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Archives of Resistance: The Panjeri Artists’ Union and the Assemblage of Anti-Caste Art

The Panjeri Artists’ Union is an anti-caste art collective based in Banipur, West Bengal, through their project, ‘Assemblies of Hope Amidst the Death-Worlds: A 100-Day Work Proposition’, which is a central highlight of the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2025–2026). This project, set up at the front of the main venue, Aspinwall House, is an ‘assemblage’ that […]

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Latest Exhibition in Delhi is ‘Print Age’: A Landmark Survey of Printmaking in the Era of AI

Coinciding with the 17th edition of the India Art Fair, Dhoomimal Gallery, under the direction of Uday and Sunaina Jain, presents Print Age—a major survey exhibition exploring the evolution and endurance of printmaking in the age of artificial intelligence. The exhibition opens to the public on February 4, 2026, and runs until March 15, 2026, at

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RITES by Alida Sun Set to Open at Method Delhi: A Parallel to India Art Fair 2026

Method Delhi will present RITES, a solo exhibition by Berlin– and New York–based artist and technologist Alida Sun, on view from 31 January to 15 March 2026. Coinciding with the India Art Fair as an official Parallel event, the exhibition explores the intersections of code, ritual, embroidery, mirrorwork, and computational heritage through a lens of care, solidarity, and resistance. At

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Three Critical Exhibitions at Emami Art Interrogate Eastern India’s Creative Practices

Kolkata’s Emami Art launched three significant exhibitions in January 2026, each offering distinct but complementary perspectives on artistic production, inheritance, and material transformation. Together, they constitute a substantial institutional statement on contemporary creativity in Eastern India. Convergences: A Shared Ground — Lineages, Practices, Futures Running through February 14 at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity’s First

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Kahaani: Dilli Ki to Celebrate the Living Soul of the Capital at Travancore Palace

Delhi’s cultural calendar is set to welcome a new marquee event this February with the inaugural edition of Kahaani: Dilli Ki, a two-day festival devoted to the capital’s layered spirit, history, and living heritage. Scheduled for 14 and 15 February 2026 at the Travancore Palace, the festival has been curated and conceptualised by Sara Abdullah Pilot and Aishwarya Jha of

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The Art and History of Japanese Erotica

The Japanese approach to sexuality has historically differed greatly from that of Europe, where sexual expression was often framed within religious or heroic narratives. In contrast, Japanese art embraced a more open, humorous, and consensual depiction of sexuality, particularly through the genre of shunga, which literally means “spring pictures.” These erotic artworks, popular during the

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The Impact of Parametric Architecture on Modern Urban Landscapes

Paramentric Design Architecture Influences Somehow, parametric design architecture is understood to bring a revolutionary change in terms of perception from the constructionthat we were building. Forming a part of the wider discipline of computational architecture, it proposes a next generation of ingenious and intricate structures generated with the aid of high end computation related to

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The Ghosts Who Sing: Melancholy as Resistance in Jompet Kuswidananto’s ‘Ghost Ballad’

At the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2025–26), Indonesian artist Jompet Kuswidananto presents ‘Ghost Ballad,’ a site-specific installation at Pepper House, marking the journey from dictatorship to democracy and bringing together once-thriving, banned music and performances. The work uses his signature objects of ‘bodiless’ figures to gather the fractured chronology of Indonesia, acting as a bridge between

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Valentino Garavani, Iconic Italian Fashion Designer, Dies at 93

Valentino Garavani, the legendary Italian couturier known for his signature “Valentino Red” gowns and dressing royalty and celebrities, passed away on January 19, 2026, at his Rome residence surrounded by loved ones. He was 93 years old, with no official cause of death disclosed, though reports suggest natural causes given his age.​ Early Life and

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