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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
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Aharoni moves fluidly across sculpture, installation, furniture and language, yet remains anchored in a single pursuit: understanding how meaning travels through time, ritual and collective memory. Drawing from lived experience as much as from philosophy, he treats time not as a backdrop but as a material—non-linear, porous and alive—where past, present and presence coexist. Objects … Continued
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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
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For Hyderabad-based artist Farhin Afza, family archives are not inert records but living sites where memory, comfort, and violence collide
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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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In a modest home studio filled with art and nostalgia, Mohd. Intiyaz resurrects the lives of forgotten children. In these raw, unflinching portraits that reflect his own migrant past, every brushstroke becomes an act of remembrance and quiet rebellion against a world that looks away.
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Apply now to be part of our Art Tour Guides Training Programme designed and conducted by Shaleen Wadhwana. Become part of the Public Art Tours team during India Art Fair 2026 (IAF) and guide diverse audiences from across the globe. Learn from the IAF team’s vast experience! WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR? If you are: … Continued
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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
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Co-founders of the experimental pedagogical project, Shahana Rajani and Zahra Malkani tell us what it means to make work from within community life.
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In this BMW Artist Film, we meet conceptual artist Anita Dube, whose journey from art historian and critic has been marked by a commitment to personal expression, materiality, and a deep engagement with social histories.
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Against the grand architectural and cultural backdrop of Jaipur – India’s celebrated UNESCO World Heritage City – the Public Arts Trust of India (PATI) heralded the fifth edition of Jaipur Art Week, scheduled from 27 January to 3 February 2026. Widely regarded as one of India’s much-awaited and fastest-growing contemporary art platforms, Jaipur Art Week: … Continued
January 27-February 3, 2026
Multiple Locations, Jaipur
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This session is a practice-based exploration of memory as an active, embodied process. Beginning with sensation like sound, touch, movement, the workshop treats remembering as a form of making that unfolds across past, present, and imagined futures. As part of the ongoing Alchemy of Making inquiry, the body is approached as both receiver and generator: … Continued
February 3, 2026 3:00 pm — 5:00 pm
Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Todermal Road Area, Mandi House, New Delhi, India
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The Arts Quiz is conceived as an intellectually rich, fast paced, and visually immersive engagement with the global history of art. Curated and conducted by Aryapriya Ganguly, the quiz aims to celebrate the diversity, depth, and disruptive energies of the arts, spanning classical traditions to cutting edge 21st century practices. The quiz will traverse a … Continued
February 3, 2026 6:30 pm — 9:30 pm
Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Todermal Road Area, Mandi House, New Delhi, India
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Through this workshop, the artist will explore how a simple and easily available material—such as concrete—can be used to develop new possibilities in craft and art. Participants will learn how working with concrete can become a tool to express storytelling, personal ideas, and individual observations. Kapil Jangid has been working with concrete for the past … Continued
February 4, 2026 11:00 am — 2:00 pm
Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Todermal Road Area, Mandi House, New Delhi, India
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Supported by JSW and curated by independent researcher and curator Shaleen Wadhwana, the 2026 Talks Programme– Rising to Challenge, brings together artists, curators, thinkers, and cultural leaders to address the overarching question: What Makes Art Happen? Each panel responds to this question with a “challenge”— from long-standing issues of access, accountability and social difference, to … Continued
February 5, 2026 3:00 pm — 4:00 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India
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Grosvenor Gallery presents The Other Story. First shown at the Hayward Gallery, London (29 November 1989 – 4 February 1990), The Other Story brought together artists of Asian, African, and Caribbean ancestry working in post-war Britain. Widely celebrated as a landmark moment, the exhibition confronted Britain’s colonial legacy and highlighted the contributions of artists who … Continued
December 11, 2025-February 6, 2026
Grosvenor Gallery, 35 Bury Street, St. James's, London, UK
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A two-hour ceramic workshop that introduces participants to the kurinuki carving technique while engaging with ideas of objecthood, archives, and reverence. Through carving a solid block of clay, participants create a unique object/structure — a vessel for safekeeping fragments of their personal archives or an artefact of its own. The workshop draws from the exhibition … Continued
February 6, 2026 11:00 am — 1:00 pm
Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Todermal Road Area, Mandi House, New Delhi, India
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Inclusion Lab is programmed by Access for ALL and supported by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), as an open, non-judgemental, and accessible space. This edition brings inclusive art workshops for children and adults with varied needs, and for everyone keen to use art as therapy and as a medium of expression. The workshops are … Continued
February 6, 2026 11:30 am — 12:15 pm
Learning Space (Inclusion Lab), NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India
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Supported by JSW and curated by independent researcher and curator Shaleen Wadhwana, the 2026 Talks Programme– Rising to Challenge, brings together artists, curators, thinkers, and cultural leaders to address the overarching question: What Makes Art Happen? Each panel responds to this question with a “challenge”— from long-standing issues of access, accountability and social difference, to … Continued
February 6, 2026 11:30 am — 1:00 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India
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Inclusion Lab is programmed by Access for ALL and supported by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), as an open, non-judgemental, and accessible space. This edition brings inclusive art workshops for children and adults with varied needs, and for everyone keen to use art as therapy and as a medium of expression. The workshops are … Continued
February 6, 2026 12:20 pm — 1:00 pm
Learning Space (Inclusion Lab), NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India
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Supported by JSW and curated by independent researcher and curator, Shaleen Wadhwana, the 2026 Talks Programme– Rising to Challenge, brings together artists, curators, thinkers, and cultural leaders to address the overarching question: What Makes Art Happen? Each panel responds to this question with a “challenge”— from long-standing issues of access, accountability and social difference, to … Continued
February 6, 2026 1:00 pm — 2:00 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India
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Supported by JSW and curated by independent researcher and curator, Shaleen Wadhwana, the 2026 Talks Programme– Rising to Challenge, brings together artists, curators, thinkers, and cultural leaders to address the overarching question: What Makes Art Happen? Each panel responds to this question with a “challenge”— from long-standing issues of access, accountability and social difference, to … Continued
February 6, 2026 2:00 pm — 3:00 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India
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Curated by LAND (Learning through Arts, Narrative and Discourse), a pedagogical research lab, and supported by KNMA (Kiran Nadar Museum of Art), these sessions are open to all and designed for one-on-one engagement. The sessions will be led by artists, including our Artists-in-Residence, and educators. Behte Badal is an open-ended space where children come together … Continued
February 6, 2026 2:30 pm — 3:30 pm
Workshop, Learning Space, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India
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Supported by JSW and curated by independent researcher and curator, Shaleen Wadhwana, the 2026 Talks Programme– Rising to Challenge, brings together artists, curators, thinkers, and cultural leaders to address the overarching question: What Makes Art Happen? Each panel responds to this question with a “challenge”— from long-standing issues of access, accountability and social difference, to … Continued
February 6, 2026 3:00 pm — 4:30 pm
Auditorium, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India
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Bringing their curatorial vision KNMA’s Learning & Outreach programmes look at themes of ecology and sustainability, as lived, embodied, and culturally embedded practices, foregrounding diverse ways of knowing. This year’s collaboration with Anga Art Collective’s kNOw School has emerged organically. Anga’s practice is rooted in rivers, forests, material intelligence, and community-led pedagogy, closely aligning with … Continued
February 6, 2026 3:30 pm — 4:30 pm
Learning Space, KNMA Booth India Art Fair, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India
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Curated by LAND (Learning through Arts, Narrative and Discourse), a pedagogical research lab, and supported by KNMA (Kiran Nadar Museum of Art), these sessions are open to all and designed for one-on-one engagement. The sessions will be led by artists, including our Artists-in-Residence, and educators. This workshop invites participants into a gentle somatic drawing practice … Continued
February 6, 2026 4:00 pm — 5:30 pm
Workshop, Learning Space, NSIC Grounds, New Delhi, India
