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Inside a dark room in Kochi, visitors are learning about the hard life of farmers. The air feels smoky, and there are bales of straw for people to sit on. This is where artist Kulpreet Singh is showing his art, a project called Indelible Black Marks. Kulpreet is a farmer from Punjab. He uses film […]
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The biggest art festival in South Asia, the sixth Kochi-Muziris Biennale, is nearing its conclusion. When the sixth Biennale comes to an end, the question of what the Kochi Biennale is should be shared and reflected on. I am taking this as my task to think about, so this is just a dialogue, a personal
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The Kochi Biennale Foundation has announced that acclaimed contemporary artist and curator Jitish Kallat will assume the role of President of the Kochi–Muziris Biennale to chair the selection of the curator for its next edition. The announcement was made by Dr. Venu V., Chairperson of the Foundation, marking a significant moment in the Biennale’s leadership transition. Kallat, who lives and
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At the latest edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, acclaimed artist-filmmaker Naeem Mohaiemen confronts the fragility of historical memory. Through A Missing Can of Film (2025) — a moving-image installation that transforms absence into its central protagonist. The work revisits the mystery surrounding the disappearance of legendary Bangladeshi filmmaker and novelist Zahir Raihan. Who had vanished soon after the 1971 Liberation
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Artist-photographer Cop Shiva’s acclaimed series Being Gandhi (2012) is drawing attention at the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale, reviving conversations around Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals in a rapidly transforming India. Presented at the KM Building, Fort Kochi, as part of the exhibition Like Gold curated by Murtaza Vali for the Rizq Art Initiative, the series reintroduces Gandhi’s moral philosophy through remarkable contemporary
Gandhi Reimagined: Cop Shiva’s Photographs Invoke Peace at Kochi-Muziris Biennale Read More »
New Delhi-based fashion and cultural collective NorBlack NorWhite, known for fusing traditional Indian crafts with contemporary streetwear, debuts its new multidisciplinary art practice AMMA Studios with an installation titled Church of Palm at the 2026 Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Founded by Amrit Kumar and Mriga Kapadiya, NorBlack NorWhite traces its roots to long-standing relationships with artisans and craft communities across India. The duo has spent more
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French artist Shivay La Multiple, currently a Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) Residency artist, has turned the much-maligned water hyacinth into a symbol of resilience and protection in her latest exhibition at Devassy Jose and Sons, Bazaar Road, Mattancherry. Long dismissed as an invasive threat to waterways, the water hyacinth here becomes almost divine—a guardian of waterscapes rather than their conqueror. Native
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The Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) inaugurated Ghetto Biennale with Spectres of History (2025), a compelling exhibition by Haitian artist collective Atis Rezistans, under its Invitations Programme on February 13 at St Andrews Parish Hall, Fort Kochi. The opening was followed by a high tea, drawing an audience of artists, curators, and art enthusiasts. The exhibition brings to India the
Marina Abramović’s arrival at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale made a turning point in the festival’s history rather than a simple visit. The performance art pioneer brought an air of both intensity and invitation, whose radical quests of the body, endurance, vulnerability, and reality have transformed art for over fifty years. Abramović offered a unique fusion of
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Internationally acclaimed Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović will deliver a special lecture titled “The Past, Present, and Future of Performance Art” on February 10, as part of the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2025. The event will take place at the Samudrika Convention Centre, Willingdon Island, from 6 pm to 8 pm. Open to attendees aged 16 and
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