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Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2026 Closing Day Programme Announced

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The Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) has announced the closing day programme for the 6th edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB), scheduled for 31 March 2026. The day marks the culmination of one of India’s most prominent contemporary art events, bringing months of exhibitions, public programmes, and cultural dialogue to a formal close. Kodiyirakkam: A Ceremonial Farewell at […]

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Srilankan Artist Vinoja Tharmalingam at Kochi-Muziris Biennale

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Vinoja Tharmalingam

Sri Lanka-based artist Vinoja Tharmalingam presents haunting bunker installations and textile works at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, mapping the trauma of three decades of civil war in northern Sri Lanka. About the Installation At Island Warehouse on Willingdon Island, Kochi, Vinoja Tharmalingam’s immersive installations confront visitors with the raw weight of war-torn survival. Her two interconnected

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Smita M. Babu on Paakkalam: Weaving Memory, Labour, and Landscape

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The paintings from Smita M. Babu’s series ‘Paakkalam’, exhibited at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, traverse the geographical peculiarities of the Ashtamudi Lake shore in Kollam, a region with numerous unique characteristics. Smita’s works, which hint at various aspects related to the coir industry, including occupations, history, and traditions, stand as a testament to how an artist

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Jompet Kuswidananto on Ghost Ballad: Singing Histories of Resistance

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Jompet-Kuswidanantos

Indonesian artist Jompet Kuswidananto presents ‘Ghost Ballad,’ a site-specific installation at Pepper House, as a part of the 6th Kochi-Muziris Biennale (2025–26), 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

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Exploring Kerala’s Shola Grasslands: A New Art Exhibit by Priti Vadakkath

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Artist Priti Vadakkath is bringing the beauty of Kerala’s nature to life. Her new paintings are part of an exhibit called Edam at the Garden Convention Centre in Mattancherry. This show is happening at the same time as the famous Kochi-Muziris Biennale and features work by many talented Kerala artists. The Beauty of the Shola

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In Conversation with Birender Yadav on ‘Only the Earth Knows the Labour’

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Birender Yadav

What happens to work culture and workers’ lives when viewed through the lens of art, subject to the artist’s interpretation, as in Birender Yadav’s? The uniqueness of Birender Yadav’s artwork ‘Only the Earth Knows the Labour’ (2025), exhibited at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, lies in the fact that it renders visible the politics and aesthetics of

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Artist Jitish Kallat Becomes the President of the Kochi–Muziris Biennale

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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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Naeem Mohaiemen Turns Bangladesh’s Political Voids into Art at Kochi Biennale

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Naeem Mohaiemen revisits Zahir Raihan’s disappearance at Kochi Biennale

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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