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31/07/2026

Discover Kishor Shinde’s latest body of work at Gallery Espace, where abstraction becomes a language of memory, place and lived experience.
Drawing from the legacy of the abstract school while forging a distinctly contemporary Indian visual vocabulary, Shinde constructs his compositions through bold colour blocks, layered collage-like surfaces and dynamic linear interventions that traverse and frame the picture plane. These rhythmic lines create movement and structure, inviting viewers to navigate the painting as a space of shifting perspectives and quiet discoveries.
Experience this compelling new series that expands the possibilities of abstraction within contemporary Indian art.
On view until 14 August at Gallery Espace.

Remembering Manjit Bawa on his 85th birth anniversary.His long, intense conversations on art and his practice with our...
30/07/2026


Remembering Manjit Bawa on his 85th birth anniversary.

His long, intense conversations on art and his practice with our Founder-Director, Renu Modi, and his unique sensibility have been a profound influence on our journey. Manjit was a vibrant presence in the history of Gallery Espace, and featured in several landmark exhibitions, including Four Contemporary Artists (1998), alongside Gieve Patel, Rameshwar Broota, and Jogen Chowdhury, and his solo exhibition Bhav…Bhaav…Bhavya (1999).

This carousel revisits works from these significant exhibitions:
Slide 1: Drawing (1994)
Slide 2: Drawing (1994)
Slide 3: Bhav…Bhaav…Bhavya (1999)
Slide 4: The Self and the World (1997)
Slide 5: Bhav…Bhaav…Bhavya
Slide 6: Bhav…Bhaav…Bhavya

Recently opened at Christie’s global headquarters in London, ‘The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection’ is an...
25/07/2026

Recently opened at Christie’s global headquarters in London, ‘The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection’ is an ambitious celebration of South Asian art, showcasing the layered diversity of the region’s creative histories. Breaking away from conventional linear narratives, the exhibition orchestrates a nuanced dialogue among artists across disparate generations, media, and lineages. By juxtaposing modernism and contemporary practice alongside indigenous and folk vernaculars within a singular narrative, the curation highlights the pluralistic trajectories of South Asian visual culture. The showcase features 67 artists, framing masterworks by foundational modernists—such as M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, F.N. Souza, V.S. Gaitonde, Akbar Padamsee, K.C.S. Paniker, Meera Mukherjee, and J. Swaminathan—alongside leading contemporary figures including Manjunath Kamath, Jitish Kallat, Shilpa Gupta, Prabhakar Pachpute, and Kulpreet Singh. Looking beyond national borders, it incorporates vital South Asian and diasporic voices, including Zainul Abedin, Aisha Khalid, Bani Abidi, Anoli Perera, Simryn Gill, Rina Banerjee, and Zarina. A must-visit for anyone looking to engage with the complex cultural legacy of the region.

Slide 1: Installation views from the exhibition, highlighting Manjunath Kamath’s painting, ‘Alternative Layers’ (2022)

Slide 2: installation views from the exhibition, highlighting Zarina Hashmi’s ‘Home Is A foreign Place’, ()1999

Slide 3: Installation views from the exhibition, highlighting Manjunath Kamath’s painting, ‘Alternative Layers’ (2022)

Courtesy: CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. 2026

Smiles all around at the opening of Architectures of the Everyday—Kishor Shinde’s bold new body of work drew a buzzing c...
22/07/2026

Smiles all around at the opening of Architectures of the Everyday—Kishor Shinde’s bold new body of work drew a buzzing crowd, sparked lively conversations, and received a fantastic response from day one.

The exhibition is open Monday–Saturday, 11:00 AM–7:00 PM, and will remain on view until 14 August 2026 at Gallery Espace.

A big shoutout to Chitra Ganesh, whose first major solo exhibition at a UK institution, “JOURNEY TO THE BELOW” , is curr...
21/07/2026

A big shoutout to Chitra Ganesh, whose first major solo exhibition at a UK institution, “JOURNEY TO THE BELOW” , is currently on view at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.

The exhibition showcases an expansive body of work, including a newly commissioned animation and sculptures, alongside site-specific drawings, recent paintings, prints, and mixed-media works. It draws inspiration from The Descent of Inanna, a myth from ancient Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) dating back to 1900–1600 BCE. Written in ancient Sumerian, it tells the story of Inanna, the “Queen of Heaven” and goddess of love, fertility, and war, who descends to meet her sister Ereshkigal, the “Queen of the Underworld,” and the many adventures she faces and challenges she overcomes on her journey back to the world of the living.

Ganesh has said that her interest in the myth and Sumerian civilisation was sparked by recognising its close historical connections with the Indus Valley Civilisation. Within the gallery, a vibrant scenography recreates the netherworld through fragmented architectural forms and large-scale sculptures, including an oversized eye and a descending staircase. Interweaving three-dimensional speculative mapping with archaeological artefacts, Ganesh infuses ancient cosmologies with the language of futurism.

The exhibition will be on view until 17 January 2027—be sure to plan a visit!

Image courtesy: Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead.
Photographer courtesy: Tom carter

Two remarkable exhibitions at Gallery Espace in 2021 merit renewed attention: Threads of Time: The Material Memoirs of P...
15/07/2026

Two remarkable exhibitions at Gallery Espace in 2021 merit renewed attention: Threads of Time: The Material Memoirs of Puneet Kaushik and G.R. Iranna’s Būdi (Ash). Distinct in language yet equally cogent, both exhibitions articulated powerful visual propositions that resonated with the pluralities of contemporary artistic practice. Each artist occupies a singular position within the field, extending the histories of image-making through deeply individual vocabularies that are at once evocative and persistent.

It is especially fitting that both will return to Gallery Espace with solo exhibitions towards the close of 2026, reaffirming the significance of their practices and their continuing contribution to contemporary art.

Here’s to a journey of courageous visions and profound reflection.

10/07/2026

From the first crate to the final placement, Architectures of the Everyday gradually takes shape.

Behind the scenes as Kishor Shinde’s latest exhibition comes together—through preparation, installation, and the quiet labour that transforms a gallery into an exhibition.

Architectures of the Everyday
Kishor Shinde
Opening: Thursday, 16 July 2026, 6:00 PM
On View: 17 July – 16 August 2026
📍 Gallery Espace, New Delhi

Many congratulations to Vasudevan Akkitham on receiving the Chitrakar Shri Praful Dave Kalapratibha Award. The award was...
03/07/2026

Many congratulations to Vasudevan Akkitham on receiving the Chitrakar Shri Praful Dave Kalapratibha Award. The award was presented to Akkitham at a ceremony in Ahmedabad late last month by the veteran painter Amit Ambalal, also represented by Gallery Espace!! Notably, Ambalal is a past recipient of the award, instituted by Gujarat Vishwakosh Trust, a cultural organisation, as is Indrapramit Roy, who received the award last year.

Abstract and minimalist practices have anchored Gallery Espace’s programming through its 35-year history — a trajector...
02/07/2026


Abstract and minimalist practices have anchored Gallery Espace’s programming through its 35-year history — a trajectory shaped largely by the personal affinity of its founder, Renu Modi. “I have always had a strong affinity for abstraction,” Modi noted in a recent conversation with Manjari Sihare-Sutin, published in the gallery’s 35th-anniversary exhibition catalogue.

A milestone in this journey was the 2007 exhibition, ‘Surfaces & Textures’. Curated by Uma Nair, the show brought together 13 artists across generations, with senior practitioners like Shobha Broota, Mona Rai, and Yogesh Rawal alongside then-emerging talents such as Rooshika Patel, Mekhala Patel, and Neha Turakhia.

Abstraction is about “inner desire”, Nair wrote in the catalogue, “an attraction to solitude, open space, subtle expressions of light and time…We can be attracted to the darkness that flirts with the whiteness – it relieves us perhaps of the incessant call to visual attention, it opens interior spaces that offer untold possibilities of discovery. This darkness is another form of light when we look deeper into abstract possibilities.”

Three of the artists in the exhibition, Bahl, Brooota and Shinde, are represented by the gallery today; in fact Shinde will have his first solo with the gallery later this month. Looking back at the earlier works of the three artists - can you see traces of their present visual language?

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