Sagarika Sundaram’s Reservoir in Leeds: Felt Becomes Monumental Sculpture

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Sagarika Sundaram, 'Blue Mountain' 2026, dyed wool, steel. Courtesy the artist, Henry Moore Institute and Alison Jacques, London. Photo: Minyung Im.

This autumn, one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary sculpture has taken over the galleries at Henry Moore Institute in Leeds. Sagarika Sundaram: Reservoir runs from 30 September 2026 to 10 January 2027 and marks the New York–based Indian artist’s first museum exhibition and her first institutional solo show in Europe. Built from hand-dyed […]

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Finland’s Oodi: A Library Designed for Community

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Helsinki Central Library Oodi, situated in front of the Finnish Parliament is a public “living room” whose architecture is choreographed around democracy, everyday life and the changing idea of what a library should be. ALA Architects have designed it in service of access, openness and shared civic life.​ Site, symbol and first impression Oodi occupies

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Indian Modernism at Frieze Masters 2026

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At Frieze Masters 2026, Indian Modernism offers a complex, transnational history in its own right. The fair—running at The Regent’s Park, London, from 14–18 October foregrounds overlooked twentieth-century practices, including a rare international presentation of work by modern India’s abstractionist Ganesh Haloi. Spanning works from the mid-1950s through the 1970s, the presentation traces a pivotal

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KNMA Dance Festival 2026 Brings 14 Performances on Love to Sunder Nursery, Delhi

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The KNMA Dance Festival 2026, curated by dancer and choreographer Leela Samson, opens at Sunder Nursery, New Delhi, on October 15 and runs until October 18. Titled around the many expressions of love in Indian literature, music and oral traditions, the four-day festival presents 14 performances, including six special commissions, across classical, folk, ritual and

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Vasily Vereshchagin and His Paintings of India

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The State Procession of the Prince of Wales into Jaipur by Vasily Vereshchagin, Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata

On this day, Russian painter, war artist, and traveller Vasily Vereshchagin was born. Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (14/26 October 1842 – 13 April 1904) was a Russian painter, war artist and traveller, and one of the first Russian artists to win wide fame abroad. He is best remembered for unflinching war scenes such as The Apotheosis

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Sufi Shrines to the Steppe: Why Almaty’s “Himoya” Exhibition Speaks to South Asia

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Oyjon Khayrullaeva, Bahamut" from "Aja'ib al-makhlugat (Wonders of creation), written by the 13th-century scholar Zakariya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini. Digital collage on textile. Courtesy of the artist and Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture.

The Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture will open Himoya: Matrilineal Energies, Oracular Kin on 15 October 2026. This major international exhibition is curated by Natasha Ginwala and runs until 4 April 2027. The show brings together 20 artists from Central Asia and around the world. Many are presenting newly commissioned projects, alongside site-responsive and existing

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Tyeb Mehta’s Rickshaw Puller: The Artistic Journey Behind the ₹69.1 Crore Auction Sale

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The sale of Tyeb Mehta’s Rickshaw Puller for ₹69.1 crore brings renewed attention to one of the most influential figures in Indian modern art. Beyond its auction value, the painting reflects the artist’s evolving visual language, his engagement with the human condition and his enduring contribution to modernist painting in India. The sale of Rickshaw

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