📍Kolkata, India

Hi! This is me, @ananyasaraf.design‘s personal art and design exhibit agenda for the month; shared here because art and organised grids (two things sitting conveniently high on my list of interests) now felt worthy of an audience.

I’m drawn to contemporary art and design, especially the ones that makes me physically move, look twice. The kind that makes my brain tingle.

This list focuses on Kolkata since I’m based here, with occasional exhibits from other cities I plan to visit (and as my chronically online self digs deeper.) Do reach out if I miss anything :)

Cover photo: ‘We Need to Talk in Whispers’ by Soumya Sankar Bose at Experimenter Ballygunge Place (Closed)

Long Term Exhibitions

(in order of closing first)

Dates (start–end)	Exhibit Name	Venue / Gallery / Museum	Artist(s) / Curator(s)	Status
1 June – 1 July	Trajectory of Senses	Ganges Art Gallery	Multiple Artists
Curated by Sayantan Maitra	Closing Soon
1 July – 7 July	Praarambh	Lalit Kala Akademi Regional Centre	Multiple Artists	Closing Soon
22 May – 10 July	Alchemy of Absolute Intimacy	Emami Art	Sayani Sarkar	Open
22 May – 10 July	An Ancient Ballad	Emami Art	Multiple Artists	Open
9 June – 18 July	Resilience, Reverie and Return	Galerie 88	Mausumi Roy, Portia Roy, & Prarthana Hazra	Open
16 May – 2 August	Madhvi Parekh: A Life in Line, Memory and Myth	Alipore Museum	Madhvi Parekh	Open
29 May – 2 August	Hand Prints / Mind Prints	TRI Art & Culture	Gulammohammed Sheikh
Curated by Pushapmala N.	Open
26 June – 14 August	Summer Show 2026: Maximalism in Indian Art	CIMA Gallery	Multiple Artists	Open
Preview 3rd July	Nandalal Bose: Postcards & More	Art Exposure, 1st Floor	Multiple Artists	Yet to Open
Preview 3rd July	India Modern Art	Art Exposure, 2nd Floor	Multiple Artists	Yet to Open
14 July – 24 July	IN BLOOM – A Journey through Five Decades of SHIPRA BHATTACHARYA	Kolkata Centre for Creativity, First Floor	Shipra Bhattacharya

Conversations / Presentations

Date/s	Name	About	Venue / Gallery / Museum
11 July
Saturday
5pm – 7pm	Crossroads: An Artist Talk	Photographer Debsuddha traces the life of that project, the intimacy, the patience, the making of the book, and what stays unresolved. A conversation about home, care, and what photography can hold.	Emami Art
17 – 18 July
Friday, Saturday	Experimenter Curators’ Hub	The Hub brings together nine leading curators from India and around the world, foregrounding curating as a collective practice shaped through dialogue, exchange, and shared inquiry.	Experimenter, Hindustan Road

Hands-on Workshops / Activities

Date/s	Name	About	Venue / Gallery / Museum
1 – 4 July	Wordless Stories in Linocut	This immersive workshop guides participants through the techniques of drawing, carving, and inking while exploring the collaborative creation of wordless visual narratives.	Birla Academy of Art & Culture
5 July
Sunday
4pm – 7pm	Rituals in Clay	A collective ceramic session with artist Samidhha Choudhuri where participants work with clay to craft their own tiles	Alipore Museum
11 July
Saturday
1:30 - 2:30pm (pop-up)
3 - 5 (workshop)	A-2-6: Zines & DIY Book Forms	An afternoon of exploring, folding, making, and reimagining what a book can be. A pop-up browsing library of artist books + hands-on workshop.	SŌKO Experience

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Last updated: 1 July, 2026.