Events

Presented by Threshold Gallery the exhibition is a mid-career retrospective of V. Ramesh, one of the foremost painters of contemporary India, and among the very few to have made the sacred a serious, sustained subject of modern art. Spanning four decades of practice and anchored by a major new body of work, the exhibition arrives after nearly two decade since his last major showing in the capital. V. Ramesh’s practice is informed by rigorous scholarship and a sustained engagement with spiritual inquiry that distinguish it within the landscape of contemporary Indian painting. The works evoke experiences that exist in more elusive realms of consciousness unraveling a strand of humanist tradition that has always existed as a radical alternative to organised religion. Few practices carry this contemplative authority.

A Bird Call – Godawan is a dialogue between art and nature, an evocative exploration of the fragile equilibrium that sustains our avian wonders. The exhibition, curated with an ethos that blends tradition with a forward-thinking conservation imperative, employs vibrant colors and expressive brushstrokes to celebrate the myriad bird species that grace Rajasthan’s skies. Through vivid paintings and immersive installations, the exhibition captures the majestic beauty and urgent vulnerability of native bird species. Each artwork, rendered in bold hues and expressive strokes, tells the story of nature’s resilience amid environmental challenges. Each meticulously researched artwork seeks to evoke the spirit of these birds and the vanishing habitats they call home, inviting viewers to listen to their silent call for help and become active custodians of our shared ecological legacy. Central to the narrative is the Great Indian Bustard—an emblem of the region’s natural heritage and a stark reminder of our responsibility to protect endangered wildlife.

This solo exhibition features all the new works by the artist in Benaras which is divided into two parts canvases and transparent water colours on papers. The artist sees the city of Benaras as sensuous and beautiful, sometimes somber, but always intense, happening and vividly colourful. The city brings to the artist’s heart a melancholy, and a sense of continuity reflecting on history, on religion, sometimes the artist also sees the dirt and filth, but above all a tableau of our country in every corner. Everything about the city touches the artist’s heart; old architecture, kaleidoscopic lights in the serpentine lane, colourful reflections on the water or river Ganges, different types of boats etc. In the painting he has attempted to capture the forms that are created which quickly dissolve in the flowing water in an instant.

WHAT WAS HERE? A solo exhibition by A.D.S. | Ashima Dhir Sehgal WHAT WAS HERE? explores memory through the traces that remain after places, images and experiences begin to disappear. At its centre is a question: Does matter have memory? The exhibition originates in photographs of ageing architecture encountered by the artist in Naggar, Himachal Pradesh: doors, windows, walls and wooden structures marked by time, use and abandonment. Transferred onto translucent silk organza, these images are stitched, layered, burnt, abraded and torn. The photograph becomes a starting point rather than a record. As the material is transformed, the image begins to lose its certainty. The exhibition follows this gradual loss of resolution. Recognisable architecture gives way to colour, fragments and increasingly fragile, translucent surfaces. Eventually, the image is reduced to threads, burns, seams, openings and traces. What remains is no longer the image of a place, but evidence of its having been. Discarded silk threads, cocoons, burnt prayer wicks, ash and other remnants extend this enquiry into what A.D.S. describes as material silence: a condition in which material no longer reveals a complete history, yet continues to bear the marks of what has passed through it. This progression culminates in Portal of Memory, an architectural installation that turns the exhibition’s enquiry into a physical encounter. Through the structure, a distant door remains visible yet beyond reach. A paradox emerges: the visitor moves physically forward while the remembered place moves further away. WHAT WAS HERE? Considers memory not as the preservation of an intact past, but through what survives its transformation: a fragment, a scar, an opening, a trace. Does matter have memory?

Nar Nari 2.0 is a new and evolved body of work exploring the eternal balance between masculine and feminine energies. The collection reflects equality, coexistence, emotional strength, and the idea that two contrasting forces together create wholeness. Rather than conflict, the works celebrate harmony between opposites—logic and intuition, structure and softness, earth and spirit. Mahesh Sharma is an Indian multidisciplinary artist and designer known for his powerful fusion of fine art, sculpture, and collectible design. With over twenty-five years of creative experience, his work spans exhibitions, installations, furniture-art, and large-scale conceptual presentations in India and abroad. His artistic language is rooted in nature, human psychology, equality, spirituality, and material transformation. Through painting, sculpture, and mixed media, Mahesh Sharma creates works that are both visually striking and philosophically layered. He is widely recognized for developing original collections that merge art and function while maintaining a strong emotional and symbolic presence.