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fromArtnet News
23 hours ago

The Monumental Impact of Indian Miniature Painting

Indian miniature painting showcases diverse styles and themes, reflecting the tastes of royal courts across the Indian subcontinent from 1630 to the early 19th century.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 days ago

Cultural Centers Beyond the Building: 6 Unbuilt Projects Integrating Landscape

Cultural centers are evolving to reflect diverse architectural explorations and redefine public institutions' roles in various contexts.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 days ago

blooming graphics and floral installations take over shinsegae department store for spring

The campaign explores the relationship between graphic identity and natural motifs, with the S-check pattern reinterpreted through cherry blossom imagery, establishing a contrast between graphic order and natural variation.
Graphic design
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Sanaya Ardeshir: Hand of Thought review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

Ardeshir displays a confident command of the keys, building an insistent right-hand motif on the opening track that creates a foundation for saxophonist Rhys Sebastian's drawn-out notes.
Music production
Fashion & style
fromAnOther
2 days ago

These Photos Capture the Vibrant Spirit of Nepal's Youth Culture

Photographer Tirtha Rabin Lawati documents Nepal's evolving youth culture without personal nostalgia, focusing on authentic representation.
London
fromTime Out London
3 days ago

A major new museum will open in east London this month

V&A East Museum opens on April 18, 2026, in Stratford, enhancing the cultural landscape of East London.
#art-exhibitions
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fromArchDaily
3 days ago
Design

Unbearable Lightness of Being Installation / Saiqa Iqbal Meghna and Suvro Sovon Chowdhury

Design
fromArchDaily
3 days ago

Unbearable Lightness of Being Installation / Saiqa Iqbal Meghna and Suvro Sovon Chowdhury

The Unbearable Lightness of Being is a lightweight architectural installation that creates adaptable gathering spaces in Dhaka's urban environment.
fromArchDaily
5 days ago

Fundacio Mies van der Rohe Presents "Transnational Narratives," a Documentary on Six South Asian Women Architects

The documentary, created by Dr. Igea Troiani, Dr. Mamuna Iqbal, artist and researcher Paula Roush, and filmmaker Rime Tsujino, brings visibility to the experiences of six architects of South Asian origin.
Women in technology
Photography
fromBOOOOOOOM!
5 days ago

Capture 2026 Guide: 6 Exhibitions & Installations to See

Capture Photography Festival in Vancouver showcases diverse exhibitions and public art projects, uniting emerging and established artists.
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fromMission Local
22 hours ago

Blood, mud and a cobweb create ache of heartbreak at Asian Art Museum

Chiharu Shiota's exhibition explores themes of personal loss and connection through intricate art pieces made from blood, mud, and yarn.
#uae-art
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fromBerlin Art Link
2 days ago

Review of Group Show Anahita Sadighi Gallery | Berlin Art Link

The exhibition 'Let Us Believe in the Dawn of Spring' celebrates renewal through diverse artistic expressions coinciding with the Persian New Year.
Environment
fromDesign Milk
3 weeks ago

Plote and Prov: New Works in Neo-Scagliola by Sumer Singh

Human-created materials now form permanent environmental layers, and designers are reinterpreting historical craft techniques to reabsorb discarded materials into new design forms.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Culture of care: surreal celebrations of Iranian tenderness in pictures

Sheida Soleimani's work reframes caring for bodies as a political act in her exhibition, Forest of Stars.
Arts
fromColossal
1 day ago

Explore Art UK's Digital Database of More Than 6,600 Street Art Murals

Art UK archives over 21,000 public artworks, including street art and murals, to preserve ephemeral experiences and document local history.
#art
fromHyperallergic
4 days ago
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Woman With Her Back to the Viewer in Gallery Photos Speaks Out

The Woman With Her Back to the Viewer embodies a modern-day Rückenfigur, revealing her unique role in the art world and personal routine.
fromArtnet News
5 days ago
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How Artist Paris Giachoustidis Balances Fragility and Beauty

The exhibition at Filser and Gräf explores the theme of balance through the works of artists Paris Giachoustidis and Toshihiko Mitsuya.
Arts
fromIrish Independent
4 days ago

'You have to step in and experience it' - artists on the rise of AI-generated art and the 'essential' gallery visit

Miriam Fitzgerald Juskova's exhibit combines paper quilling with mathematics, showcasing intricate art that engages viewers and emphasizes the value of handmade creations.
fromArtforum
1 month ago

Different Children Will Be Born

An artwork is not created when an artist finishes it. It is created when it's visible to an audience and when it becomes discourse. If there's no ecosystem, nothing works. Central Asia is in the midst of an unprecedented investment in such art infrastructure, including new permanent venues, purpose-built museums, and international biennials.
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fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

Kamrooz Aram Breaks Down the Grid

Kamrooz Aram's art challenges the binary of Western modernism and non-Western decoration by loosening the grid's constraints.
Photography
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

Danger and inspiration: Bangladeshi artists divided about country's future after historic election

Bangladesh's 2024 revolution overthrew a dictatorship but failed to deliver systemic change, with the subsequent election returning the old political guard while minorities face targeted violence and revolutionary promises remain unfulfilled.
#south-asian-design
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fromArtnet News
3 days ago
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At Art Basel Hong Kong, Wet Paint Hits Galleries, Malls, a Semi-Secret Space, and More | Artnet News

Hong Kong's art scene thrives on the intersection of luxury, real estate, and consumer culture.
fromArtnet News
3 days ago
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At Art Basel Hong Kong, Wet Paint Hits Galleries, Malls, a Semi-Secret Space, and More | Artnet News

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fromArtnet News
3 days ago

On the Belgian Coast, Galerie Sept Opens a New Chapter

Florian Araïb expanded Galerie Sept to Knokke to strengthen community ties and cater to a loyal collector base along the Belgian coast.
fromColossal
4 days ago

Anoushka Mirchandani Conjures Ancient Mythological Nature Spirits in Vibrant Oil Paintings

These water-women are beings of transformation, embodying sensuality, cosmic energy, and the transmission of matrilineal knowledge.
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Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

cafe's sand-hued sculpted volumes draw from its coastal context in India

Eventide Coffee uses light, material restraint, and curved geometry to create a coastal atmosphere that responds to site conditions and emphasizes sensory experience over visual statement.
Arts
fromGothamist
4 days ago

A one-man psychedelic art empire thrives in Brooklyn

Alex Aliume's Brooklyn studio attracts thousands of visitors with his unique glow-in-the-dark art and immersive experiences.
Arts
fromVogue
5 days ago

In Tribeca, a Pillar of Cape Town's Artistic Community Finds New Ground

Southern Guild opens a new gallery in Tribeca, New York, after learning from its previous Los Angeles location, emphasizing fresh energy and confidence.
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
5 days ago

The New Museum Returns, but Humans Are Left Behind

The exhibition explores humanity's struggle against technology through diverse multimedia installations and thought-provoking artworks.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 week ago

Labubu Gets a Star Turn on the Big Screen-Plus a Rundown of the Latest in Asia's Art World | Artnet News

Asia's art markets are experiencing significant developments with major sales and new art fairs emerging amidst cautious buyer sentiment.
#hong-kong-art-week
fromArtnet News
1 week ago

Sotheby's Sets 12 Records for South Asian Artists in a Single Sale | Artnet News

A colorful modernist canvas by the late Indian painter Vivan Sundaram turned heads at Sotheby's New York on March 26 when it fetched $896,000 including fees-seven times its high estimate.
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fromTime Out London
1 week ago

The ten London art exhibitions we're most excited about in spring 2026

Spring 2026 features exciting art exhibitions in London, including major shows at new venues and highlights from historical and contemporary artists.
fromBoard Game Quest
1 month ago

Sand Art Review

Sand Art is a game by Kory Jordan and published by 25th Century Games for two to four players ages 10 and up. It takes about an hour to play, and has you collecting resources and then coloring in a bottle, making art in a bottle out of sand, in case the name didn't give away the plot. Gameplay Overview: Sand Art has you gathering and mixing sand, which is used to fill your bottle.
Board games
Social justice
from48 hills
2 months ago

Ashima Yadava's art documents South Asian survivors-and rebukes hypocritical politics - 48 hills

Ashima Yadava uses photographic storytelling to witness global injustice, confront Western hypocrisy, and imagine urgent paths toward systemic change.
fromApartment Therapy
1 month ago

The Clever Way to Turn Your Home into a Curated Art Gallery

LG Gallery+ is a new visual curation service for LG TVs - and a brilliant way to make your home more unique and personalized. It lets you express your ever-changing creativity with a massive library of classic art, digital and 3D artwork, scenery, games, and more. With more than 4,500 options to choose from, you can turn your LG TV into a world-class art gallery, a peaceful forest, or an homage to your favorite video game - all in the same day.
Gadgets
Photography
fromAnOther
2 months ago

Photos Capturing the Culture, Landscapes and People of Asia

Asia is presented through multiple native, migrant, and passerby gazes, revealing overlapping pasts, presents, and imagined futures via photographic perspectives.
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fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Despite Uncertainty, Gulf Art World Projects Normalcy

Cultural heritage faces threats amid ongoing conflicts, despite some museums and galleries remaining open.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Before the "Global South," Indian Modernists Dreamed of Solidarity

Atreyee Gupta's book connects Indian art and anticolonial thought, emphasizing the need to decolonize Western frameworks in understanding Global Modernisms.
Photography
fromianVisits
2 months ago

Forgotten Mughal Banaras revealed in free London photo exhibition

Photographs reveal Banaras's overlooked Mughal heritage, everyday life, and marginalized Muslim sites threatened by contemporary Hindu nationalist pressures.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 weeks ago

Major collection of Indian paintings and calligraphy to be offered at Christie's

Christie's will auction Indian paintings and calligraphy from the Cowles collection in London on 28 April, featuring Mughal works estimated at over £1.5m, with prices ranging from low thousands to £180,000.
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fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

Zarina Brought the World to New York

Zarina's artistic practice, rooted in South Asian history and shaped by migration and displacement, established her as a foundational figure for South Asian American artists while maintaining independence from nationalist frameworks.
Arts
from48 hills
2 weeks ago

For Iranian artist Shiva Ahmadi, 'ornamentation becomes a form of resistance' - 48 hills

Shiva Ahmadi's interdisciplinary art practice channels personal experiences of displacement, political upheaval, and immigrant anxiety into visually seductive works that address brutal global issues affecting marginalized communities.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

What to See During New York's Asia Art Week

Asia Week New York celebrates diverse Asian art traditions through exhibitions, auctions, and lectures featuring works from Persia to Japan across multiple centuries and artistic mediums.
#southeast-asian-art
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
2 months ago

concrete and steel textures shape showroom in india organized as a continuous loop

A 3,700-sqft showroom organized around a continuous looping circulation enables gradual discovery, movement-driven engagement, and integrated spaces for conversation, making, and product exploration.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
2 weeks ago

The Sartorial Is Political in "The New York Sari"

The sari functions as a living art form, historical document, and political statement that reflects South Asian diaspora experiences and identity in New York.
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
3 weeks ago

Art communities and heritage in Iran, moderate recovery in the art market, Sydney Biennale-podcast

Cultural communities in Iran and Lebanon respond to Middle East conflict while heritage sites face damage, alongside global art market recovery and contemporary art installations addressing regional tragedies.
fromColossal
2 months ago

Traditional Indian Basketweaving Techniques Translate into Contemporary Installations

From a single material, a Hyderabad-based design studio creates a wide range of site-specific installations, furnishings, and decor. It's all in the name of the firm, The Wicker Story, which was founded in 2019 by architect Priyanka Narula. Capable of being formed into everything from abstract constructions to functional objects, the natural material lends itself a huge variety of pieces that vary in size and complexity.
Design
Arts
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

'It doesn't put walls around everything': behind the plans for Manila's new contemporary art centre

The Ayala Foundation is developing Kontempo Center for Contemporary Art in Manila, led by artistic director Reuben Keehan, emphasizing exhibitions and public programming over permanent collections.
Arts
fromArtnet News
1 month ago

What Do You Think of Asia's Biennials? We Want to Know | Artnet News

Asia hosts multiple concurrent biennials serving as cultural, economic, and political tools for cities and nations to promote themselves globally and develop local art markets.
fromFuncheap
1 month ago

Seema Kohli: Samsara & Metamorphosis - The Mystical World of Seema Kohli

Kohli's work is inspired by the generative forces of nature-its cycles of growth, dissolution, and renewal. Central to the artist's visual language is Shakti, the transformative power of the divine feminine. Kohli uses the womb as a potent symbol of creation and possibility, exploring transformation within the eternal cycles of birth and death.
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fromArtnet News
1 month ago

In Riyadh, Sweeping Survey Traces the Origins of the Saudi Art Movement

A comprehensive exhibition at the National Museum of Saudi Arabia documents the evolution of Saudi art from the 1960s-1980s, showcasing pioneering works and establishing the foundations of the modern Saudi art movement.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months ago

Mumbai Gallery Weekend looks beyond the city's historic art district

Situated in the southern tip of Mumbai, the neighbourhoods of Colaba and Fort are home to dock yards, grand colonial architecture and most of the city's museums and contemporary art galleries. But as Mumbai's art scene grows, it is also expanding beyond its historic art district into the fashionable western suburb of Bandra and high-rise financial districts like Lower Parel and Worli.
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fromBerlin Art Link
2 months ago

Review of Mrinali Mukherjee at RA | Berlin Art Link

The exhibition centers Mrinalini Mukherjee and traces South Asian contextual modernism shaped by Santiniketan's collaborative, experimental ethos and diverse global influences.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months ago

Ai Weiwei's first India solo exhibition to open in New Delhi

Running from 15 January to 22 February, the as-yet-untitled show includes works from across four decades of Ai's career. Among them are his large-scale Lego works based on famous artworks, including versions of Surfing (After Hokusai) and Water Lilies, a reinterpretation of Monet's triptych of the same title. To mark his India debut, he will also show new Lego works based on Pichwais, intricate cloth paintings depicting devotional Hindu subjects, as well as homages to the country's storied Modernist painters V.S. Gaitonde and S.H. Raza.
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fromArtnet News
2 months ago

Why Is India's Art Market Booming? A Veteran Collector Weighs In | Artnet News

India's art market is experiencing simultaneous auction-driven price booms and maturation of contemporary gallery programs reframing Indian art within a global context.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Monsoons, mould and a million visitors: welcome to Kerala's people's biennale'

The Kochi-Muziris Biennale prioritized creation and time as material, presenting site-responsive artworks by primarily Indian and Keralan artists across Fort Kochi venues.
#mf-husain
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fromTime Out London
1 month ago

One of London's most unmissable art exhibitions in 2026 will open this week

The Courtauld presents Seurat and the Sea, the first UK exhibition solely focused on Georges Seurat's seascapes, running February 13–April 12, 2026.
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fromArtnet News
1 month ago

Major Contemporary Art Center Planned in Manila-and a Rundown of the Latest in Asia's Art World | Artnet News

Major Asian art fairs broaden regional visibility, showcase MENASA artists, and generate modest sales while building important institutional and dealer relationships.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months ago

From shopping malls to housing estates, Singapore Biennale integrates art into the city's urban fabric

"The idea is that intention is not the whole story," says Selene Yap, a co-curator of the Biennale. "Systems can generate a certain kind of afterlife, and there are side effects." While the waterfall impresses, it also has consequences, she adds. The work uncovers how Singapore imports hydropower through transnational infrastructure, including the Vajiralongkorn Dam, whose construction has displaced Thailand's indigenous Karen hill tribe, forcing many to live in floating homes on the reservoir.
Arts
fromTime Out London
2 months ago

12 London art exhibitions we can't wait to see in 2026

And what a year it's gonna be for the city's gallery-botherers, with blockbuster exhibition after blockbuster exhibition on the way over the next twelve months. There's monumental sculpture, pointillist landscapes and flashy photography, massive names from Renoir to Hockney, and so many big shows by women that the Guerrilla Girls might have to get a new schtick. RECOMMENDED: The best theatre shows in London for 2026.
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fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months ago

In post-'revolution' Bangladesh, a photography festival questions how to rebuild after ruin

The Mela comprises a series of themed and solo exhibitions, by international and Bangladeshi artists at venues across downtown Dhaka. Until 2024, Bangladeshi artists had to contend with the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's authoritarian government, which monopolised access to funding and foreign collaboration. Many arts institutions were turned into propaganda machines, as Hasina's cultural officials 'just wanted to please the national leader,' one Bangladeshi artist told the Financial Times last year.
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