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2026
Marching from the Margins
“At this age, one learns to let paintings make their own journeys. These Bandwallas have been travelling with me for many years, through streets, celebrations, memories and paintings, and now they have found their way to Patna at the Bihar Museum. I have always thought of them as independent characters; once they leave the studio, they seem to know what to do without me. It gives me great pleasure to think of them gathered here, among the people of Bihar and within a museum that has made a place for them.” — Krishen Khanna · The Journey Continues, 2026
View exhibition — Marching from the Margins Catalogue: The Journey Continues — Marching from the Margins (PDF, opens in a new tab)
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2026
Jalsa
JALSA, a celebration in its truest sense, brings together a vibrant group of modern and contemporary Indian artists to Singapore, creating a shared space where colour, memory, skill, and imagination meet. Rooted in the many languages of Indian art and culture, the exhibition unfolds like a gathering: spirited, layered, and alive with dialogue across generations and mediums.
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2026
Krishen Khanna: Across the Century
Powered by AstaGuru, Across the Century, an exhibition featuring works by Krishen Khanna, was on view at ICIA. The exhibition brings together recent works that reflect Krishen Khanna’s enduring themes and sustained artistic inquiry across time.
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2025
Three Moderns
In the coming together of three of India’s moderns this mélange of sculptures gives form to the beauty of the human figure/face as well as imagined encounters with the daily rituals of everyday living.
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2025
Krishen Khanna at 100: The Last Progressive
The National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) Mumbai held a landmark exhibition, Krishen Khanna at 100: The Last Progressive, co-curated by Dr Zehra Jumabhoy (Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Art) and Kajoli Khanna. This major retrospective marked Khanna’s centenary and his first-ever museum retrospective, featuring rarely exhibited works from private and public collections.
View exhibition — Krishen Khanna at 100: The Last Progressive
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2025
Krishen Khanna at 100: Legacy of a Modern Master
For several decades, Krishen Khanna has stood as a towering figure in modern Indian art — a true Renaissance man whose practice has been shaped by a panoply of influences spanning art history, music, poetry and lived experience. With the human figure at the forefront, his oeuvre is populated with diverse subjects including his iconic bandwallas, migrant labourers, and mythological figures. He has distinguished himself not only as a painter but as a deeply empathetic storyteller whose art offers a nuanced reflection on everyday life, the theatre of human relationships, and the complex history of post-Independence India.
View exhibition — Krishen Khanna at 100: Legacy of a Modern Master Catalogue: Krishen Khanna at 100 — Krishen Khanna at 100: Legacy of a Modern Master (PDF, opens in a new tab)
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2025
Alchemies of Form
Saffronart presents an outdoor exhibition of monumental sculptures by Krishen Khanna, Himmat Shah, Thota Vaikuntam, Dhananjay Singh, Phaneendra Nath Chaturvedi, and Yashika Sugandh. Curated by Uma Nair, this exhibition brings iconic figures of modern Indian art into conversation with contemporary artists, situated amidst nature and built forms, breaking the confines of traditional galleries.
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At a hundred and one, one does not travel to one’s own openings. But I know the bandwallas will be there on the walls; they have always managed without me.