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