Overview
- The Pavilion of India has opened at the 61st International Art Exhibition, marking the country’s first Biennale Arte showing since 2019.
- Curator Amin Jaffer leads the presentation, which the Ministry of Culture mounts with the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre and Serendipity Arts.
- Asim Waqif’s bamboo installation Chaal anchors the space, evoking city scaffolding while drawing on traditional, eco-friendly building practice.
- Works by Sumakshi Singh, Alwar Balasubramaniam, Ranjani Shettar and Skarma Sonam Tashi use thread, clay, suspended forms and papier-mâché to reflect on home and change.
- Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated the pavilion before a high-profile audience, with a season-long performance program across Venice to follow.