Gallery-hop all week in Mumbai with these handpicked art shows for every kind of person

A joint exhibition by the students of the Sir JJ Schools of Art, Architecture, and Design, the curated panels, “are a portrayal of the city through many of its facets, from food to artefacts, locations, and objects,” shared professor Mustansir Dalvi. 
TILL April 2; 11 am onwards
AT Claude Batley Gallery, Sir JJ School of Art, Architecture and Design, Fort.

Thursday
The Sun Rises in The East by Ronny Sen

Catchment Node VII, 2026. Pic Courtesy/Ronny Sen, Tarq Art Gallery

The reality of Artificial Intelligence (AI), war, and the conundrum of an unsustainable world in the near future drives this solo showcase by Ronny Sen.
TILL April 18, 11 am to 6.30 pm (Tuesday to Saturday) 
AT Tarq Art Gallery, KK (Navsari) Chambers, AK Nayak Marg, Fort.

Friday
The Last Rust by Archana Hande

Discarded dumbbells, sieves, knives, and hammers might feel like the byproducts of a yard sale. But for Archana Hande, they carry a deeper significance. The artist turns to her visit to the nomadic 
Gurjari markets to transform them into totemic symbols with a history of class, caste, and gender.
TILL April 25; 10 am to 6 pm (Monday to Saturday) 
AT Chemould Prescott Road, Queens Mansion, Fort.

Saturday
Primordial by Parvathi Nayar

Balance of Trade. Pics Courtesy/ Parvathi Nayar, Muziris Contemporary

Marking a return to the city after two decades, Nayar’s rendered graphite compositions flow from the idea of the ‘primordial soup’ of the universe. The work “…is between structure and dissolution, between conscious construction and something more intuitive,” says the writer.
TILL May 1; 11 am to 7 pm (except Mondays)  
AT Muziris Contemporary, Arsiwala Mansion, Colaba.

Sunday
Ticket Tika Chaap

(Clockwise from above) Textile labels, late 19th-20th Century; (above right) Royal warrior, 19th Century. Pics Courtesy/Dr BDL Museum, MAP Bengaluru

Colourful, fascinating, and historically quirky, this show is to be enjoyed at leisure. Presented in collaboration with Museum of Art and Photography (MAP) Bengaluru, and Impart, the exhibition is a treasure trove of the aesthetic, art, and colour. Curators Nathaniel Gaskell and Shrey Maurya bring together the glossy and vividly rendered images on textile tickets that serve as a window into Colonial history, artistic identity, technology, and visual culture.
TILL June 7; 10 am to 5.30 pm (except Wednesdays)
AT Special Project Space, Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Byculla West.
Entry Museum tickets apply

Landscape Plays by Heiner Goebbels

The Last Painting, 2023. Pic Courtesy/ Heiner Goebbels, Dr BDL Museum, Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan

Light, movement, and sound are at the heart of Heiner Goebbels’ Indian debut. In collaboration with the Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Mumbai, the conductor takes inspiration from the author Gertrude Stein. “I am especially excited, how the sounds and all the things and objects in the Landscape Plays: monuments, instruments, paintings, and the elements: water, wind, fog and ice — communicate with the precious objects of the museum,” he says.  
TILL May 31; 10 am to 5.30 pm (except Wednesdays)
AT Kamalnayan Bajaj Special Exhibitions Gallery, Dr BDL Museum, Byculla West. 
ENTRY Museum tickets apply

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