Ongoing
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Many Modernisms: Figuring the New Artistic India
30 Aug - 15 Oct 2026 Modern Indian art did not emerge as a single style, at a single point in time, or from any one particular location. However, the common argument was that the new art surely was about how a changing society could be seen, experienced, remembered and imagined. The present exhibition brings together... Read more -
Sing. No cry.
31 Aug - 15 Oct 2026 Participating artists: Amikam Toren, Asha Vaidyanath, Basist Kumar, Holly Hendry, Katie Pratt, Rahul Papaniya, Shivangi Ladha, Vanita Gupta, Willa Hilditch. Sing. No cry evokes a way of moving through the world with openness rather than resignation. To sing is to affirm one's presence: to give voice without asking permission, to... Read more
Past
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Wild, ordinary, enchanting, excruciating beauty
Curated by Vaibhav Raj Shah in collaboration with Jasone Miranda-Bilbao 19 Apr - 21 Jun 2026 Participating artists, Amitabh Kumar, Chandrashekhar Koteshwar, Bhrigudev Ranade, Harmeet Singh Rattan, Harsha Durugadda, Jagadeesh Tammineni, Madhurjya Dey, Raj Jariwala, Vanshika Babbar, Vasudha Kapadia, Yogesh Ramkrishna. We are told to triage our despair, to sort daily grief into manageable categories – there are small problems, and there are big problems. Yet... Read more -
Master Artist A. A. Raiba: A Unilateral Eclectic
Works from 1950s through 1960s 19 Apr - 21 Jun 2026 The art of Abdul Aziz Raiba (1922-2016) emblematically reveals the historical context of the multistranded synthesis within the Indian modernism where the unique fusion of Indo-Islamic miniature traditions, the Bengal school, European modernity and European academic naturalism, lent an amazing richness and depth. The artist Raiba is admirably described as versatile master in this... Read more -
Memory | Remains
Revisiting Indian Modernism Through Krishen Khanna and Prabhakar Kolte 31 Jan - 28 Feb 2026 The exhibition moves beyond the idea of presenting the artists as “masters,” instead viewing modernism as a continuing and evolving practice. Through Khanna’s figurative works and Kolte’s abstraction, Memory | Remains shows how social memory and lived experience continue to surface in everyday images and forms. Krishen Khanna’s paintings draw... Read more -
The Engineering of Rubble
Curated by Jasone Miranda-Bilbao in collaboration with Vaibhav Raj Shah 31 Jan - 4 Apr 2026 Participating artists: Ali Glover, Ana Genovés, Charo Garaigorta, Damien Meade, Ian Dawson, Ian Gouldstone, Katrin Hanusch, Mike Marshall, Oona Grimes, Robin Megannity, Sarah Staton. Thapar Contemporary’s inaugural programme unfolds through two parallel events during the India Art Fair: the exhibition The Engineering of Rubble, presented at the gallery, and a... Read more -
Celebrating the Modernists of Indian Art
Collection of Works by Renowned Indian Modernists 20 Feb - 22 Mar 2025 Celebrating the Modernists of Indian Art presents a considered tribute to the pioneers who defined the vocabulary of Indian modernism and shaped the course of art in the country during the twentieth century. Showcased from 31 January to 22 March 2025, the exhibition brings together significant works by major modernists,... Read more
