The exhibition’s title wall: Marching from the Margins, Krishen Khanna, in Hindi and English, with the logos of the Bihar Museum and the Institute of Contemporary Indian Art
The title wall, Bihar Museum, Patna

Patna · –

Marching from the Margins

Venue
Bihar Museum, Patna
Dates
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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

Catalogue: The Journey Continues

A white wall with a long, many-panelled procession painting and a bronze Bandwalla, and a red wall of Bandwalla paintings beyond
A grey wall of paintings around a red wall-text panel, a bronze Bandwalla in front
A grey corner of the gallery with five framed paintings
A red wall and a blue wall of paintings, a large gilt-framed painting at the right and a small bronze on a plinth
A white timeline wall of photographs and text, with paintings and a bronze Bandwalla beyond
Visitors in the gallery before a long wall of red Bandwalla paintings
Visitors in the galleries
Young visitors looking up at a long, many-panelled procession painting
Visitors in the galleries
Visitors, one carrying a child, before the many-panelled procession painting on the white wall
Visitors in the galleries
A crowd gathered in the gallery before the red Bandwalla wall
Visitors in the galleries
Visitors gathered before paintings on a grey wall
Visitors in the galleries
A ribbon being cut at the gallery entrance, hung with marigold garlands
At the opening, 13 September 2026
Five people holding up copies of the book Marching from the Margins before the red Bandwalla wall
At the opening, 13 September 2026

Photographs: Bihar Museum