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museum exhibitions schedule Jun 20, 2025 visibility 16 link 9 artists

Amid geopolitical tensions, Pakistani and Indian art worlds unite in London exhibitions

Amid ongoing geopolitical tensions between India and Pakistan, multiple art exhibitions in London are fostering cross-border cultural exchange. The Barbican is showing Pakistani artist Huma Bhabha alongside Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, curated by Shanay Jhaveri. At SOAS, a South Asian group show organized by Pakistani artist Salima Hashmi and Indian curator Manmeet K. Walia features over 25 artists, including a collaborative textile work by Maheen Kazim and Purvai Rai. Two Indian galleries in central London have also exhibited Pakistani artists, though gallerists requested anonymity due to safety concerns in India.

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article news schedule Apr 24, 2025 visibility 11 link 4 artists, 2 galleries

Leading Indian artist Anita Dube accused of ‘intellectual theft’ after using protest poem in Delhi gallery show

Prominent Indian artist and curator Anita Dube has been accused of intellectual theft by poet-activist Aamir Aziz for using lines from his protest poem "Sab Yaad Rakha Jaayega" in a series of painted sculptures exhibited and offered for sale at her solo show "Three Storey House" at Vadehra Art Gallery in New Delhi (15 March–19 April). Aziz, who wrote the poem during the 2019 anti-CAA protests, publicly condemned Dube on social media for renaming, rebranding, and selling his work without permission or credit, calling it "theft" and "erasure." Dube acknowledged an "ethical lapse" in not seeking permission, removed the works from sale, and offered remuneration, but Aziz has sought legal counsel under India's Copyright Act of 1957.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 15, 2026 visibility 16 link 5 artists, 2 galleries

Ai Weiwei will open his first solo exhibition in India

Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei will open his first solo exhibition in India at Nature Morte in New Delhi, running from January 15 to February 22, 2026. The show spans over four decades of his work, featuring large-scale Lego pieces reinterpreting art history icons like Hokusai and Monet, new Lego compositions inspired by Hindu Pichwai paintings, homages to Indian modernists V.S. Gaitonde and S.H. Raza, the installation "Whitewashed Remnants of History of the State of Emerging Future Works," and the textile work "F.U.C.K." (2024). The exhibition is organized in collaboration with Galleria Continua.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jul 25, 2025 visibility 21 link 9 artists, 8 galleries

All that is trending in the art, entertainment, and culinary world

This article highlights several cultural events in India, including Kallol Datta's solo exhibition "Volume IV: Truths, Half-Truths, Half-Lies, Lies" at Experimenter Colaba in Mumbai, which critiques historical regulations on women's attire using textile-based works. It also covers the 8th edition of Delhi Contemporary Art Week (DCAW) at Bikaner House, featuring six women-led galleries; Partha Pratim Deb's solo show "Play-Forms" at Emami Art in Kolkata; the group exhibition "Non-Residency" at Jaipur Centre for Art curated by Rajiv Menon; and the reopening of Bombay Club café in New Delhi. Additionally, it mentions Khyber restaurant's 65th anniversary menu and a forthcoming exhibition "What Am I Made Of?" at Latitude 28.

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rate_review review schedule Dec 24, 2025 visibility 15 link 7 artists, 1 gallery

This Garden of Weeds Review: V. Sanjay Kumar Maps the Art World

V. Sanjay Kumar's novel *This Garden of Weeds* explores the Indian art world through a murder mystery centered on the death of a mythic artist, Maya. The story follows her daughter Tara as she uncovers Maya's past through flashbacks involving former art-school classmates—an art critic, a reporter, and a performance artist—while also weaving in subplots about a wealthy family's entry into art collecting, a gallerist's shady dealings, and a reality show for artists. The novel satirizes the fusion of gossip, celebrity, and commerce that defines contemporary art culture.

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