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Modern and contemporary Indian art H. Raza, Gopal Ghose, Sarbari Roy Choudhury, Meera Mukherjee, Ganesh Pyne, Prodosh Das Gupta, among other titles.

Founded in 2004 by Reena and Abhijit Lath, Akar Prakar traces its roots to a family of Indian modern and contemporary art collectors, spanning three generations. Engaging in transcultural histories through collaborations with international museums and curators, Akar Prakar has created a space for indigenous representations from Indian modern and contemporary artists. Operating between its two gall

eries, in Kolkata and New Delhi, Akar Prakar curates narratives drawn from the subcontinent’s modern and contemporary art movements. In the recent past, we have expanded our curatorial focus to include emerging and historical narratives of Southeast Asian art and culture. Over the years, Akar Prakar has participated in art exhibitions at institutions and museums in different parts of the world, including the 8th Berlin Biennale; Documenta 14; Musée des Arts asiatiques, Nice; Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet, Paris; DRAF, London; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Palazzo Madama, Turin; Museo d’Arte Orientale, Turin; Asia Week New York 2020, to name a few. Other than curating exhibitions of Indian modern and contemporary artists, Akar Prakar has been involved with publishing projects in the form of monographs and books on masters such as S. Our books are co-published and distributed by Mapin Publishing. In 2019, Akar Prakar launched the first edition of ‘artVarta Research and Publishing Grant’, a new initiative of the Lath Sarvodaya Trust, Kolkata, which has been actively engaged with art patronage for the past five decades. The grant supports the work and research of emerging scholars, curators and artists in the field of publishing in arts and culture.

25/05/2026

Celebrating the 120th birth anniversary of Ramkinkar Baij, we honor his memory and contributions.🙏

Born in Bankura, Ramkinkar Baij studied at the Kala Bhavan, Vishwa Bharati University, Santiniketan in 1925. Trained by two European sculptors, one of whom was a disciple of Bourdelle, who was on a visit to Santiniketan on an invitation by Tagore, his style was still uniquely his own. Groomed by his mentors, Nandalal Bose and Tagore, the clay modeller turned artist. Working at a time when traditional art was transitioning to modern art, Baij’s work proved to be crucial to Indian art history. Nature and Baij’s own folk background turned out to be the crucial influences in the formation of his own style. Later, he headed the Department of Sculpture at the Kala Bhavan.

A retrospective of his works was held at the National Gallery of Art, New Delhi, in 2012. His works are in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, and in several private and public collections.

Baij died on August 2, 1980, in Kolkata.

Image 1 : Ramkinkar Baij
Image 2 : Ramkinkar Baij | Cat & Fish | Terracotta | 8 x 4.75 x 4.25 inch

23/05/2026

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬

𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡 & 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧 | 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟏

Tagore’s vision of human life is one that stems from the cultural soil of his native Bengal but opens on to and embraces humanity as a whole while each portion of it remains rooted in its native cultural soil. Those who find converging in Rabindranath Tagore and his work a dynamic view of how human life actually is and of how it might be yet more authentically human, have reason to hope that he and his work may become more widely known and more accurately appreciated worldwide. To that end, this exhibition ‘Enduring Legacy’ presented the works of thirteen contemporary artists from India responding to several aspects of Tagore’s immense oeuvre as well as his rich and multi-faceted life and its impact on modern and contemporary cultural thought and practice.

18/05/2026

📢 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 | 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

We are excited to present our new exhibition “𝐈𝐧-𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞” featuring works by Aditya Krishnamurthy and Supriyo Karmakar at Akar Prakar, New Delhi!

🖼️ 𝐈𝐧-𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲
Siddhi Shailendra ( )

🗓𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰:
Friday, 29th May 2026 | 6:00 – 9:00 pm

👉𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 :
30th May - 27th June, 2026 | 11 am - 7 pm
( Closed Sundays & Public Holidays )

📍𝐀𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫, 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢
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14/05/2026

📢 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐨𝐧 | 🖼️ 𝐒.𝐇 𝐑𝐚𝐳𝐚 : 𝐄𝐤ā𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭ā

Raza’s engagement with texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and Vinoba Bhave, and his annual sojourns to places like Ajanta, Ellora and Khajuraho reaffirmed his belief that art must reflect the culture to which one belongs.

👉𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐧:
16th May, 2026

📍 𝐀𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢
(Closed on Sundays & Public Holidays)

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12/05/2026

Celebrating the 103rd birth anniversary of Meera Mukherjee, we honor her memory and contributions. 🙏

Born in Calcutta, Meera Mukherjee drew her inspiration for her art from the common man. Ordinary people doing everyday things found a manifestation in her art. Fishermen, weavers, women stitching - had all been subjects for her work. Meera was a painter as well as a sculptor. In the latter field, she developed her unique technique for making wax sculptures. Bengali calligraphy also often found its way into her work. And, music and dance were her favourite subjects.

Meera Mukherjee initially studied painting at ISOAS, College of Art New Delhi but switched to sculpture at the Delhi Polytechnic. Her European sojourn with its diverse art forms, both ancient and modern, opened her eyes to the suitability of one’s own culture as a personal idiom.

Her close contact with the rural world crystallized in her sculptures as women repairing fishing nets, stitching and embroidering, grading wheat and generally toiling away. Her imagery also includes objects from myth and folklore, refer lost-wax process, cire perdu, and casting.

Image 1 : Meera Mukherjee
Image 2 : Sculpture | Buddha of Badamtam

07/05/2026

Celebrating the 165th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, we honor his memory and contributions.

Rabindranath Tagore influenced the social and political scenario of modern India, thereby bringing about a period of national awakening. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913; and received a knighthood by the British in 1915, which he renounced in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. A renowned poet, writer, painter, reformer and a philosopher, he brought about the renaissance of regional literature in India. His work received global acclaim, lending wider visibility to India’s struggle for independence.

Tagore gravitated towards the world of paintings in his late sixties, which was triggered by a deep sense of dissatisfaction with the language of words. Although Tagore did not receive any formal training in painting, the late biographer Prasanta Kumar Paul argued that Tagore, along with his peers, may have received some training in his childhood. His first exhibition in Europe, in 1930, was well received by viewers. Many of his priceless works, which had been left behind, are placed alongside works of some of the most eminent artists of 20th century.

Image 1 : Rabindranath Tagore in the drama ‘BISARJAN’
Image 2 : Rabindranath Tagore | Etching print | 9.75 x 7.5 in

04/05/2026

S.H. Raza said, “All the five major colours - blue, red, orange, yellow and white - emerge from the black Bindu.” In Raza’s canvases, the colour, geometry and compositions become spaces of contemplation through an act of centring, a way to reconcile fragmentation through attention.

🖼️ 𝐒.𝐇 𝐑𝐚𝐳𝐚 : 𝐄𝐤ā𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭ā

👉𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐧:
16th May, 2026

📍 𝐀𝐤𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢
(Closed on Sundays & Public Holidays)

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25/04/2026

We couldn’t resist jumping on the staff baby photo trend, so here’s our edition! 🍼👶

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18/04/2026

🚨𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞

We are pleased to inform that the exhibition “𝐒.𝐇 𝐑𝐚𝐳𝐚 : 𝐄𝐤ā𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭ā”, originally scheduled to conclude on 17 April, has been extended until 16 May.

The exhibition remains on view at Akar Prakar, New Delhi.

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Image: Bindu | Acrylic on Canvas | 12 x 12 in | 2014

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12/04/2026

Celebrating the 105th birth anniversary of Somnath H**e, we honour his memory and contributions.

Born in a village called Barama in Chittagong, now Bangladesh in 1921.

He received his Diploma in Fine Arts from the Government College of Art & Craft. From 1954 to 1958 H**e was a lecturer at the Indian College of Art and Draughtsmanship in Calcutta. Thereafter, till 1967, he held posts like the “in-charge of the Graphic section” at the Delhi College of Art, visiting faculty at the MS University in Baroda and the head of the Graphic Art department of Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati. In 1960, he became a member of the Society of Contemporary Artists.

He showcased his works in numerous national and international exhibitions including the Venice Biennale, Italy in 1962 and the Sao Paolo Biennale, Brazil in 1963 to name a few. The ‘wound series’ that he started making in the late 1960s as a response to the Naxalite movement and the social unrest around the world, was a unique technique of prints on paper pulp. He was awarded the Lalit Kala Ratna Puraskar by Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in 2004. The National Award (Painting) by Lalit Kala Akademi in 1960, the National Award (Graphics) by Lalit Kala Akademi in 1963. He was honoured Professor Emeritus at Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan in 1984. In the same year, he was awarded the Gagan-Aban award in Kolkata.
Somnath H**e passed away in 2006 at the age of 85 in Santiniketan.

Image 1 : Somnath H**e
Image 2 : Somnath H**e | Untitled | AP 6 | Etching | 11 x 13 inches | 1967

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11/04/2026

Celebrating the 139th birth anniversary of Jamini Roy, we honour his memory and contributions.

Born in 1887 in a small village in Beliatore, West Bengal, Jamini Roy joined the Government School of Art, Kolkata in 1903. He began his career by painting in the Post-Impressionist genre of landscapes and portraits, very much in keeping with his training in a British academic system. Yet, by 1925, Roy had begun experimenting along the lines of popular bazaar paintings sold outside the Kalighat temple in Kolkata. By the early 1930s, Roy made a complete switch to indigenous materials to paint on woven mats, cloth and wood coated with lime.

Roy’s rejection of the then-modern style of painting and his foray into the realm of Bengali folk paintings marked a new beginning in the history of Indian modern art.

Roy held several solo exhibitions and numerous group shows. His works can be found in several private and public collections, institutions and museums all over the world, including the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi; Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi; Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Delhi and in numerous museums internationally including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida to name a few. He was awarded the Viceroy’s Gold Medal in 1935, the Padma Bhushan in 1955 and was elected a fellow of the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1956.

Jamini Roy died on 24 April 1972 in Kolkata, where he had lived all his life. Following his death, he was declared a National Treasure artist in 1976.

Image 1 : Jamini Roy
Image 2: Jamini Roy | Santhal lady | Tempera on Paper Board | 37 x 24 inches

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