducted by Shaleen Wadhwana. Become part of the Public Art Tours team during India Art Fair 2026 (IAF) and guide diverse audiences from across the globe. Learn from the IAF team’s vast experience! WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? If you are: … Continued

On Quilting, Kinship, and Quiet Resistance in North Karnataka

Can a quilt be a site of belonging? A prayer? A protest? For Bangalore-based artist – art historian Anitha Reddy and the community of Siddi women she works with, the answer is yes.
We sat down with Anitha Reddy to trace the contours of her community-centered artistic practice and her work with the Siddi women in Uttara Kannada

SWALI CRAFT PRIZE | 2025 – 2026

Karishma Swali and the Chanakya Foundation, in partnership with India Art Fair, are honoured to present The Swali Craft Prize – an homage to the enduring and evolving language of craft. Grounded in technical mastery, conceptual depth, cultural resonance, and sustainable impact, the prize recognises craftsmanship as a precise skill and a profound mode of … Continued

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

Of Land, River, and Body: Ashfika Rahman

Vadehra Art Gallery is pleased to present the solo exhibition, Of Land, River, and Body, by young Bangladeshi artist, Ashfika Rahman, who brings an ambitious and immersive body of works from her three ongoing series: Than Para; Files of the Disappeared; and Behula These Days. The artist’s first-ever exhibition in India features three large-scale installations, … Continued

December 17, 2025-January 24, 2026

Vadehra Art Gallery, D53 Defence Colony, New Delhi, India

Pink: Group Show

Ota Fine Arts Tokyo is pleased to present Pink, a group exhibition showcasing works by our gallery artists that explore the varied uses and meanings of the colour pink. While pink has long been associated with femininity and sweetness, its significance has expanded across cultural and social contexts to encompass ideas such as agency, solidarity, … Continued

December 9, 2025-January 24, 2026

Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan

Thinai

Muziris Contemporary Kochi is pleased to present a group exhibition Thinai of  works featured by several acclaimed artists, including Senaka Senanayake and Riyas Komu. Thinai, in Sangam literature, is a poetic device and world making system. It maps inner life onto outer terrain, aligning landscapes with emotion, ecology with intimacy. Thinai draws on research the … Continued

December 13, 2025-January 25, 2026

AB Salem Road, Jew Town, Mattancherry, Kochi, India

Bodies of Sky, Bodies of Earth

Gallerie nvya presents Bodies of Sky, Bodies of Earth, featuring Seema Kohli’s. In her work, form is never just form. A terracotta vessel is the memory of heated earth. A woodcut is the trace of pressure and resistance. An embroidered bird is a note in a long, migrating song. A wooden goddess does not merely … Continued

18-25 January, 2026

Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi

Signs of Life: Kunel Gaur

Method Delhi is pleased to present Signs of Life, a new solo exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Kunel Gaur. A culmination of four series’ that Kunel has been working on, Colour Field Studies, Interface Portraits, KUMI, and Tile Assemblies, the exhibition traces the evolving space between sensorial experience and engineered form. Across the works, Gaur examines … Continued

December 11, 2025-January 25, 2026

Method — Delhi, D Block, Basement, D-59, Block D, Defence Colony, New Delhi, India

ਸੂਤ ਤੇ ਸਾਹ · Sut te Saah: Stories Woven in Phulkari

Latitude 28 presents ਸੂਤ ਤੇ ਸਾਹ · Sut te Saah: Stories Woven in Phulkari, an exhibition curated by Shreya Sharma. The exhibition journeys through the arc of human experience: birth, love, community, ritual, and remembrance, through the many forms of Pre-Partition Phulkaris and Baghs of Punjab. Taking its title from the folk verse, “Sut te … Continued

December 27, 2025-January 26, 2026

Latitude 28, B-74, Ground Floor, Block B, Defence Colony, New Delhi, India

A Cage Went in Search of a Bird: Group Show

1×1 Art Gallery presents a group exhibition titled A Cage Went in Search of a Bird, featuring the works of Chittrovanu Mazumdar, Dilip Chobisa, Gigi Scaria, Martand Khosla, M. Pravat, Nida Bangash, Pallavi Arora, Parul Sharma, Pooja Tranna, Praveen Kumar, Vibha Galhotra, and Vivek Vilasini. “(…)The artworks serialised into a narrative of erasure, absence, and … Continued

November 16, 2025-January 28, 2026

1x1 Art Gallery, Alserkal Avenue - B10 - شارع ٨ - Al Qouz Ind.first - القوز 1 - Dubai, UAE

What We Carry: Group Show

Art Incept presents What we Carry, curated by Khushboo Jain. In a commune lies shared moments of meals, memories, silences, and gestures. They hold faith in the small acts that make a world: the passing of a bowl, the laying of a cloth, the breaking of bread, the waiting for someone to arrive. This exhibition … Continued

22-29 January, 2026

Art Incept, S-137 Panchsheel Park, New Delhi, India

Jaipur Art Week – Edition 5.0

Against the grand architectural and cultural backdrop of Jaipur – India’s celebrated UNESCO World Heritage City – the Public Arts Trust of India (PATI) heralded the fifth edition of Jaipur Art Week, scheduled from 27 January to 3 February 2026. Widely regarded as one of India’s much-awaited and fastest-growing contemporary art platforms, Jaipur Art Week: … Continued

January 27-February 3, 2026

Multiple Locations, Jaipur

Stories in Whispering Groves: Stories in Whispering Groves

Bringing their curatorial vision KNMA’s Learning & Outreach programmes look at themes of ecology and sustainability, as lived, embodied, and culturally embedded practices, foregrounding diverse ways of knowing. This year’s collaboration with Anga Art Collective’s Stories in Whispering Groves has emerged organically. Anga’s practice is rooted in rivers, forests, material intelligence, and community-led pedagogy, closely … Continued

February 6, 2026

Learning Space, KNMA Booth India Art Fair, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India

The Other Story (Revisited): Group Show

Grosvenor Gallery presents The Other Story. First shown at the Hayward Gallery, London (29 November 1989 – 4 February 1990), The Other Story brought together artists of Asian, African, and Caribbean ancestry working in post-war Britain. Widely celebrated as a landmark moment, the exhibition confronted Britain’s colonial legacy and highlighted the contributions of artists who … Continued

December 11, 2025-February 6, 2026

Grosvenor Gallery, 35 Bury Street, St. James's, London, UK

BMW ART TALK | COLLABORATIVE CULTURAL ECONOMY

Supported by JSW and curated by independent researcher and curator Shaleen Wadhwana, the 2026 Talks Programme– Rising to Challenge, brings together artists, curators, thinkers, and cultural leaders to address the overarching question: What Makes Art Happen? Each panel responds to this question with a “challenge”— from long-standing issues of access, accountability and social difference, to … Continued

February 6, 2026 11:00 am — 12:30 pm

Auditorium, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India

Jorahaal: Lost in the Forest

Bringing their curatorial vision KNMA’s Learning & Outreach programmes look at themes of ecology and sustainability, as lived, embodied, and culturally embedded practices, foregrounding diverse ways of knowing. This year’s collaboration with Anga Art Collective’s kNOw School has emerged organically. Anga’s practice is rooted in rivers, forests, material intelligence, and community-led pedagogy, closely aligning with … Continued

February 6, 2026 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm

Learning Space, KNMA Booth India Art Fair, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India

JSW ART TALK | CHAMPIONING IT

Supported by JSW and curated by independent researcher and curator Shaleen Wadhwana, the 2026 Talks Programme– Rising to Challenge, brings together artists, curators, thinkers, and cultural leaders to address the overarching question: What Makes Art Happen? Each panel responds to this question with a “challenge”— from long-standing issues of access, accountability and social difference, to … Continued

February 6, 2026 12:30 pm — 1:30 pm

Auditorium, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India

UNPACKING ‘ORIGINALITY’ WITH A.I.

Supported by JSW and curated by independent researcher and curator, Shaleen Wadhwana, the 2026 Talks Programme– Rising to Challenge, brings together artists, curators, thinkers, and cultural leaders to address the overarching question: What Makes Art Happen? Each panel responds to this question with a “challenge”— from long-standing issues of access, accountability and social difference, to … Continued

February 6, 2026 1:30 pm — 2:30 pm

Auditorium, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India

Behte Badal | बहते बादल

Behte Badal is an open-ended space where children come together to participate in collective ecological memory. Like clouds drifting across the sky, thoughts arrive and stay for a while; some are observed by the conscious, some pass unnoticed. Emotional landscapes take shape through shared presence– held gently, and free to move on in their own … Continued

February 6, 2026 2:30 pm — 3:30 pm

Workshop, Learning Space, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India