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Of Being and Becoming: 40 Years of Sakshi Gallery | Group Show | Curated by Manan Shah

September 11, 2026 - September 20, 2026

'Of Being and Becoming', curated by Manan Shah, marks Sakshi Gallery’s 40th anniversary with a landmark exhibition at Travancore Palace, New Delhi. Bringing together 46 artists across generations, the exhibition traces the evolving artistic vocabularies, material practices and modes of image-making that have shaped Indian contemporary art from the 1980s to the present. Featuring site-responsive works and installations the exhibition reflects on shifting social and economic realities while celebrating Sakshi Gallery’s four-decade commitment to experimentation, dialogue and intergenerational exchange.

Alok BalAmit AmbalalAnkush SafayaArunkumar HGAtul BhallaBhanu ShrivastavC. DouglasChetnaaChintan UpadhyayGigi ScariaGulammohammed SheikhHasan Ali KadiwalaKG SubramanyanKim SeolaKrishen KhannaLakshman Rao KotturuManjunath KamathMrugen RathodNalini MalaniNandan GhiyaNataraj SharmaNavjot AltafPablo BartholomewPallavi SinghParamjit SinghRanbir Singh KalekaRatna GuptaRavinder ReddyRekha RodwittiyaRiyas KomuRoshan ChhabriaSalik AnsariSchön MendesShilpa GuptaShine ShivanSiddhartha KararwalSudipta DasSujith SNSumedh RajendranSunil GawdeSurendran NairTeja GavankarThukral & TagraVeer MunshiVivan SundaramVivek Vilasini
Alok Bal | Imperiled Landscape | 2025 | Oil and acrylic on canvas | 78 x 102 InchesAmit Ambalal | O Dusky | 2025 | Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 60 InchesAmit Ambalal | The Arrival | 2016 | Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 60 InchesAnkush Safaya | Untitled | 2025 | Laser burnt holes and copper wire on paper | 36 x 28.5 InchesAnkush Safaya | Untitled | 2025 | Laser burnt holes and copper wire on paper | 36 x 28.5 InchesArunkumar HG | Fear Memorial | 2026 | Brass (Set of 10 units). Limited edition 1 of 20. | 4 (Dia.) Inches eachArunkumar HG | Varaha and the Altered Landscape | 2026 | Paper pulp with white cement, pencil drawing and clear coat. Limited edition 2 of 6. (unique drawing) | 16 (H) x 27.5 (L) x 11.5 (W) IchesAtul Bhalla | Submerged Again | Video Work: Poem | 2005 | Archival pigment print (Diptych). Limited edition 2 of 2. Video on 43-inch LED display with audio. | 67 x 90 InchesAtul Bhalla | The Yell I | 2026 | Archival pigment print. Limited edition 1 of 3 + 1 AP | 42 x 66 InchesAtul Bhalla | Storm I | 2026 | Archival pigment print. Limited edition 1 of 3 + 1 AP | 42 x 66 InchesBhanu Shrivastav | Guests in a Breathing House | 2026 | Mixed media | 40 x 44 InchesBhanu Shrivastav | Will the Sun Not Rise? | 2026 | Laser cut, ash and charcoal on HDHMR board (Triptych) | 72 x 72 InchesC Douglas | Untitled | 1992 | Mixed media on paper | 40 x 30 InchesC Douglas | Untitled | 1992 | Mixed media on paper | 48.5 x 35.5 InchesChetnaa | After the Grid | 2026 | Mild Steel (Set of 106 units) | Display size: 65 x 45 InchesChintan Upadhyay | Being No. 2 | 2026 | Oil and acrylic on canvas | 60 x 78 InchesGigi Scaria | Current Affairs | 2025 | Video. Limited edition 1 of 5 + 2 AP | Duration: 1 minute 55 secondsGigi Scaria | Current Affairs | Acrylic on canvas | 84 x 48 InchesGigi Scaria | New Delhi Mall | 2007 | Acrylic on canvas | 114 x 79 InchesGulam Mohammed Sheikh | Portrait of Artists II | 2014 | Digital collage, Hahnemühle fine art texture paper. Limited edition 1 of 6 | 15.5 x 57 InchesGulam Mohammed Sheikh | Gaze | 2002 | Digital Hahnemühle, fine art texture paper. Second edition 1 of 6 | 23.5 x 29 InchesGulam Mohammed Sheikh | Endgame | 2002 | Digital image and print on silver ground. Second edition 1 of 6 | 20 x 35 InchesHasan Ali Kadiwala | ‘Huruf  IX’ (Husn-e-Fitrat) | 2026 | Acrylic, oil and laser engraving on torched wood | 29(H) x 26(W) x 4(D) InchesHasan Ali Kadiwala | Bostan (Garden of Serenity) | 2026 | Acrylic, oil and laser engraving on torched wood | 14 x 18 InchesKG Subramanyan | Untitled | 2006 | Acrylic and oil on canvas | 30 x 30 InchesKim Seola | Tear Drops, the Arid Landscape | 2017 | Acrylic on paper | 111 x 106 InchesKrishen Khanna | The Game of Thrones | 2015 | Charcoal on canvas (primed) | 60 x 60 InchesKrishen Khanna | Untitled | 2013 | Oil on canvas | 30 x 12 InchesLakshman Rao Kotturu | Fishing at Nothing | 2021 | Stainless steel and readymade ceramic wash basin | 34(H) x 21(W) x 16.5(D) InchesLakshman Rao Kotturu | Decision Pending | 2026 | Stainless steel, brass and wood | 96(H) x 27(W) x 18(D) InchesManjunath Kamath | Around the White Fountain | 2026 | Gold leaf, gouache and acrylic on paper (Set of 5 units) | 89 x 106 InchesManjunath Kamath | Rest of 7 Memories | 2026 | Coloured terracotta (Set of 7 units) | 18(H) x 13(W) x 4(D) Inches each (approx.)Mrugen Rathod I Gir Tales (series) I 2025 I Archival photograph on rice paper on paper pulp (Set of 16 units) I 78 x 27.5 InchesNalini Malani | Stories Retold | 2003 | Watercolour on Arches paper | 23 x 27 InchesNalini Malani | Civilisation and Its Discontents | 1991 | Gouache on paper | 26.5 x 56 InchesNandan Ghiya | A Sunken Found Object (Possibly Rati, Kamakhya, Mohini or Adya-Shakti?) | Wood, concrete and assorted pigments | 31 (H) x 30 (L) x 18 (W) InchesNandan Ghiya | Found Object (Matsya as a Blue City?) | Wood, concrete, plastic, assorted metals and pigments | 40(H) x 23(L) x 13(W) InchesNandan Ghiya | Found Debris Fragment: A Symposium of Spectres | – | Wood, concrete, cotton, metal and pigments (Set of 2 units) | Work 1: 11.5(H) x 9.5(L) x 3.5(W) Inches, Work 2: 23.5(H) x 11.5(L) x 6.5(W) InchesNandan Ghiya | Found Debris Fragment: A Symposium of Spectres | – | Wood, concrete, metal and pigments (Set of 2 units) | Work 1: 16.5(H) x 21(L) x 3.5(W) Inches, Work 2: 16.5(H) x 11.5(L) x 3.5(W) InchesNandan Ghiya | Found Debris Fragment: A Symposium of Spectres | – | Wood, concrete, plastic, metal and pigments (Set of 2 units) | 16.5(H) x 11.5(L) x 3.5(W) Inches eachNandan Ghiya | Found Debris Fragment: A Symposium of Spectres | – | Wood, concrete, assorted metals and pigments | 16.5(H) x 31(L) x 3.5(W) InchesNataraj Sharma | Urban Animal (Horse) | 2026 | Oil on canvas | 72 x 108 InchesNataraj Sharma | Roadmaker – Orange Light | 1998 | Oil on canvas | 75 x 56 InchesNavjot Altaf | Chhalbal | 2024-25 | Video | 35 minutes: sound, colour, loopPablo Bartholomew | Babri | Print on canvas | 32 x 48 InchesPablo Bartholomew | Babri Masjid and Aftermath | Print on canvas | 32 x 48 InchesPallavi Singh | Boy-Cut II | 2022 | Lenticular print on 75 lpi lenticular lens sheet, flip style. Limited edition 1 of 3 + 1 AP |  19 × 18 InchesPallavi Singh | Darpan | 2024 | Lenticular print on 75 lpi lenticular lens sheet, flip style. Limited edition 3 of 4 + 1 AP | 19 × 13.5 InchesParamjit Singh | Untitled | 2026 | Oil on canvas | 42 x 36 InchesParamjit Singh | Untitled | 2026 | Oil on canvas | 36 x 72 InchesRanbir Singh Kaleka | Unquiet Bodies. Version 2 | 2026 | Projection on painting. Limited edition 1 of 3 | 8 x 120 (L) Inches | Video Duration: 2 minutes, 28 secondsRatna Gupta | Monsoon in Maxem | 2025 | Gouache, dry pastel, oil pastel, graphite, embroidery thread and archival adhesive on Arches cotton paper | 134 x 45 InchesRavinder Reddy | Portrait of a Friend | 2026 | Painted and gilded on polyester resin fiberglass | 32.5(H) x 21(W) x 28(D) InchesRekha Rodwittiya | In Search of My Mother Garden | 1993 | Oil on canvas | 70 x 93 InchesRekha Rodwittiya | Rekha@Sixty – Transient worlds of belonging | 2018 | Watercolour on paper | 30 x 22 inchesRekha Rodwittiya | Rekha@Sixty – Transient worlds of belonging | 2018 | Watercolour on paper | 30 x 22 InchesRiyas Komu | Walking Towards the National Museum II | 2008-26 | Recycled wood, concrete, stainless steel, adhesive and acrylic | 135(H) x 84 (L) x 55(D) InchesRoshan Chhabria | Dulhan Photo Studio | 2026 | Acrylic on wood and watercolour on paper | 30 x 48 InchesRoshan Chhabria | Couples Shifted to New Modern Society With Amenities | 2026 | Watercolour and colour pencil on paper | 36 x 24 InchesSalik Ansari | Altar of Celebrations | 2026 | Acrylic colour on treated HDHMR panels (Set of 6 units) | 119 x 58 InchesSalik Ansari | Altar of Celebrations | 2026 | Acrylic colour on treated HDHMR panels (Set of 6 units) | 119 x 58 InchesSchon Mendes | Sunday Evenings at the Balcao | 2026 | Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 48 InchesSchon Mendes | From Aden to Andheri | 2026 | Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 48 InchesShilpa Gupta | Truth | 2025 | Glass tubing and neon | 12(H) x 22(W) x 11(D) InchesShilpa Gupta | There is No Explosive in This – III | 2007 | Digital photograph printed on canvas. Limited edition 2 of 6 | 36 x 54 InchesShine Shivan | Series: Hutatma | 2026 | Oil on canvas | 84 x 48 InchesShine Shivan | Series: Hutatma | 2026 | Oil on canvas | 84 x 48 InchesSiddhartha Kararwal | Pin Ups | 2022 | Dry pastels on paper | 60 x 48 InchesSiddhartha Kararwal | Pin Ups | 2022 | Dry pastels on paper | 60 x 48 InchesSiddhartha Kararwal | Pet Gala | 2026 | Acrylic on fiberglass. Limited edition 2 of 2 | 72(H) x 54(L) x 24(W) InchesSudipta Das | Before We Arrive  | 2026 | Acid free paper on board, watercolour, coffee wash and paper pulp and hanji paper | Work Size: 54 x 69 Inches | Sculpture Size: 53 x 69 InchesSujith SN | Elsewhere or Otherwise II | 2025 | Tempera on paper | 37 x 140.5 InchesSujith SN | Prologue | 2026 | Tempera on paper | 12 x 16 InchesSujith SN | Prologue | 2026 | Tempera on paper | 12 x 16 InchesSumedh Rajendran | Finger on Dead Stone | 2025-26 | Wood and marble | 44(H) x 24(W) x 4(D) InchesSumedh Rajendran | My Past on Your Feather | 2021 | Bronze | 43(H) x 44(W) x 26(D) InchesSunil Gawde | Still Alive I | 2006 | Cast resin and painted fiberglass. 1/1 AP (Limited edition of 3 + 1 AP) | 76(H) x 48(L) x 48(W) InchesSunil Gawde | 1991 – Madras | – | Powder-coated razor blades, stainless steel wire and readymade decorative roses. Limited edition 1 of 3 + 1 AP | VariableSurendran Nair | Exquisite Corpse (Homage to Vivan Sundaram) The Shadows of sighs: Woof is for Agni, Warp for Vayu, Thrum for the fathers, Fore-edge for the Serpents; Thread for All-Gods who are like the wicked, for, they do what they please and the Meshes for their Asterisms. (Exquisite Corpse) Cuckoonebulopolis. | 2025 | Oil on canvas (Diptych) | 72 x 156 InchesSurendran Nair | Melancholy of 12th Man | 2002 | Oil on canvas | 71 x 126 InchesSurendran Nair | Dear Bapu (For Mk Gandhi) | 1995 | Acrylic on canvas | 70 x 21 InchesTeja Gavankar | Dream  | 2026 | Marble, cement and iron | 17(H) x 25(L) x 17(D) InchesThukral and Tagra | Trolley Times II, IV, IX, XIII | 2025 | Painting and offset printing on aluminium plate (Set of 4 units) | 40(H) x 28(L) Inches eachThukral and Tagra | Dominus Aeris Escape Twilight IV |  2024 | Oil on canvas | 72 x 96 InchesVeer Munshi | The Line Between Us | 2006 | Oil on canvas (Diptych) | 72 x 72 InchesVeer Munshi | A Fractured Carpet of Memory I | 2026 | Hand painted metal | 36 x 18 InchesVeer Munshi | A Fractured Carpet of Memory II | 2026 | Hand painted metal | 36 x 18 InchesVivan Sundaram | Spring | 2015 | Painted fiberglass object (after an unfinished sculpture by Ramkinkar Baij) and a bicycle | 66(H) x 60(L) x 30(W) InchesVivan Sundaram | Preening | 2001 | Archival digital print | 15 x 21 InchesVivan Sundaram | Untitled  | 2001 | Archival digital print | 18.5 x 13 InchesVivek Vilasini | Last Supper – Gaza | Archival print on canvas (Set of 4 panels). Trial proof | 79 x 216 Inches