📍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: ‘The Forest’ by Sohrab Hura at Experimenter Ballygunge Place from 2025
| Dates (start–end) | Exhibit Name | Venue / Gallery / Museum | Artist(s) / Curator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 January – 7 March 2026 | PURVAI: Printmaking in Eastern India — Pedagogy to Practice | Emami Art (Kolkata Centre of Creativity) | Multiple Artists |
| Curated by Dr. Paula Sengupta | |||
| 9 January – 7 March 2026 | Field Notes (On the Afterlife of Trees | Emami Art (Kolkata Centre of Creativity) | Vishal Kumar Gupta |
| 13 February – 21 March 2026 | Trace | Experimenter Ballygunge Place | Chanakya School |
| 13 February – 26 April 2026 | Khadi, a Canvas | TRI Art and Culture | Curated by Lavina Baldota & Gaurang Shah |
| 14 February – 15 April 2026 | Empowerment. Art and Feminism | Goethe Institut Kolkata | Multiple Artists |
| Curated by Andreas Beitin, Katharina Koch und Uta Ruhkamp | |||
| 15 March – 14 June 2026 | The cage broke, and I found the horizon | Experimenter Outpost (at Alipore Museum) | Rathin Barman |
| 18th March – 16 May 2026 | All that you leave behind | Art Exposure | Multiple Artists |
| Curated by Gayatri Sinha | |||
| 20th March – May 9th | Chance Remains of Another Time | Emami Art (Kolkata Centre of Creativity) | Suman Dey |
| 20th March – May 9th | Nothing Twice | Emami Art (Kolkata Centre of Creativity) | Multiple Artists |
| Curated by Ushmita Sahu | |||
| 27 March – 6 June 2026 | Where We Come From | Experimenter Hindustan Road | Emily Jacir |
| 2 April – 6 June 2026 | We Need to Talk in Whispers | Experimenter Ballygunge Place | Soumya Sankar Bose |
| Date/s | Name | About | Venue / Gallery / Museum |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9–11 March 2026 | Ekaa – The One: The 64 Yoginis Trail | National Traveling Exhibition by Dr. S. Beena Unnikrishnan | Harrington Street Art Centre |
| 13th March 2026 | |||
| 7–8pm | **The Power of Print & Textile** | ||
| Lecture by Ganesh Shivaswamy on the history of print and Raja Ravi Varma’s legacy | TRI Art and Culture | ||
| 14th March 2026 | |||
| Time Slot 1: 4-5:30pm | |||
| Time Slot 2: 6-7:30pm | Preserving Heirlooms | A culinary presentation and tasting menu shaped by Bengal’s heirloom ingredients with Amar Khamar | TRI Art and Culture |
| Friday, March 20, 2026 | |||
| 5 - 7 PM | **Experimenter Learning Program Module XXX** | ||
| A conversation that bringing together Kolkata based collectives working across different disciplines. Through an open format roundtable conversation, participants will consider what it takes to build, sustain, and work within a collective, | Experimenter Ballygunge Place Terrace | ||
| 28th March 2026 | **Landscapes in Impasto** | ||
| A painting and sketching workshop by Vishal Kumar Gupta | Emami Art (Kolkata Centre of Creativity) | ||
| 3rd April 2026 | Epaar Opaar | A film screening: a cinematic exploration of Bengal’s textile history | TRI Art and Culture |
| 4th April 2026 | |||
| Time Slot 1: 11-1pm | |||
| Time Slot 2: 3-5pm | Marked by Hand | A hands-on block printing workshop | TRI Art and Culture |
| 4th April | |||
| 6pm onwards | Artist Talk | Artist Soumya Sankar Bose in conversation with curator and writer Tanvi Mishra, on his practice | Experimenter Ballygunge Place |
This sheet is now archived!
Last updated: 26 March, 2026.