Artists We’re Still Thinking About from the MSU Baroda Annual Show

TEXT:  YUKTI V. AGARWAL On a characteristically sultry, overwhelmingly humid day, armed with a flask of ice-cold water and a few protein bars, we attempted to navigate what felt like an impossible amount of art in a single visit. Across studios, classrooms, corridors, and exhibition spaces, we encountered an astonishing range of practices: works grappling … Continued

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.

Walking Root Route: Monali Meher

LATITUDE 28 presents Walking Root Route, a solo exhibition by Monali Meher, featuring recent works across sculpture, installation, drawing, textile, photography, video, and participatory practice. Continuing Meher’s exploration of ecology, migration, memory, labour, and the relationship between people and place, the exhibition reflects on how movement, environmental change, and cultural exchange shape landscapes, identities, and … Continued

July 31-August 17, 2026

LATITUDE 28, Defence Colony, New Delhi

Fire & Form: Keshari Nandan Prasad

108 Art Projects presents Fire & Form, curated by Uma Nair, a solo exhibition of Keshari Nandan Prasad’s thirty recent stoneware works, offering a focused view of a ceramic practice that has evolved over more than thirty-five years. The exhibition presents vessels, platters, sculptural forms, and a monumental stoneware work inspired by the landscapes, textures, … Continued

11-18 August, 2026

108 Art Projects at Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi

In the Viewing Room: Group Show

Kalakriti Art Gallery presents In the Viewing Room, a curated display featuring fifteen artists working across painting, sculpture, mixed media, and installation. The artworks foreground unexpected conversations between materials, forms, and ideas. Rather than centering a singular theme, it creates a dynamic field of exchange, offering visitors a compelling glimpse into contemporary Indian and international … Continued

June 19-August 18, 2026

Kalakriti Art Gallery, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

A Special Viewing of Works: Ann Carrington

Kalakriti Art Gallery, in collaboration with Tara Art, presents a special viewing of works by internationally renowned artist Ann Carrington. Bringing together sculptural works created from discarded everyday objects, the presentation highlights Carrington’s distinctive practice of transforming familiar materials into intricate forms that reconsider ideas of value, beauty, and function. Through her inventive use of … Continued

June 19-August 18, 2026

Kalakriti Art Gallery, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Liminal Threshold: Sumit Sarkar

Kalakriti Art Gallery presents Liminal Threshold, a solo exhibition by Sumit Sarkar, curated by Ruchi Sharma. The exhibition explores memory, imagination, and the shifting boundaries between the familiar and the unknown. Through domestic objects, symbolic imagery, and mythological references, Sarkar reflects on personal and collective histories, tracing how emotions, experiences, and cultural memories continue to … Continued

June 19-August 18, 2026

Kalakriti Art Gallery, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad

Cast The First Stone: Chandraguptha Thenuwara

Saskia Fernando Gallery presents Cast The First Stone, Chandraguptha Thenuwara’s annual memorial exhibition. The exhibition continues Thenuwara’s sustained engagement with Sri Lanka’s sociopolitical landscape, while underscoring the urgent need for accountability and meaningful political action. With an emphasis on gender-based violence, interrogates the hypocrisy of moral righteousness and the inadequacies of legislative frameworks that continue … Continued

July 24-August 19, 2026

Saskia Fernando Gallery, Srilanka

Worlds Within Cloth: New Orders of Woven Making

The Ministry of Textiles presents Worlds Within Cloth: New Orders of Woven Making at the National Crafts Museum, New Delhi, curated by Sreyansi Singh. Bringing together contemporary textile artists, garment-makers and craft collectives, the exhibition reimagines textiles beyond material or object, revealing the social histories, political realities and collaborative practices woven into every thread. Through … Continued

6-19 August, 2026

Ministry of Textiles at Virasat Hall, National Crafts Museum & Hastkala Academy, New Delhi

Kaleidoscope of Perceptions: Arjuna Gunarathne

Saskia Fernando Gallery presents Kaleidoscope of Perceptions, a solo show by Arjuna Gunarathne. The exhibition offers multiple readings of the immigrant experience, transforming London’s geography into an emotional and psychological landscape. His paintings imagine the landscape as a place of refuge and quiet belonging, standing in contrast to the city’s sense of isolation—distanced from community, … Continued

July 31-August 20, 2026

Saskia Fernando Gallery, Colombo, Srilanka

The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection

KNMA in collaboration with Christie’s presents The Meeting Ground is curated by Akansha Rastogi with Preeti Bahadur, Avijna Bhattacharya, Premjish Achari, and Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi. Bringing together modern and contemporary art alongside folk and indigenous practices from South Asia, the exhibition traces dialogues across artistic traditions from the 1950s to the present. Through works by … Continued

July 16-August 21, 2026

KNMA at Christie’s London

Inward: Harpreet Narula

Art Explore presents Inward, the first solo exhibition by Harpreet Narula, curated by Vikram Singh. Featuring Narula’s new body of abstract paintings, they draw from three enduring traditions: the painted walls of Rajasthan and Punjab, the structural language of the loom, and the meditative act of repetition. The paintings, through thousands of deliberate marks, unfold … Continued

3-21 August, 2026

Art Explore, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi

Contextures: RMA and The Practice of Embedded Architecture

TARQ presents Contextures, curated by Ranjit Hoskote, focusing on six institutional projects by RMA Architects, led by principal founder-architect and urban designer Rahul Mehrotra. The exhibition brings together plans, drawings, photographs, and models in an accessible display format that brings the nuances of institutional design to the forefront. The six projects explore Rahul Mehrotra’s sustained … Continued

July 15-August 21, 2026

TARQ, Fort, Mumbai

On the Threshold of Time: Future Tense : Group Show

Art Heritage presents On the Threshold of Time: Future Tense, a group exhibition bringing together four artists whose practices traverse diverse mediums, from oil on canvas and watercolour on paper to textile-based and mixed-media sculptural forms. While rooted in distinct material languages, the works engage with shared concerns around memory, psychology, ecology and labour. Together, … Continued

July 3-August 22, 2026

Art Heritage, Tansen Marg, Mandi House, New Delhi

Empire Of Irony: Group Show

Art Incept presents Empire of Irony, curated by Rahul Kumar, bringing together the works of six contemporary artists—Debajit R. Paul, Degala Chinnarao, Gargi Chandola, Hardev Chauhan, Ravi Chunchula, and Sanjeeva Rao Guthi. Through satire, symbolism, and incisive visual language, their practices probe the contradictions that define contemporary life.Traversing the personal and the political, the exhibition … Continued

July 24-August 22, 2026

Art Incept, Gurugram

Shape of My Heart: Nidhi Mariam Jacob

KYNKYNY Art Gallery presents Shape of My Heart, a solo show by Nidhi Mariam Jacob. The exhibition is a collection of paintings that emerged from the artist’s journey through grief, remembrance, and transformation following the passing of her mother, Helen Elizabeth Jacob. Dedicated to her mother, the artworks stand as a testament to the profound … Continued

July 24-August 22, 2026

KYNKYNY Art Gallery, Bangalore

Momentum: Group Show

079|STORIES, in collaboration with Interspace, presents Momentum, a group exhibition featuring works by 10 artists: Aman Kumar, Anshu Kumari, Ishita Patel, Jaimini Jariwala, Manaswini Balekkala, Shashikanta Mohanty, Shruti Parekh, Simran Yagyik, Soumen Ray, and Vatsya Padia. Through drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, quilting, and sculpture, the exhibition explores ideas of change, growth, and persistence. Curated by … Continued

7-23 August, 2026

079|STORIES, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad

Holiday Homework: Group Show

Method Delhi presents Holiday Homework, a LOAM exhibition supported by the Ardee Foundation. Bringing together 18 artists across diverse practices, the exhibition foregrounds works that engage with care, play, pedagogy, and memory. These artists, active within the contemporary art ecosystem, turn to childhood as a critical space that shapes perception and imagination. Their works resist … Continued

July 19-August 23, 2026

Method, Defence Colony, New Delhi