Reading Marginality: Decoding Palani Kumar’s Photo Activism

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Photography has always remained a “photojournalistic” or “news photography” medium. However, Palani Kumar, a Tamil photographer and activist who used photography to document and elevate disadvantaged voices, sees it as more than its aesthetic value. Through Palani Kumar’s efforts, underprivileged populations are becoming more visible. The neglected lives of marginalised and sometimes voiceless members of […]

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Chitra Ganesh’s Show Journey to the Great Below is a Revelation

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At the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, Chitra Ganesh’s first major UK solo exhibition turns descent into a way of thinking. Journey to the Great Below uses Mesopotamian and South Asian visual histories to unsettle linear time and open up a speculative, queer, and feminist imagination. Curated by Emma Dean, the exhibition unfolds

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Christie’s Mumbai Preview Brings South Asian Modern Masters Back Into Focus

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Christie’s is bringing a tightly curated preview of South Asian Modern + Contemporary Art to Mumbai from 5 to 9 August 2026, giving collectors and the public a first look at highlights from its forthcoming New York auction on 16 September. The presentation arrives on the back of a strong season for Christie’s South Asian

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Carrying Light Forward: Kunal Rohatgi on Craft, Scale, and Legacy

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Kunal Rohatgi represents the third generation of Fos Lighting, a legacy brand rooted in Chandni Chowk since 1950. With a background in engineering from Ohio State and early professional experience at Toyota and Pfizer, Rohatgi brings a strong foundation in operational discipline and quality systems to the family business, which he now runs alongside his

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(Re)claiming Rights of Render(ing): An Exhibition on Digital art in Delhi

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At Bikaner House this August, NewArtX and curator-writer Manan Shah present (Re)claiming Rights of Render(ing), an exhibition that makes a clear argument: digital art is not a lesser, colder or secondary form, but a serious extension of artistic practice in the 21st century. On view from August 7 to 13, with a preview on August

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Slow Time: Pooja Chamudiya’s ceramics linger in the space between fire and form

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Six Continuum and Cultivate Art present Slow Time, an intimate exhibition of new ceramics by Mumbai-based artist Pooja Chamudiya, on view from July 31 to August 28, 2026, at Six Continuum in Prabhadevi. The show traces Chamudiya’s evolving relationship with clay through works shaped by handbuilding, coiling, firing and the quiet, cumulative logic of making.

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Abandoned: Latika Katt’s final sculptures on View in Delhi

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Gallery Threshold’s Abandoned brings together the final body of work by Latika Katt (1948–2025), one of modern Indian sculpture’s most singular voices. On view from July 28 to September 12, 2026, the exhibition feels less like a retrospective gesture than a closing movement: a last, concentrated encounter with an artist who spent her life making

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Empire Of Irony: a Group Show in Delhi Turns Satire into Critique

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Empire Of Irony brings together a group of artists, namely Debajit R Paul, Degala Chinnarao, Gargi Chandola, Hardev Chauhan, Ravi Chunchula and Sanjeeva Rao Guthi in a show curated by Rahul Kumar at Art Incept, Gurugram. On view till August 22, the exhibition uses satire, parody, exaggeration and dark humour to examine the absurdities of

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Sona Reddy’s Rooted exhibition at Mumbai Turns Nature into Collectible Design

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sona reddy’s rooted exhibition

Hyderabad-based architect and designer Sona Reddy presents Rooted at 47-A, Mumbai, a solo exhibition that brings together furniture, textiles and objects inspired by the forms, colours and rhythms of nature. On view from July 24 to August 16, the exhibition reflects her layered, sculptural approach to architecture, interiors and collectible design, and unfolds as a

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