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A Story of South Asian Art: Mrinalini Mukherjee and Her Circle

October 31, 2025-February 24, 2026

The Jillian and Arthur M. Sackler Wing of Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Mrinalini Mukherjee and works in progress at her garage studio. New Friends Colony, New Delhi, c.1985. Courtesy of Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation and Asia Art Archive. Photo: Ranjit Singh

The Royal Academy of Arts presents A Story of South Asian Art: Mrinalini Mukherjee and Her Circle, a group exhibition telling the story of Indian artist Mrinalini Mukherjee (1949–2015) through a constellation of people and places that informed her practice. For the first time, a body of Mukherjee’s work is shown alongside that of some of her key mentors, friends and family. Featuring approximately 100 works that trace a century, including sculpture, painting, drawing, textiles, ceramics and printmaking, the exhibition explores how these close relationships, shared learning, and support for one another shaped not just individual careers, but formed a vibrant creative and intellectual network that influenced the trajectory of modern and contemporary art in South Asia.

Find out more about the show here.