Here's your complete guide to explore art at Mumbai Gallery Weekend this January

A map folded open is an invitation to see where its lines may lead, to follow memory where it lingers. Three artists in the exhibit — Sabeen Omar and Mahen Perera  from Colombo, Sri Lanka, and Urna Sinha from Goa — use various media and techniques (textile scraps, fabric sculptures, paints and photographs) to trace this journey.

What Do Birds Dream At Dusk?
Gallery: Chemould Prescott Road
Artist: Mithu Sen

An I for an eye by Mithu Sen

The exhibit explores blindness not as a medical state but as a political condition — shaped by selective seeing, curated truths, and collective denial. In a world where media edits reality, where militarism frames vision, and where comfort replaces conscience, sight becomes unreliable and blindness becomes systemic. Who controls what we see? Whose suffering remains invisible? What has been erased by design? By integrating Braille, the artist invites viewers to unlearn the visible and confront the worlds that remain unseen.

By Fire
Gallery: Æquo, Colaba
Artist: Kelly Wearstler

One collection features a series of furniture pieces and table objects built around a massive cast bronze grid, inlaid with hundreds of hand-shaped enamel pieces, creating a contrast of colour and texture. The other takes shape in teak carved by hand into fluid forms, burnt to deepen its texture, and accented with delicate bronze elements. Presented together, they offer a landscape where fire meets wood and metal, and where structure and fluidity coexist. They reflect the meeting of Los Angeles and Mumbai, of a designer entering new territory.

Double Consciousness
Gallery: Jhaveri Contemporary, Colaba
Artist: Lubna Chowdhary

There is no “one way” to feel when you view a work of art; for example, an artwork might fill you with both delight and foreboding. Lubna Chowdhary’s new exhibit is a delicate dance in duality.

Lone Runner’s Laboratory
Gallery: Experimenter, Colaba 
Artist: Prabhakar Pachpute

For more than a decade, Prabhakar Pachpute has critically examined the impact of mining on both the environment and human lives. What began as a study of altered natural and industrial landscapes has deepened into an exploration of the inner worlds of those most affected. The first iteration of Lone Runner’s Laboratory will bring together a new body of sculptures, and paintings, posing significant questions on what forms of resistance must be forged to allow our lands to bloom.

What’s the big deal?

Ever wanted to go gallery-hopping in the city, only to be turned away because some are shut over the weekend? During the Mumbai Gallery Weekend — January 8-11 — not only will 33 galleries put up their best shows of the year, but January 11 is also the only Sunday in the year when all of them will stay open from 12 pm onwards. Whether you’re a connoisseur or a newbie to art, it’s the best time to check out the city’s art scene.

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