Emami Art in Kolkata presents "Nothing Twice," an exhibition featuring nine young women artists that explores the fragility of ordinary life through domestic, tactile, and overlooked subjects. Curated by Ushmita Sahu, the show includes works in painting, textiles, photography, ceramics, drawing, and video, with artists like Moumita Basak, Shilpi Sharma, and Riti Sengupta focusing on material memory and feminist art histories. Concurrently, "Khadi: A Canvas" at TRI Art & Culture showcases 19 khadi sarees woven in the jamdani technique by tribal women from Srikakulam, connecting Raja Ravi Varma's visual culture with Gandhi's politics of self-reliance, curated by Lavina Baldota with textile artist Gaurang Shah. Additionally, "Digital Atma (Spirits) X The Wandering Souls" at A.M (Art Multi-disciplines) examines digital life and technology's impact on identity and intimacy through poetry, sound, image, and performance.
These exhibitions matter because they collectively challenge the art world's obsession with scale and spectacle, instead elevating attention, craft, and everyday experience as radical acts. "Nothing Twice" reclaims domestic labor and craft from the margins of serious art, while "Khadi: A Canvas" highlights the invisible labor of tribal women weavers and the intersection of art, politics, and self-reliance. "Digital Atma" addresses contemporary anxieties about technology-mediated isolation, making these shows relevant to ongoing conversations about gender, labor, cultural memory, and the human condition in an increasingly virtual world.