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.

Kaghaz Ki Kashti – Retracing Memories of Boyhood: Rajesh Ram

Palette Art Gallery in collaboration with Bihar Museum presents Kaghaz Ki Kashti – Retracing Memories of Boyhood, a major retrospective exhibition by acclaimed contemporary sculptor Rajesh Ram. Drawing from deeply personal memories of his childhood in rural Jharkhand, the exhibition brings together an extensive body of work that traces Ram’s artistic journey from village life … Continued

August 7-September 7, 2026

Palette Art Gallery at Bihar Museum, Patna, Bihar

Dawn of an Age: Group Show

Dhoomimal Gallery presents Dawn of an Age: Art, Witness, and the Making of Independent South Asia, a group exhibition, featuring artists Chittaprosad, Zainul Abedin, Somnath Hore, Sushil Sarkar, Sailoz Mookherjea, V.S. Adurkar, B.C. and Sanyal. The exhibition traces six decades of artistic witness, resilience, and visual identity from the birth of modern South Asia. Drawn … Continued

August 8-September 8, 2026

Dhoomimal Gallery, G-42, Connaught Place, New Delhi, India

A Soliloquist’s Journal: Rinku Choudhary

Art Incept presents A Soliloquist’s Journal, a solo exhibition by Rinku Choudhary, curated by Prima Kurien. The exhibition brings together her recent body of paintings, unfolding at the pace of remembered rather than observed moments. These works do not depict a scene as much as recall one—fragmented, uneven, and intimate, much like memory itself. Choudhary’s … Continued

4-9 September, 2026

Art Incept at Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, New Delhi

Kani: Garden as First Sight: Roy K John

Gallerie Splash presents Kani: Garden as First Sight, a solo exhibition of Kerala-based artist Roy K John, curated by Satyajit Dave. The exhibition explores the garden as a dynamic space of memory, perception, and transformation. Rooted in the cultural conceptualization of Kani—the auspicious, intentional first sight of beauty, abundance, and hope tradition offers at dawn—the … Continued

6-10 September, 2026

Gallerie Splash at Main Art Gallery, Bikaner House, New Delhi

The Mark of the Matrix: Impressions from Contemporary Indian Printmaking: Group Show

Artisera presents The Mark of the Matrix: Impressions from Contemporary Indian Printmaking, a group exhibition featuring eleven contemporary Indian printmakers from across the country. Bringing together works by senior, mid-career, and emerging artists, the exhibition celebrates the breadth and diversity of printmaking through techniques including woodcut, etching, lithography, serigraphy, and aquatint. Alongside the artworks, The … Continued

August 8-September 10, 2026

Artisera, Bangalore, Karnataka

The Light Fell Differently Here: Group Show

Gallery Dotwalk presents The Light Fell Differently Here, bringing together works by artists who have participated in the Dotwalk Ajitara Art Residency (DAAR). The exhibition reflects on how time spent in a particular place can subtly reshape an artist’s perception, attention and way of seeing. Rather than proposing a shared aesthetic, it brings together diverse … Continued

August 21-September 11, 2026

Gallery Dotwalk, Defence Colony, New Delhi

Abandoned: Latika Katt

Threshold presents Abandoned, the last body of work Latika Katt completed before her passing last year. The exhibition comprises a group of sculptures, each beginning as a bronze cast from a wax modelled by the artist before being mounted within larger stones, much like a gem set in gold or silver, or a relic housed … Continued

July 28-September 12, 2026

Threshold, New Delhi

I am your Neighbour, I am your lover, I am: Rewati Shahani

Blueprint12 in collaboration with Cultivate Art, presents I am your Neighbour, I am your Lover, a solo exhibition by Rewati Shahani. Featuring a new body of work, the exhibition reflects on contemporary realities exploring questions of belonging, solidarity, and collective care. Responding to the growing challenges faced by dissenting voices and the social impact of … Continued

August 6-September 12, 2026

Blueprint12, New Delhi

Close | Far: Lean In, Step Back: Group Show

Sameksha Art Gallery presents Close | Far – Lean In, Step Back, a group exhibition curated by Yamini Telkar, featuring works by Kavita Nayyar, Vanita Gupta, Savya Jain, and Aman Kumar Bavaria. Emerging from an ongoing dialogue between the artists and curator, the exhibition explores what it means to be a contemporary artist today and … Continued

August 8-September 12, 2026

Sameksha, Sanatan: IILM Centre for Arts & Ideas, New Delhi

MUL: The Origin: Group Show

Gondwana Art Project, in collaboration with Art Connect, presents MUL: The Origin, a group exhibition exploring the roots of tribal art from Central India and the traditions that continue to shape these living practices. The exhibition reflects the deep connections between art, nature, community, storytelling, ritual, and inherited knowledge. Drawing on established symbols, narratives, and … Continued

10-13 September, 2026

Gondwana Art Project & Art Connect at Spirit Connect, Film Nagar, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Khalid Amin Khatri

47 A presents Looking Back, Looking Forward, a show exploring Ajrakh mastery through the work of master craftsman-turned-artist Khalid Amin Khatri. The exhibition reframes craft as authorial art, tracing Kachchh’s traditions into contemporary practice and the modern artist as custodian of tradition. Khalid expands Ajrakh through natural dye painting, brushwork, overprinting and erasure. Developed over … Continued

August 22-September 13, 2026

47 A, Khotachiwadi, Mumbai

Rooted Impressions: Group Show

Gallery Ragini presents Rooted Impressions, a group exhibition bringing together fourteen artists from diverse folk and tribal traditions across India. Working through inherited visual languages shaped by generations of storytelling, ritual and craftsmanship, the artists transform mythology, everyday life, landscapes and lived experience into powerful expressions of cultural memory. While deeply rooted in tradition, these … Continued

August 7-September 15, 2026

Gallery Ragini, Lado Sarai, New Delhi

Where the Flowers Keep Their Counsel: Aishwaryan K.

Gallerie Splash presents Where the Flowers Keep Their Counsel, Aishwaryan K.’s first solo exhibition in the Delhi NCR, curated by Satyajit Dave. Bringing together drawings and works on wasli and elephant dung paper, the exhibition explores memory, childhood play, botanical forms, queer experience, and everyday life in Bengaluru. Together, the works offer an intimate view … Continued

August 22-September 15, 2026

Gallerie Splash, Gurgaon, Haryana

Hola Mohalla: Sanjay Das

Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh, and the Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi present Hola Mohalla, a photography exhibition curated by Dr. Seema Bhalla, featuring photographs by Sanjay Das. Celebrating the spirit, energy, and cultural traditions of the iconic Sikh festival, the exhibition uses striking monochrome images to engage with Le Corbusier’s architecture, creating a compelling … Continued

July 27-September 15, 2026

Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

Paradise Promised: Group Show

The Knowledge Convergence Foundation (TKCF), founded by collector and art advisor Teesta Bhandare, presents Paradise Promised, an exhibition marking the culmination of its inaugural multidisciplinary and multi-generational residency in Salogra, Himachal Pradesh. The exhibition brings together works created by participating artists in response to the residency and its central theme, alongside works by artists who … Continued

12-16 September, 2026

Teesta Bhandare, the Knowledge Convergence Foundation (TKCF) at Bikaner House, New Delhi

Where do I Pause?: Raj Chowdhury

Trace Gallery, Kolkata presents Where Do I Pause?, their inaugural exhibition by Raj Chowdhury. The exhibition explores the artist’s reflections on fear, hope, memory, and uncertainty following his time in the ICU. Through layered compositions that weave together personal experiences, contemporary events, philosophy, and everyday observations, Where Do I Pause? Is an introspective exploration of … Continued

July 20-September 16, 2026

Trace Gallery, Kolkata