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Shared Epic Worlds at Sunder Nursery Explores Centuries of Indo-Iranian Exchange

Exhibitions /
Shared Epic Worlds

“Shared Epic Worlds: The Shahnameh, the Mahabharata, and the Indo-Persian Imagination,” currently on view at Sunder Nursery, is not simply an exhibition about two great epics. It is about movement—of stories, manuscripts, images, languages, and ideas across centuries of interaction between Iran and India. Against the backdrop of current geopolitical tensions, the Iran Culture House […]

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Prairie Ark: Büro Ziyu Zhuang lands a saucer-like gallery on Mongolia

Architecture /
Prairie Ark: Büro Ziyu Zhuang lands a saucer-like gallery on Inner Mongolia

Büro Ziyu Zhuang has completed Prairie Ark, a public gallery on the shores of Lake Laoli in the Ulanchabu Steppes of Inner Mongolia, about 160 kilometres west of Beijing. The building reads like a flying saucer that has come to rest on the grasslands, lower and more horizontal than a conventional museum. Studio founder Ziyu

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300 Women Turn a Spanish Street into a Summer Canopy

craft & Handmade /
300 Women Turn a Spanish Street into a Summer Shade Sculpture

In Alhaurín de la Torre, a group of local women turned crochet into climate infrastructure, creating a 60-meter handmade canopy that shades the town’s main shopping street and has helped lower summer temperatures by about 10 degrees Fahrenheit. The project, begun in 2019, has become both a functional cooling measure and a public artwork stitched

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Stitching Memory, Repairing History: Georgina Maxim at the Venice Biennale

Interview, Venice Biennale 2026 /

The presence of Zimbabwe-based mixed-media textile artist Georgina Maxim at the Venice Biennale paves the way for discussions about Global South art and the political contexts in which artists from the Global South advocate. Georgina Maxim blends more than ten years of curatorial and arts administration experience with a unique artistic practice. Maxim is also

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In – Equal Measure Explores Time, Perception, and Social Hierarchies

Exhibitions /
Aditya Krishnamurthy _ Monday _ Acrylic on wood panel _ 48 x 48 in _ 2025

Akar Prakar, New Delhi, presents In – Equal Measure, a two-person exhibition featuring Aditya Krishnamurthy and Supriyo Karmakar, on view from 30 May to 27 June 2026. The curated note is penned by Siddhi Shailendra. The exhibition unfolds as a contemplative inquiry into perception, structure, and the meanings that emerge in the spaces we often overlook.

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Colours of Maati Brings Contemporary Mithila Craft to Bengaluru

craft & Handmade, Exhibitions /
Colours of Maati

Bengaluru is set to host a significant gathering at the intersection of craft, culture, and contemporary design with Colours of Maati, a two-day immersive showcase by MAATI – The Crafts School, taking place on 5–6 June 2026 at the historic Flat Roof Building, SABHA. Presented by the Mithila Art & Artisan Transformative Initiative (MAATI) and supported

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sā Ladakh Biennale Announces Inaugural 2026 Edition, “Signals from Another Star”

Biennales /

The inaugural edition of the sā Ladakh Biennale, titled Signals from Another Star, will take place from 1–10 August 2026 across the high-altitude landscapes of Ladakh, marking a significant new entry into the global biennale circuit. Positioned at over 3,000 metres, the event is being framed as the world’s highest regenerative art biennale, unfolding across eight

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