In The Second Law, Philippe Calia uses photography, video and text to manifest his own reading of Bombay/Mumbai. The work stems from years of observations of the city’s visual grammar, seemingly aimless strolls in its streets, conversations with the people met along the way, but also encounters with numerous kinds of literature produced around it. In this exhibition, Calia manifests his own observation of the city, as if space was a detour to tap into one’s subconscious, through which one can talk about the self or about the world.

Philippe Calia

Venue: TARQ, KK (Navsari) Chambers, Ground Floor, 39 AK Nayak Marg, Fort, Mumbai 400001

Dates: February 27 - March 29, 2025

Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 am - 6:30 pm

Vadehra Art Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition titled Cities: Built, Broken by Mumbai-based senior contemporary artist Sudhir Patwardhan. The exhibition features an extensive curation of approximately 75 recent works, including large and small canvases as well as drawings across various scales.

Sudhir Patwardhan

Venue: D-53 Defence Colony, New Delhi

Dates: February 5 - March 4, 2025

Opening hours: Monday - Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm

Vadehra Art Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of photographs titled The Village on the Highway by Delhi-based, Prix Pictet Prize-winning photographer Gauri Gill. With up to 90 works on display, this exhibition highlights the most comprehensive presentation of the series till date and for the very first time in India.

Gauri Gill

Venue: D-40 Defence Colony, New Delhi

Dates: February 4 - March 4, 2025

Opening hours: Monday - Saturday, 10 am - 6 pm

'Modular Waltz' is the culmination of Avantika’s career-long multifaceted multimedia exploration of architecture. The exhibit draws from two of the artist’s ongoing series. One explores the forms and textures of Brutalist architecture (particularly the work of Swiss architect Le Corbusier and his iconic buildings in Chandigarh) through drawings on paper. The other series re-imagines traditional and humble scaffolding, going beyond its functional purpose into an aesthetic engagement with site and space.

Avantika Bawa

Venue: Blueprint.12, C-66, Anand Niketan, New Delhi

Dates: February 1 - March 7, 2025

Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11 am - 7 pm

Gallery Espace presents a solo exhibition of recent works by Amit Ambalal which takes us into his playful yet colorfully layered world populated by animals, birds, and elements of nature.
Ambalal’s vision traverses the borders between the real and the imagined, the whimsical and the profound, where the ordinary becomes extraordinary through his distinctive lens of wit, humor, and irony.

Amit Ambalal

Venue: 16, Community Centre, New Friends Colony, New Delhi

Dates: January 24 - March 1, 2025

Opening hours: Monday - Saturday, 11 am - 7 pm

In 1920, Gandhi initiated the Non-Cooperation Movement, which encouraged the nation to embrace 'Desi' (indigenous) products over 'Videsi' (foreign) ones. This movement sparked a widespread cultural and intellectual shift, promoting self-reliance and pride in Indian heritage.
For Jamini Roy, this ideological wave resonated deeply, inspiring a renewed appreciation for folk art and its intrinsic connection to Indian identity. The works in this exhibition collectively underscore Jamini Roy's innovative approach to synthesizing diverse artistic traditions, both indigenous and international, to develop a unique visual language that resonates with cultural authenticity and creative expression.

Jamini Roy

Venue: Akar Prakar, New Delhi

Dates: January 22 - February 28, 2025

Opening hours: Monday - Saturday, 2 pm - 7 pm

IMPRINT delves into the foundational aspects of creativity, highlighting the transformative power of an artist's imprint—both literal and metaphorical. This exhibition offers an intimate view into the genesis of artistic expression, showcasing works that reveal the raw, unrefined energy that fuels creativity.
The exhibition is divided into The Book Project, curated by Shijo Jacob, and The Paper Project, curated by Sharan Apparao.

The Book Project: Arunkumar H G, Jenny Pinto, Pooja Iranna, Tara Sabharwal, Vasudevan Akkitham, and others.
The Paper Project: Ankon Mitra, Farhan Mujib, George K., Mithu Sen, Samiksha, Ziya Tarapore, and others.

Venue: January 18 and 19, 2025: Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Hall, Chennai; January 22 to February 15, 2025: Apparao Galleries, 7, Wallace Gardens, 3rd Street, Chennai; February 25 to March 5, 2025 (The Book Project): Shridharani Gallery, Triveni Kala Sangam, Delhi

Dates: January 18 - March 5, 2025

Opening hours: January 22 to February 15: Tuesday - Saturday, 3 pm - 6:30 pm; February 25 to March 5 (The Book Project): 11 am - 7 pm

Art Alive Gallery is delighted to present to you Jayasri Burman: The Whisper of Water, The Song of Stars, featuring Jayasri Burman’s new body of work, reflecting the wonders of celestial bodies, the fluidity of water elements and the mysteries of the universe.
The exhibition invites you to an immersive journey in her enchanting universe. Jayasri Burman’s artistic odyssey is a testament to her deep connection with tradition, retold through a modern perspective that echoes the concerns of today, weaving together the colourful threads of ancient mythology, the alluring glory of nature, and the unyielding power of women. The exhibition will also be accompanied by a meticulously researched publication that explores Jayasri Burman’s oeuvre and creative journey.

Jayasri Burman

Venue: S-221, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi

Dates: January 17 - February 25, 2025

Opening hours: Monday - Saturday, 11 am - 7 pm

The exhibition of one of India's foremost natural dye artists brings together some of his brilliant hand-painted recent natural dye fabric works, most of which the artist has not shown before. With a career spanning more than fifty years, Ajit Kumar Das creates works characterized by his love for nature – flowers, plants and birds – and his extraordinary skill, experiments and understanding of the medium of natural dye, enhanced, modified and refined by his decades-long working experience in the Weavers' Service Centres (WSCs) in Ahmedabad, Guwahati, and Kolkata.
Centered around the theme of nature, The Bird that Sings Within speaks of the relevance of beauty in today's prosaic worlds, the aesthetics of artistic craftsmanship and ecological ethics.

Ajit Kumar Das

Venue: Emami Art, Kolkata Centre For Creativity, 777, E M Bypass, Kolkata 700107

Dates: January 10 - February 28, 2025

Opening hours: Monday - Saturday, 11 am - 7 pm