Between the grains of timber, rebellion speaks in the language of love. Before the eye, beneath the gouge, Arpan Sadhukhan returns to the physical labour of carving and printing at Srishti Art Gallery, in an age where political imagery is endlessly circulated, aestheticised and even algorithmically generated. Resistance is material, marks are deliberate and surfaces bear pressure. death is nothing but love, borrowed from Nabarun Bhattacharya’s poem This Death Valley Is Not My Land, declares not grief but defiance. Raised in a grocer’s household in Barrackpore, Sadhukhan learned to watch closely, to notice the rhythms of daily trade, the push and pull of buying and selling, the small economies of care and survival. That intimacy follows him into his art, where consumer culture is both subject and mirror, approached with a gaze that blends critique and empathy. For this show, the woodcut leaves its regular plane and rises into sculptural space, inviting viewers to step inside the ethical and emotional currents of dissent.. On view at Srishti Art Gallery, 267, Road No. 15, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad from 21st February to 30th March 2026.. The Baroda March, curated by Rukshaan Krishna at Rukshaan Art, Mumbai. ‘Untitled’ (2025) by Gulab Kapadiya. Image courtesy: Rukshaan Art.. Within the constellation of the 19th edition of The Baroda March, shaped by the pedagogy of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, small business holders are seen as the protagonists in Gulab Kapadiya’s paintings. In a corner of the city where the sun pours like molten amber and morning stirs in the poetry of hands at work, a man bends and folds stubborn bamboo into baskets that will carry the weight of the day; a barber’s blade cuts through hair and air; a vegetable seller arranges his greens with care, laying out the sustenance that nourishes the neighbourhood. These gestures are intimate chronicles of daily life and survival, transformed through layered watercolour on rice paper, further extended onto canvas. The Baroda March offers a platform to nearly fifty artists each year, reminding us that sometimes it is the artwork itself, sometimes the artist’s journey, and sometimes the gathering that frames them.. On view at Rukshaan Art, 1st floor, Laxmi Building, Ballard Estate, Mumbai from 21st March to 17th May 2026.. When a City is Felt by Arushee Suri at Anupa Mehta Contemporary Art, Mumbai. ‘When a City is Felt’ (2025) by Arushee Suri. Image courtesy: Arushee Suri.
