At the foot of Golconda Fort in Hyderabad, stands the 106-acre Qutb Shahi Heritage park, a unique necropolis where for 169 years, the Qutb Shahi Sultans built mausoleums, funerary mosques, grand stepwells and garden structures. This, without doubt, is the most significant ensemble of Qutb Shahi architecture. For over a decade, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in partnership with the Government of Telangana’s Department of Archaeology has undertaken the conservation of over 100 monuments coupled with landscape restoration of the necropolis. The exhibition presents a decade-long journey of conservation with focus on the conservation of Muhammad Qutb Shah’s mausoleum, supported by InterGlobe Foundation/IndiGo Reach 

Inauguration on Monday, 30 September 2024 at 18:30

As part of the exhibition, there will be two related programmes:

On Friday, 4 October 2024 at 18:30 in the Art Gallery
Cultural Practices of the Qutb Shahis
Talk by Sajjad Shahid on the poetry, music, writing, sufi practices of the Qutb Shahis

Sajjad Shahid is a historian, architecture conservator, columnist and Visiting Professor at University of Hyderabad

On Wednesday, 9 October 2024 at 18:30 in the Art Gallery
Qutb Shahi Heritage Park: Conservation & Landscape Restoration
Illustrated lecture by Ratish Nanda that addresses the objectives, and conservation philosophy followed during the conservation and landscape restoration at the Qutb Shahi Heritage Park. Since 2013, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture’s inter-disciplinary team has partnered with a host of agencies to conserve these historic monuments and restore their gardens. This discussion will highlight the conservation process and the strategies employed in conserving this significant cultural heritage.
 
 

(Collaboration: Agha Khan Trust for Culture; and InterGlobe/IndiGo Reach)
  
 

Curated by Ina Puri

For artists in general and printmakers in particular, the Bat-tala school has been, perennially, of great interest, inspiring several art practitioners down the decades albeit in many ways. Literally meaning under the Banyan tree, artists of Chitpore, initially worked under the ubiquitous Bat-tala making the work they produced so popular that soon the newly established school went by the sobriquet Bat-tala. The Bat-tala tradition spawned art and illustrations spanning a range of subjects from mythology and religious themes to the satirical, commenting on contemporary social life of the time. 

Two parallel exhibitions will be held in both art galleries of the Centre presenting the work of master artists; senior artists; and emerging artists. Organised in collaboration with Art Magnum 

The Tradition of Bat-tala & Other Practices by the Printmakers
Presenting works by master artists – Paramjit Singh; Akbar Padamsee; Bhupen Khakkar; Arpita Singh; Jatin Das; Anjolie Ela Menon; Rameshwar Broota; Vasundhara Broota;  Manu Parekh; Madhvi Parekh; Shobha Broota; Sakti Burman; Ved Nayar; Anupam Sood; Jyoti Bhatt; Jogen Chowdhury; P. D. Dhumal; R. B. Bhaskaran; Jaikishan Agarwal; Arpana Caur;  Jeram Patel; Laxman Goud; Himmat Shah; Niren Sengupta; G.M. Sheikh; Lalu P. Shaw; Paramjeet Dogra; Somnath Hore; K. G. Subramanyan; Sanat Kar; Shanti Dave; Rini Dhumal; V.R. Patel; Haren Das; Prem Singh; Manjit Bawa;  Maite Delteil; and Piraji Sagara

Works by senior artists - Dattatraya Apte; Kavita Nayar; Sushanta Guha; Anandamoy Banerji; Kanchan Chander; Bula Bhattacharya; Kishor Chakraborty; Santosh Verma; Hemavathy Guha; Gayatri Apte; G. R. Iranna; Pooja Iranna;  V. Nagdas; Pratul Dash; Yusuf; Debashish Mukherjee; Prasanta Kalita; Amitava Das; Veer Munshi; Sidharth; R. M. Palaniappan; Durga Kainthola; Rajan Fulari; Birendra Pani; Vijay Bagodi; Subroto Mandol; Sujay Mukherjee; Mini Radhakrishan; Srikanta Paul; Walter D. Souza; Avijit Roy; Savi Sawarkar; Ramesh Khanda; Ajit Seal; Shovin Bhattacharya; Sunrindra Mishra; Suddhasattwa Basu; Suranjan Basu; Asim Pal; Jayasri Burman; Waswo X. Waswo; and Sanjay Das

Preview on Friday, 13 September 2024 at 18:30

An exhibition of heirloom sarees from private collections that pays homage to the magnificent woven traditions of India. Many of the heirloom sarees are no longer being woven today as present day sensibilities, raw material unavailability and diminishing weaving skills have played a part in the gradual decline of production of these special weaves. The exhibition highlights and exemplifies the wide variety of weaving skills, different types of yarns and the astonishingly beautiful aesthetics which were prevalent and popular a few decades ago. The collection also highlights sarees woven in the important weaving clusters of the time including Kanchipuram, Benares and Paithan among others

Inauguration on Saturday, 31 August 2024 at 18:30 with

Bharatanatyam performance composed for the occasion

By Justin McCarthy

Guided Walkthrough on 1 September 2024 at 16:00 hrs respectively

Kindly please register in advance on 9910666457

On 7 September 2024 at 17:00 hrs

A Conversation

With Ms Malvika Singh, Publisher, author, revivalist of traditional textiles skills  

(Collaboration: Delhi Crafts Council)

Finding Light
K.G. Subramanyan

Curator: Sabyasachi Samanta

Curated walk conducted by Sabyasachi Samanta on Saturday, 10 August 2024 at 18:30

 On account of Independence Day on 15 August 2024, the Art Gallery will remain closed for one day

(Collaboration: Seagull Books)

A group show – the artists in this show present a variety of different works and media in their diverse practices. From journalistic reportage, to analogue experiments in the darkroom, to investigating archival material, to pedagogic presentations of form, to re-looking at image practices within the lens of contemporary art.

Artists: Aditya Pande, Avani Tanya, Dhruv Malhotra, Hemant Sareen, Hylozoic/Desires (Himali Singh Soin & David Tappeser), Ishan Tankha, Kana Kitaoka, Kapil Das, Kaushik Ramaswamy, Pallavi Arora, Rahul Noble Singh, Sarnath Banerjee, Shirley Bhatnagar, Shoili Kanungo, Shyamant Behal, Srinivas Kuruganti, Sudeep Chaudhuri, Sukanya Ghosh, Uzma Mohsin

Inauguration on Thursday, 25 July 2024 at 18:30 with a Guitar recital by Shyamant Behal and the release of a set of photo zines by Ishan Tankha

 Latika Gupta will conduct a walkthrough of the exhibition and a conversation with the participating artists on Saturday, 27 July 2024 at 16:30 hrs in the Art Gallery

Life and journey in the Zo Hills of North-Eastern India
                                                                                                                            
Contemporary exhibition that showcases the history, culture and creativity of Lamka town in Manipur. Inspired by their connection with their hometown, this exhibition brings together more than a hundred young artists, designers, dreamers and writers from Lamka through photographs including photo archives, films, digital illustrations and installations

Inauguration on Wednesday, 10 July 2024 at 18:30 hours

An inter-generational interventionist show on abstraction

Presenting the works of S.K. Sahni, senior artist
Along with works by Puneet Kaushik; Reshmi Dey; Shobha Broota; Anumeha Jain; Harshit Agrawal in collaboration with Dhoomimal gallery; IG Gallery – sculptures; and Satyakam Saha

As part of this exhibition, there will be several related programmes in the Art Gallery

8 June 2024 at 18:30

Curatorial walkthrough

Abstract Aesthetics of Indian Classical Music

Conversation and concert with Vidya Shah

16 June 2024 from 12:00 to 15:30

Chef’s Table, Talk and Performance – Engendered’s Pride Month Special

With Queer Chef Surbhi Sahni, the first Michelin-starred Desi woman chef with over two decades of professional culinary experience. Born into a family of artists – Chef Surbhi has been heavily influenced by her father, S.K. Sahni’s abstract visual artwork, and her own desire to create art through food

18 June 2023 at 17:00

Art Adda

With S.K. Sahni and other artists

(Collaboration: Engendered)
 

An exhibition of contemporary Gond artists from the villages of Patangarh and Mandla
 
The Gond Qalam, also known as Jangarh Qalam, represents a radical transformation of a largely musical imagination and memory into an amazing visual imagination and memory. The artists whose works are on display, come from and work in the dense Gond Pardhan area.
 
Works on view by Anarkali Shyam; Anuj Kumar Tekam; Asana Tekam; Champi Bai Shyam; Dwarka Paraste; Garima Tekam; Kishan Uikey; Lavkeshwari Urveti; Mandakini; Mithilesh Shyam; Monika Shyam; Nisha Shyam; Phoolchand Dhurvey; Rahul Shyam; Ram Kumar Shyam; Roshni Shyam; Sanjay Pancheshwar; Santosh Maravi; Santoshi Paraste; Santu Tekam; Sobharani Shyam; Sukhiram Maravi; Sunil Tekam; Sunil Moti Shyam; Sushma Shyam; and Tamsiram Paraste 
 
Preview on Saturday, 4 May 2024 at 18:30
 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)
 

Two decades of working with cultural heritage and traditional makers
 

By Siddhartha Das

The exhibition presents traditional paintings – botanical, miniature, pattachitra, pichwai, palm leaf engraving etc.; textile inspired by historic pieces; bamboo and basketry; stone pieces; wood carving; inlay with wood, stone and bone; lacquered wood are among some of the exhibits. The display includes site-specific art; audio-visuals and short films on the conceiving and making of the art and craft pieces as well as others that give an insight into a “way of seeing”

Preview on Friday, 19 April 2024 at 18:30

A triveni of Sahitya, Sangeet and Chitra
An exhibition of photographs of paintings of the Virahini Nayika
 
The exhibition will be inaugurated on 6 April 2024 at 18:00 with

Viraha: The Aesthetics and Metaphysics of Longing
Sahitya: Harsha V. Dehejia reads from his book Parul: A Trilogy of Love, Longing and Living
 
Dr. Dehejia is a practicing Physician and Professor of Indic Studies with more than 30 books to his credit
 
Sangeet: Reba Som sings songs of Viraha from Rabindra Sangeet