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Art Mumbai 2026 Opens Today: 94 Galleries, Global Debuts and Mumbai’s Biggest Art Fair

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Art Mumbai 2026 opens today, November 12, at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse, bringing 94 Indian and international galleries, major private collections, sculpture, performances and public programming to Mumbai. The fourth edition of India’s leading modern and contemporary art fair runs until November 15, 2026. A bigger edition for India’s art market This year’s fair has expanded […]

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After the Last Mill: Himil H. Ramani Discusses Ends in Architecture

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In 2026, the last working textile mill in Byculla closed. With it, Mumbai lost the final trace of the industry that once shaped the city. Ends in Architecture, a video work by architect and researcher Himil H. Ramani, was filmed inside this same facility. It is now projected onto the mill’s abandoned walls, next to

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Arpita Singh’s Paintings Turns the Mirror to the Viewers 

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As an artist, we seldom interrogate our themes. Sometimes, we are eclipsed by our emotions which take over our canvas, engendering our lives and our backgrounds. However, some artists simply reflect the state of the ‘self.’ One of those artist is Arpita Singh. Arpita Singh artworks boast simple themes. To her, however, you interpret her

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From Villa Anantya to GOMA HQ: Nayan Shah’s Context-Driven Design

Architecture, D-Talks, Design /

In an industry that often celebrates the loud and the monumental, Nayan Shah, founder of the Mumbai-based studio Palindrome Spaces, prefers a different frequency. Since establishing the firm in 2018, Shah has been quietly refining a design language where light, proportion, and memory take center stage, recalibrating the rhythms of daily life without ever “shouting

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Google Arts & Culture Partners With India’s Ministry of Culture to Digitise National Heritage

Culture & Heritage /

Google Arts & Culture has partnered with India’s Ministry of Culture to digitise and present the country’s cultural heritage to audiences in India and abroad. The agreement will make monuments, manuscripts, museum collections and traditional art forms more discoverable through digital platforms. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on 5 November 2026 at a

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One Museum Visit a Month Could Improve Health, New Report Finds

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Spending just 60 minutes in a museum or art gallery each month may lower stress, reduce depression risk, ease loneliness and support healthier ageing, according to a new report by UK arts charity Art Fund, developed with University College London professor Daisy Fancourt. The report proposes a “Recommended Dose of Art” (RDA): at least one

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C Douglas, NN Rimzon Selected for Keralam’s Raja Ravi Varma Awards

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Contemporary artist C Douglas and sculptor NN Rimzon have been chosen for Keralam’s Raja Ravi Varma Awards for 2023 and 2024 respectively, the state government announced in Thiruvananthapuram. Tourism, Culture and Cinema Minister PC Vishnunath made the announcement at a press conference. The Raja Ravi Varma Award is Keralam’s highest honour in the visual arts,

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Sold for Rs 265 Crore: How a Sacred Nepali Bronze Ended Up at a Hong Kong Auction

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A 12th-century Newar Manjushri has become the most expensive Himalayan gilt-bronze ever sold at auction. The price celebrates Kathmandu’s master casters. It also reopens questions about how such objects left Nepal, and who has a say in where they go next. A record in Hong Kong On 30 October 2026, a gilt-copper figure of Manjushri,

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Patna’s Bihar Museum ranks 9th in the world, ahead of the Met and the Louvre

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The Bihar Museum in Patna has been ranked ninth among the world’s best museums in 2026, placing it above New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre in Paris. The ranking comes from Germany-based travel guide Worth a Journey, whose World’s 100 Best Museums 2026 list was reported on October 28. The Met sits

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Deepa Shyam Turns the Dot into a World in Circular Scatter — गर्रा (Garra)

Exhibitions /

Deepa Shyam’s first solo exhibition, Circular Scatter — गर्रा (Garra), curated by Georgina Maddox, has opened at Kalamkaar Gallery, Bikaner House, New Delhi, on 29 October 2026 and remains on view until 3 November. The opening was graced by Ashok Vajpeyi as Guest of Honour. A debut with a lineage Shyam is the wife of

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