Biennale of possibilities
6 years, 4 months ago

Biennale of possibilities

Deccan Chronicle  

Busy days await Anita Dube, the first female curator of India’s first biennale — Kochi Muziris Biennale — as the event starts from December 12 till March 29. They will showcase their existing works, and will also create a new work here,” says Anita who believes the audience will be able to sense the female sensibility in the arrangement, choice of artists and the whole rhythm of the biennale. “A curator chooses an artist not counting her/his popularity, but because that person’s thoughts synchronise with the curator’s,” she says. Quiz her on how she is planning to make the venue female-friendly in the wake of the recent developments, and she says, “We are designing a booth where one can immediately report any problem.” Anita who was a member of the short-lived yet influential Radical Painters and Sculptors Association that created a new wave in Indian art brings a wealth of experience with her.

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Let’s Talk series as part of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025-26 begins
4 days, 23 hours ago

Let’s Talk series as part of Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025-26 begins

The Hindu  

Nikhil Chopra, the curator of the sixth edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale, said his approach is to think regionally and draw affinities with global histories. “My curatorial framework thinks through ideas of hospitality and care, as well as the importance of artist solidarity and friendship economies as modes of learning and survival,” he said, while discussing his curatorial approach and methodologies …

Chennai Photo Biennale Edition 4 celebrates work of women artists
3 months ago

Chennai Photo Biennale Edition 4 celebrates work of women artists

The Hindu  

Phase 1 of the Chennai Photo Biennale Edition 4 began on Friday with its thematic enquiry, ‘Why Photograph?’. Inaugurated by dancer Anita Ratnam at Lalit Kala Akademi, it features works of women artists across India, Germany, Switzerland, France, the U.K. and Palestine. “There are 21 women artists featured in this primary show, which is about positioning women in photography as …

Sixth edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale from December 2025, Nikhil Chopra to be curator
4 months ago

Sixth edition of Kochi-Muziris Biennale from December 2025, Nikhil Chopra to be curator

The Hindu  

The sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale will be held from December 12, 2025 to March 31, 2026. Announcing Mr. Chopra’s name, Mr. Vijayan said the Kochi biennale is an event that fosters the spirit of art, community and dialogue. Bose Krishnamachari, president of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale Foundation, said that the curator was chosen following a rigorous process by a …

Artist Nikhil Chopra to curate Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2025
4 months ago

Artist Nikhil Chopra to curate Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) 2025

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Renowned artist Nikhil Chopra and his team HH Art Spaces will be the curators of the upcoming Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced here on Wednesday. 50-year-old Chopra is an artist whose work blends performance, drawings, paintings, photography, sculpture and installation. "We are thrilled to announce Nikhil Chopra and HH Art Spaces as the curators for …

India all around at Venice Biennale
10 months, 1 week ago

India all around at Venice Biennale

New Indian Express  

The warm embrace of spring this year brings forth one of the biggest and most prestigious events in the global art scenario, the 60th edition of Venice Biennale. The curator’s presentation, ‘Historical Nucleus’ in Giardini della Biennale showcases some works by masters of Indian art such as SH Raza, FN Souza, Ramkumar, Bhupen Khakhar, and Jamini Roy, Amrita Sher-Gil and …

Kochi-Muziris Biennale: finding a new centre
2 years, 2 months ago

Kochi-Muziris Biennale: finding a new centre

Live Mint  

In retrospect, In The Making, the title of this year’s Students’ Biennale, seemed a much more befitting title for the 2022 Kochi-Muziris Biennale than In Our Veins Flow Ink And Fire. The show includes Zarina’s map drawings, Atlas Of My World, Mona Hatoum’s neon globe, Hot Spot, trunks donated to the Partition Museum by a refugee, Kader Attia’s thought-provoking film, …

'Idam', an exhibition for Malayali artists begins at Kochi-Muziris Biennale
2 years, 3 months ago

'Idam', an exhibition for Malayali artists begins at Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Hindustan Times  

'Idam', an exhibition of contemporary works of art exclusively for Malayali artists began at Ernakulam Durbar Art Gallery on Wednesday as part of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale. 'Idam', an exhibition of contemporary works of art exclusively for Malayali artists began at Ernakulam Durbar Art Gallery on Wednesday) The exhibition gives space for installations that use modern possibilities, including multimedia, sculptures of …

After a four-year hiatus, Kochi-Muziris Biennale opens on December 12
2 years, 3 months ago

After a four-year hiatus, Kochi-Muziris Biennale opens on December 12

The Hindu  

The fifth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, called off in 2020 owing to the pandemic, will get under way on Monday. Titled ‘In Our Veins Flow Ink and Fire’, the art potpourri featuring about 200 major art projects done by 90 artists from different countries will be on show across 14 venues in Fort Kochi, Mattancherry and Ernakulam, till April …

Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-2023 | Will Kochi tell a different story?
2 years, 3 months ago

Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2022-2023 | Will Kochi tell a different story?

The Hindu  

Away from the cacophonous chorus of heavily corporatised art festivals, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale hopes to return after three pandemic-ridden years to its foundational purpose: to give back to people their real stories, their strengths, their songs. A biennale isn’t just a collection of artworks, it can be sharing of ethos, of ways to make and survive, even flourish, and of …

Out of the blues, emerges Kochi Biennale
2 years, 3 months ago

Out of the blues, emerges Kochi Biennale

The Hindu  

“Mark Your Calendars: December 12, 2022 to April 10, 2023”. Only through the spirit that flows through us: the thoughts and the action; the ink and the fire,” explains Ms. Rao, adding that the title is also about “the transgressive power of ink and the reformative power of action.” Speaking of the challenges of curation, she points out that while …

A decade in Indian art: The 2010s witnessed biennale fever, some commercial gains, and a moral reckoning
5 years, 2 months ago

A decade in Indian art: The 2010s witnessed biennale fever, some commercial gains, and a moral reckoning

Firstpost  

On the surface it may seem like artists have never had it any better as in the last decade, considering there are now more residencies than before, more collectors, institutions, funding agents and curators. At the time Sonal Singh, Christie’s India director and specialist head, Sonal Singh, said the company would continue to hold three annual live auctions of modern …

Biennale-3 ends, art horizon expands
7 years, 11 months ago

Biennale-3 ends, art horizon expands

Deccan Chronicle  

Three months ago, when the third edition of Kochi Muziris Biennale began, everyone, especially art aficionados, was curious. “It has expanded the discourse on what we think of as art and will have an immense trickledown effect,” she says and adds, “The current edition shows us what can happen when an artist curates. Also, Tata Trusts — the supporters and …

Looking beyond painting, sculpture
8 years, 5 months ago

Looking beyond painting, sculpture

Deccan Chronicle  

Sudarshan Shetty, the curator of the Kochi Muziris Biennale 2016, is in the final stages of preparation for the mega art event. There would be dancers, theatre personalities and writers alongside those who follow conventional practices such as painting and sculpting,” says Sudarshan. The concept can also be generic, like an individual looking at the biennale through his eyes.” Finding …

All set for grand opening of Kochi-Muziris Biennale
10 years, 3 months ago

All set for grand opening of Kochi-Muziris Biennale

India TV News  

Kochi: Come Friday and global art is set to turn a new leaf with the opening of the second edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale with a focus on works that quirkily or straight narrate the region's legends and realities vis-a-vis the rest of the world. 'Whorled Explorations' featuring 100 artworks by 94 artists across India and globe is the central …

Kochi-Muziris Biennale: India’s Leading Art Platform That Brings Artists, Curators, Critics and the Public Together
12 years, 1 month ago

Kochi-Muziris Biennale: India’s Leading Art Platform That Brings Artists, Curators, Critics and the Public Together

The Hindu  

Art has travelled a lot from the times of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cezanne and even from those of the Bauhaus and Fluxus, which questioned the age-old distinction between craft and fine art and brought them together in the idea of design. What happens in the new art—museum installations; spatialised music; contemporary dance, or “movement art”—is a de-specification of …

Kochi becomes Biennale city
12 years, 3 months ago

Kochi becomes Biennale city

The Hindu  

The world over, biennales are known by the cities that host them, a trend set off by Venice when it held the world’s maiden biennale in 1895. On Wednesday, the coastal city of Kochi joined the ivy-league by positioning itself as India’s first true-blue ‘Biennale City’ when the Kochi-Muziris Biennale was kicked off at a high-voltage ceremony at Fort Kochi, …

Kochi biennale venues witness hectic work
12 years, 3 months ago

Kochi biennale venues witness hectic work

The Hindu  

As the Kochi-Muziris Biennale is set to take off, its venues in Fort Kochi present the picture of a work in progress. At Aspinwall House, a key venue of the event in Fort Kochi, artists, supported by labourers, were working at frenetic pace on Tuesday to lay out huge installations and sculptures. At Fort Kochi, a good number of artists …

Kochi Biennale — India’s first — begins today
12 years, 3 months ago

Kochi Biennale — India’s first — begins today

The Hindu  

Biennale, like a portmanteau film, sports several disparate narratives in chaotic harmony. While India boasts a robust history of hosting triennales beginning 1968 when the legendary Mulk Raj Anand leveraged his clout to bring the who’s who of global art to India, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale that opens at the culturally-rich Fort Kochi on Wednesday is the first of its kind …

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