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Creators move from their homes to build their creative careers beyond their homelands. As they become inevitable nomadic diasporic representatives, how do they straddle these hyphenated identities? Artists Anoushka Mirchandani and Sagarika Sundaram along with curator-writer, Shaunak Mahbubani and gallerist Rajiv Kannan Menon, PhD, speak with curator Jasmine Wahi to unpack the intersection of home … Continued
February 7, 2025 11:30 am — 12:30 pm
Auditorium, India Art Fair Grounds
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Today, the collaborative relationship between philanthropy and international institution-building ensures a movement away from the dominant Global-North’ eurocentric lens in the global arts and culture ecosystem. This panel brings together Sangita Jindal (President, ART India & Chairperson of the JSW Foundation, India & Hampi Art Labs, India), Emiko Usui (Deputy Director & Chief Experience Officer, … Continued
February 7, 2025 12:30 pm — 1:30 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds
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Arts educators now face the balancing act of decolonising curricula by bringing in narratives from the lens of age, caste, class, religion, sexuality, region and gender. This ensures that inclusivity and diversity become a reality for learners across the world. Pedagogues Dr. Padmini Ray Murray (Founder, Design Beku), Prof. Sarover Zaidi (Associate Professor of Practice, … Continued
February 7, 2025 1:30 pm — 2:30 pm
Auditorium, India Art Fair Grounds
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Art galleries and gallerists are artists’ support systems and fertile grounds for non-institutionalised public education in the arts. Gallerists Abhay Maskara (Gallery Maskara, Mumbai), Richa Agarwal (EMAMI ART, Kolkata), Renu Modi (Gallery Espace, Delhi), and Saskia Fernando (PRSFG, Colombo) speak with independent curator Pujan Gandhi to address how galleries advocate for global and local engagement, … Continued
February 7, 2025 2:30 pm — 3:30 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds
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In a polarised world, artists allow us to see beyond the surface level – to think more deeply and be challenged, and to create spaces for kinship and solidarity across borders and generations. In keeping track of how the world has evolved, artists punctuate these moments with their art and bridge cultural ecosystems which is … Continued
February 7, 2025 3:30 pm — 4:30 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds
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With architect Rajiv Saini (Founder, Rajiv Saini & Associates), philanthropist & entrepreneur Tarini Jindal Handa (Founder, æquō Gallery) and gallerist Loïc Le Gaillard (Co-Founder, Carpenters Workshop Gallery), we unpack how the DNA of their organisations delve deeper into local artisanal growth and advocate for their recognition, as art and design converge. Megha Kapoor (Independent Editor … Continued
February 7, 2025 4:30 pm — 5:30 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds
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This talk spotlights how the rising prominence of the Global Majority, comprising more than 80 per cent of the world’s population, with roots in Indigenous, African, Asian and Latin American cultures, impacts the changing arts and culture ecosystem. Dr. Simon Njami (Independent Curator, Lecturer, Art Critic & Novelist, Switzerland/Cameroon), Sharmini Pereira (Chief Curator, Museum of … Continued
February 8, 2025 11:30 am — 12:45 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds
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This conversation examines how grassroots organisations outside privileged urbane centres are bringing deeper changes through community-led initiatives. Palani Kumar (Photographer & Curator, Chronicles of the Tides: Migration, Conflict, and Climate, Tamil Nadu), along with Mahalakshmi (Photographer-Artist, Tamil Nadu), Mallika Das Sutar (Co-Founder, Chander Haat, Sarsuna, West Bengal), Dipti Tamang (Co-Founder, Confluence Collective, Kalimpong, West Bengal), … Continued
February 8, 2025 12:45 pm — 2:00 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds
