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ONGOING: avamānava by Arindam Chatterjee, IMAGINARIUM 5.0 Emami Art is a leading contemporary art gallery and space for cultural production.
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Established in 2017 with a focus on a future-forward, complex, multi-dimensional approach that echoes South Asia's history, socio-cultural and geo-political narratives, Emami Art has an inclusive, symbiotic framework where profitability supports sustainable resource regeneration and public service. The gallery is a green building and strictly maintains free access to all policies. Emami Art repres

ents emerging, mid-career and established contemporary artists. The gallery also has a dynamic programme of wide-ranging exhibition registers. Since its inception, Emami Art has curated and hosted large-scale to intimate shows and participated in national and international events and fairs. Our artists' works also comprise prominent national and international collections, including public foundations and museums. Amongst the other regular programming, the gallery's Locus in Focus provides a platform to local and regional communities through ongoing short and long-term projects. EA Learning integrates both physical and virtual interfaces. It helps the arts community free access to regular mentorship programs, workshops, residency opportunities and innovative educational activities that facilitate artistic development, help build collaborative networks and provides a supportive environment for emerging talent. Critical discourses, interactions, documentation and exchange are also essential to our mandate. Under the umbrella of EA Discourse, the gallery publishes artistic, creative and pedagogical materials. As part of our knowledge-making and archiving process, Emami Art regularly holds talks, seminars, panel discussions and conversations with artists, curators and key partners to establish a space for critical engagement. Deeply committed to promoting a regional, national and international agenda through innovative and alternative programming, emphasis on community and socially relevant engagements, institutional partnerships and more via a multi-year vision for the future, Emami Art is a catalyst of change, research, innovation and inclusivity.

24/02/2026

Glimpses of Pradip Das's mural work as a part of the Island Mural Project at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025-2026.

Pradip Das’s two side facing mural work located at the Simi Warehouse, Kochi, depicts the parallels of colonial violence, cultural erasure and power politics.

The red wall lists genocides across history; its peeling surface exposes brick beneath, revealing how systematic violence seeks to seal over truth yet inevitably fractures. Names, places, and dates appear as open wounds rather than closure, asserting genocide as a recurring structure of power, not a closed past. On the opposite side, the black engraved wall acts as a mnemonic space. Memory is excavated through abrasion, evoking the Bengal Famine, imperial domination, and power politics that render suffering invisible. Like a scar, the surface remembers through damage.

The installations conceptualize history as a material that is wounded, layered, corporeal, and inherently resistant. They position the act of remembrance not as passive recollection but as an active, excavation of that which structures of power systematically seek to erase.
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23/02/2026

𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀
𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗚𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗮 in conversation with 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗵𝘂
Moderated by 𝗦𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗥 𝗦

Date: 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟳 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Time: 𝟱.𝟯𝟬 – 𝟳 𝗣𝗠
Venue: 𝗞𝗖𝗖 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆
OPEN TO ALL

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Vishal Kumar Gupta and Prasanta Sahu will engage in a conversation delving into Gupta’s artistic journey, set against the backdrop of his debut solo exhibition, Field Notes (On the Afterlife of Trees). Prasanta Sahu, who currently serves as the Head of the Painting Department at Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan, shares a longstanding connection with Gupta’s creative practice and has also played a formative role as one of his mentors. Their discussion will trace the stylistic shifts and evolving visual language within Gupta’s body of work, offering insights into the transformations that have shaped his artistic expression over time.

17/02/2026

On 12 February 2026, we invited 11 selected students under the care of All Bengal Women’s Union, Kolkata to participate in a linocut workshop presented by Emami Art in collaboration with Kolkata Centre for Creativity. Facilitated by 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗺𝗮 with support from Raja Boro, this workshop introduced the participants to the art of relief printing using linoleum sheets where they were encouraged to make a print of their favourite memories – be they real or imaginary.

This event was part of the ongoing exhibition 𝙋𝙐𝙍𝙑𝘼𝙄 - 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖: 𝙋𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 on view till 7 March 2026 at Emami Art, Kolkata.

Sweety Chakma (b. 1997) holds a BFA (2021) and an MFA (2023) in Graphic Art (Printmaking) from Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. In 2022, she was awarded by Kala Shakshi Memorial Trust and received the Late Kalyan Kumar Basu Award.

16/02/2026

Back at the gallery looking at this series of Vishal Kumar Gupta'a works focusing on details—grains, lines, textures, and shapes—rather than the complete object. By observing everyday objects from unusual viewpoints, Vishal Kumar Gupta highlights their visual malleability. Fragmented forms are transformed into images with a new sense of design and identity.

Artwork details:
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Vishal Kumar Gupta (b.1996)
Untitled
Watercolour on paper
39 5/8 x 28 3/8 in. (100.7 x 72 cm.)
2025, Vadodara

15/02/2026

ARTISTS’ PRESENTATIONS

As part of the ongoing exhibition _PURVAI - Printmaking in Eastern India: Pedagogy to Practice_ curated by Dr Paula Sengupta at Emami Art, we welcome four of the participating printmakers -- Ananya Dalal, Priyanka Lodh, Rahul Sarkar and Subrat Kumar Behera -- to deliver a presentation on their respective practices.

Moderated by Dr Paula Sengupta, this event will give the audience a chance to know more about the four printmakers’ work and influences.

Date: Friday, 20 February 2026
Time: 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Venue: KCC Library

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14/02/2026

𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼: 𝗔 𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽
Facilitated by 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗞𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗿 𝗚𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗮

Date: 𝟮𝟴 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Time: 𝟭𝟭:𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗠 – 𝟱:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠
Venue: 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗶 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝟭
Recommended for anyone above 16 years of age

Register here: https://rzp.io/rzp/0jHcZyQ

Taking inspiration from the sketches in graphite and impasto paintings currently on display at 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 (𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴), the debut solo exhibition of Vishal Kumar Gupta at Emami Art, this curated one-day workshop explores the evolution of landscape from observational drawings to textured impasto painting.

𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘
11:00 – 11:30 AM: A presentation by Vishal Kumar Gupta outlining his practice
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM: Outdoor sketching session (graphite on paper)
1:15 – 2:00 PM: Lunch
2:00 – 4:30 PM: Indoor painting session (acrylic on canvas)

NOTE: Participants are encouraged to carry clipboards for the outdoor sketching session. Lunch and all other materials will be provided.

11/02/2026

WORKSHOP
𝗟𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗺: 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿
Facilitated by 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝘀

Date: 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟳 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Time: 𝟭𝟭:𝟯𝟬 𝗔𝗠 – 𝟮:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠
Venue: 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗺𝗶 𝗔𝗿𝘁, 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝟭
Recommended age: Anyone over 12 years of age

Register here: https://rzp.io/rzp/YCJPVRG

Taking inspiration from Deepanwita Das’s works made with wire, metal forms, and organic materials – currently on display at PURVAI - Printmaking in Eastern India: Pedagogy to Practice curated by Dr Paula Sengupta at Emami Art – this workshop will introduce participants to wire-weaving using copper wire. Led by the facilitator, participants would create jewellery as well as sculptural forms of their choice. The session encourages an intuitive approach to working with wire through making and exploration.

NOTE: All materials will be provided.

10/02/2026

Glimpses from the 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 titled 𝘼𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚, 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙆𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙧𝙩 on Sunday, 8 February at the Nuavama Private Wealth Verve Lounge.

The conversation was held between artist and pedagogue Prasanta Sahu & Epsita Halder (Professor of Comparative Literature at Jadavpur University). Our director Ushmita Sahu joined in alongside them.

As part of India Art Fair 2026, Emami Art presented the launch of the publication 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴: A Solo Exhibition by Prasanta Sahu – relating to the artist’s solo at Emami Art, Kolkata in 2025 by the same title.

Photographs by Theresa Alappat

08/02/2026

Arunima Choudhury’s painting evinces a deep familiarity with the natural world. For an avid gardener who spent her childhood in the lush green hill town of Darjeeling and other places in North Bengal, her love for nature comes innately. The interplay of fluid brushstrokes and colour patches lends her paintings a distinctive visual charm, rhythmic quality, and organic texture, marking a new direction in her decades-long exploration of natural colours. Choudhury's pictorial meditation on nature oscillates between simplicity and complexity, often infused with poetic nuance. Following her decades-long exploration of natural colours, the synthesis of leaf patterns and erratic brushstrokes imbues her paintings with a distinctive visual charm and organic texture.

1-2: Up and Down
Natural colours on handmade paper
28 x 22 1/2 in.
2020, Kolkata

4-5: The Magician
Eco print with natural colours and gouache on handmade paper
28 1/8 x 21 7/8 in.
2025, Kolkata

Arunima Choudhury's smaller works on paper are distinguished by flowing lines, uncomplicated figurations, and the vibrant freshness of natural colours, effectively capturing the essence of gestures, expressions, and moods.

6: In Full Bloom
Natural colours on handmade paper
13 1/4 x 5 1/8 in.
2025, Kolkata

7: Lady Unmindful
Natural colours on handmade paper
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
2025, Kolkata

8: Girl and A Bird
Natural colours on handmade paper
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
2025, Kolkata

08/02/2026

Arindam Chatterjee's art is set apart from conventions by his treatment of colours and the depiction of a troubled time. Questions of existence, isolation and alienation of humankind are raised through this set of work. Over the past two decades, he has forged a singular style producing a large body of work which combines rich abstract pigmentation and experimentation with media with striking images of pathos and irony.

The artworks are on view at Booth E02

2-3: Desire
Charcoal, dry pastel and oil pastel on acid-free paper
41 3/8 x 30 in.
2017, Kolkata
Desire by Arindam Chatterjee depicts a snarling animal baring their teeth at the onlooker while being cradled in the arms of a human figure with their eyes obscured. Desire and longing are embedded in this work, set in a surreal composition of a world very different but also adhered to our own.

4-5: Voyage
Dry pastel, oil, and ink on rice paper pasted on board
32 x 44 in.
2019, Kolkata
Arindam Chatterjee, having started his career as an abstract painter in the 1990s, began pursuing figurative painting in the mid-2000s. His powerful, often troubling images of man, animal, and man-animal hybrids are deeply linked to our social, political and cultural realities.

08/02/2026

Prasanta Sahu's artistic vocabulary is shaped by his background in engineering, and his works often look back at his memories of the rural upbringing he had while growing up in rural Odisha. The complexity of the social ecosystem comes into focus, with interconnected threads of dependency that shape our lives.

1-2: A Diagram of Sleep
Acrylic, and ink on Lokta paper pasted on acid-free paper
38 x 58 7/8 in. 2025

8-9: A Diagram of the Act of Eating
Acrylic, and ink on Lokta paper pasted on acid-free paper
38 5/8 x 58 3/4 in. 2025

10-11: A Diagram of the Act of Eating
Acrylic, and ink on Lokta paper pasted on acid-free paper
38 5/8 x 58 3/4 in. 2025

In A Diagram of Sleep, A Diagram of Sleep, and Locked Horns, Sahu positions himself as an observer. His process involves gathering photographs and observational notes derived from interactions with people, places, and objects, which are then translated into data sheets composed of drawings, text, numbers, and other references.

4-7: On the Banks of an Unknown River
Laser-cut mild steel and enamel paint, ink on Lokta paper
A: 87 x 56 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. B: 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.
Set of 2 works, 2025-2026
On the Banks of an Unknown River is a poem rooted in the artist’s childhood memories of Chaughari, where he grew up. Shaped drawings linked to the poem are mounted four inches away from the surface. Seen head-on, they partially veil the text; from other angles, it comes into view.

12: Pheriwala (Street Vendor)
Acrylic, ink, and graphite on Lokta paper pasted on acid-free paper
8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. each
Diptych, 2025
In Pheriwala, Sahu depicts a street vendor carrying his goods in a bag being approached by and interacting with local people; and then maps their cumulative shadow.

13: Mapping the Gap Between You and Me
Acrylic, ink, and graphite on Lokta paper pasted on acid-free paper
11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. each
Diptych, 2025
This work employs a research-driven approach, the visual language of the works drawing closely from architectural drawings, data sheets, diagrams, and practices of mapping.

14, 15: Mapping an Eroded Memory III, II (Series: Mapping an Eroded Memory)
Acrylic, ink, graphite, and tracing paper on

07/02/2026

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