Whispers of The Sky

31 March 2026, 11:00 am
Whispers of The Sky
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
Art Gallery, IIC Annexe
End Date
06 April 2026, 07:00 pm

Whispers of The Sky
 

By Abhishek Kumar is a wildlife photographer focusing on birds and their relationship with natural habitats, grounded in patience, close observation, and an ethical, field-based practice.

The exhibition presents photographs made in quiet moments — early mornings, long pauses, and stretches of waiting where nothing seemed to happen. Standing still, watching a bird settle into a branch, listening to the wind, and noticing how light slowly changed the sky, these images are drawn to moments of rest and watchfulness. The act of waiting becomes a way of seeing and learning patience, sharing a sense of calm, attention, and connection where the boundary between earth and sky briefly dissolves.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Monday, 30 March 2026 at 17:00 hrs

 

The World Is What We See

22 March 2026, 11:00 am
The World Is What We See
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
Art Gallery, IIC Annexe
End Date
28 March 2026, 07:00 pm

The World Is What We See  
A Solo Exhibition of Watercolours by Dr Sunil Parulkar
Curated by Ajay Jugraan and Shuchi Mathur

The exhibition unfolds across three interrelated modes of seeing—Attention, Encounter, and Pause—bringing together architectural studies, portraiture, and nature paintings. Drawing from ideas articulated in the Chitrasutra, it celebrates the rasas s??gara, hasya, and santa. Resonating with Wallace Stevens’s idea that the world is shaped by perception, the exhibition invites reflection, presence, renewal, and quiet joy through attentive seeing.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Saturday, 21 March 2026 at 18:30 hrs by Dr Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, the Executive and Academic Head of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) 
 

Khurja – The Clay Space

11 March 2026, 11:00 am
Khurja – The Clay Space
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
Art Gallery, IIC Annexe
End Date
17 March 2026, 07:00 pm

Khurja – The Clay Space
Curated by Siraj Saxena, freelance artist actively engaged in promoting contemporary ceramic art in Khurja.

The exhibition brings together eight artists who have made Khurja their creative workplace. Internationally known for its ceramic traditions, Khurja inspires this first-ever collective exhibition of contemporary ceramic installations and sculptures from the city.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on Tuesday, 10 March at 18:00 hrs by Prof. Kristine Michael, ceramic artist and curator; and Prof. Ashok Chakradhar, senior poet

Art and environment; talk by Vimlendu Jha, environmentalist and social activist and Siraj Saxena, artist and author on at 17:00 hrs on 13 March 2026.

Exhibition walkthrough with artists at 15:00 hrs on 15 March 2026

Poetry reading by Mamta Kalia, fiction writer and poet; Poonam Arora; Amita Mishra on 17 March 2026 at 17:00 hrs.  
 

ZIKR

11 February 2026, 11:00 am
ZIKR
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
Art Gallery, IIC Annexe
End Date
17 February 2026, 07:00 pm

ZIKR
Zikr is a contemplative exhibition that turns its gaze toward the quiet, often unseen dimensions of human presence. Through intimate portraiture rendered in pencil and charcoal, the exhibition reflects on stillness, vulnerability, resilience, and the unspoken emotional lives that shape everyday existence. 
Shikha Sheoran works primarily with pencil and charcoal, using portraiture as a means to document inner reflections and human presence with restraint and honesty. Her ongoing series, Zikr, functions as a visual record of these contemplations, seeking to give form to emotions and human stories that resist verbal expression.
 

Inauguration on 10th February 2026 at 17:00 hrs
 

Stories on Scroll: Patachitra by Sahajan Chitrakar

17 January 2026, 11:00 am
Stories on Scroll: Patachitra by Sahajan Chitrakar
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
Art Gallery, IIC Annexe
End Date
25 January 2026, 07:00 pm

Stories on Scroll: Patachitra by Sahajan Chitrakar
 

This exhibition presents traditional Patachitra scroll paintings by Sahajan Chitrakar of Naya, Pingla, created using natural pigments and handmade materials. His works narrate epics, folk legends, and contemporary social themes rooted in Bengal’s living scroll tradition.

Sahajan Chitrakar is a traditional Patachitra artist and scroll narrator from Naya, Pingla, West Bengal, practising the art from the age of ten under familial lineage. His works employ natural pigments and depict mythological, folk, historical, and contemporary themes.

The exhibition will be inaugurated on 16th January’26 at 18:00 hrs.


 

Remembering the forest: An exhibition of Himalayan Natural Art

07 January 2026, 11:00 am
Remembering the forest: An exhibition of Himalayan Natural Art
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
Art Gallery, IIC Annexe
End Date
13 January 2026, 07:00 pm

Remembering the forest: An exhibition of Himalayan Natural Art
 

Curated by Tejal Shah and coordinated by Ritu-Ngapnon Varuni
This exhibition presents artworks by women artists from Mountainwind Himalayan Ecoversity, created using forest-sourced pigments and handmade tools, highlighting natural art practices, ecological learning, and sustainable creativity.

The exhibition will be Inaugurated on 6th January 2026 at 18:30 hrs. 
 

(Collaboration: The Himalayan Rilung Foundation (THRILF)

Choti Si Aasha

18 December 2025, 11:00 am
Choti Si Aasha
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
Art Gallery, IIC Annexe
End Date
24 December 2025, 07:00 pm

Children for a Better World

An exhibition of paintings by the students of Vidya Niketan Senior Secondary School, Saket, New Delhi. Through themes such as peace, equality, women’s empowerment, environmental conservation, artificial intelligence, discrimination, and global conflicts, the exhibition reflects children’s empathy, awareness, and creative responses to the world around them.

Inauguration on 17 December at 16:00 by Jatin Das, Eminent Artist

The exhibition will be on view from 11:00 to 19:00 hrs daily

Journey of an Artist

03 December 2025, 11:00 am
Journey of an Artist
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
Art Gallery, IIC Annexe
End Date
09 December 2025, 07:00 pm

An Exhibition of Ceramic Sculptures and Drawings by Sonali Chouhan

The exhibition presents ceramic sculptures inspired by nature, folk culture, and everyday life in Madhya Pradesh. Blending clay, symbolic leaf motifs, and human forms, the artworks reflect the artist’s emotional connection to folk traditions, simple gestures, and the expressive possibilities of contemporary ceramic craft.

Chief Guests: Prof Biman B. Das, Padmashri Awardee, Former Principal, G.C.A.C, Kolkata, Eminent Sculptor, President AIFACS.

Guest of Honor: D.S. Hitkari, Art Connoisseur, Director, Shanta Art Gallery, Delhi

Dr. Sonali Pithawe (Chouhan) is a distinguished ceramic sculptor and painter with a Ph.D. in Fine Arts, known for her acclaimed solo and international exhibitions across India, Europe, and Russia. An award-winning artist, earning recognition for her expressive contemporary style.

Inauguration of the exhibition on 2 December at 18:30

The Exhibition will be on view from 11:00 to 19:00 hrs

In Plain Sight

09 November 2025, 11:00 am
In Plain Sight
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
Art Gallery, IIC Annexe
End Date
15 November 2025, 07:00 pm

In Plain Sight arises from a sustained engagement with moments in which the mundane unexpectedly acquires the qualities of fantasy. Through the act of photographing the everyday is recognised and how it quietly reveals an extraordinary dimension. By bringing these images into the exhibition space, this act of witnessing extends to the audience. They are invited to encounter the familiar anew, and to perceive the fantastical elements that reside within the ordinary.

Iman Sengupta is a visual artist and art director whose work blends fine art, design, and advertising. A LASALLE College of the Arts graduate, he is currently Senior Art Director at Havas Creative, with awards from GOAFEST, and the Takifuji Art Award.

Inauguration of the exhibition on 8 November at 18:00 Hrs

THE IIC EXPERIENCE: A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 2025

09 October 2025, 04:00 pm
THE IIC EXPERIENCE: A FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 2025
Programme Type
Films and Exhibitions
Venue
Art Gallery, IIC Annexe
End Date
16 October 2025, 07:00 pm

Shunya: The Power of Zero

The concept of Zero has shaken up and transformed the world from its very inception. Scholars have applied Zero in mathematics, revolutionizing the field through calculations in algebra, geometry and arithmetic, in scientific disciplines like astronomy, physics, medicine and architecture, and also in all other areas like sculpture, music, and dance.

Inauguration by Shri Vivek Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of Culture 

The exhibition will remain on view until 16 October 2025, 11:00 to 19:00