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16 Jul 2026 - 21 Aug 2026
An institutional exhibition bringing together modern, contemporary, folk, and indigenous artistic practices from South Asia.
KNMA presents The Meeting Ground: Scenes from the KNMA Collection, a major institutional exhibition in collaboration with Christie’s, opening at Christie’s, King Street, London, from 16 July to 21 August 2026. Bringing together works from the KNMA Collection across modern and contemporary practices alongside folk and indigenous traditions from South Asia, the exhibition creates new ways of engaging with the region’s artistic histories.
Curated by Akansha Rastogi with Preeti Bahadur, Avijna Bhattacharya, Premjish Achari, and Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi, the exhibition unfolds through a series of interconnected “scenes” moving across histories, geographies, materials, and forms of belonging.
The exhibition traces dialogues and contestations between modernist artists including M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, Jeram Patel, K.C.S. Paniker, K.G. Subramanyan, and K. Ramanujam, while also exploring performative and material practices through artists such as Neha Choksi, LN Tallur, and Simryn Gill.
Another strand foregrounds artists including Zainul Abedin, Anwar Jalal Shemza, Zarina Hashmi, F.N. Souza, and Bani Abidi, whose works engage with migration, displacement, multiple homelands, and the fluidity of borders. Interwoven within these narratives are indigenous and folk traditions represented through artists such as Jangarh Singh Shyam, Jivya Soma Mashe, and the collaborative works of Gauri Gill and Rajesh Vangad.
Through these layered movements across memory, desire, belonging, and loss, The Meeting Ground reconsiders how collections can be experienced and how institutions can create space for multiple artistic histories to coexist. Bringing these dialogues beyond KNMA’s physical spaces, the exhibition reflects the museum’s commitment to expanding engagement with South Asian artistic practices within international cultural conversations.
Bringing together works by 67 artists from across generations and artistic traditions, Meeting Ground offers a rare opportunity to experience the breadth of the KNMA Collection in London this summer.
Featuring Artists: Aisha Khalid, Akbar Padamsee, Anant Joshi, Anita Dube, Anoli Perera, Anwar Jalal Shemza, Attributed to Anmana Devi, Attributed to Tara Devi, Bani Abidi, F.N. Souza, Ganesh Gopal Jogi, Gauri Gill, Haku Vajubhai Shah, Himmat Shah, Idris Khan, Jagdish Swaminathan, Jaidev Baghel, Jangarh Singh Shyam, Jayashree Chakravarty, Jeram Patel, Jitish Kallat, Jivya Soma Mashe, K.G. Subramanyam, K.P. Krishnakumar, K. Ramanujam, K.C.S. Paniker, Krishen Khanna, Kulpreet Singh, L.N. Tallur, Manjunath Kamath, M.F. Husain, Mayur and Tushar Vayeda, Meera Mukherjee, Mochu, Mohan Samant, Naeem Mohaiemen, Nalini Malani, Nasreen Mohamedi, Neha Choksi, N.N. Rimzon, N.S. Harsha, Prabhakar Pachpute, Pushpamala N, Raghu Rai, Rameshwar Broota, Ram Kumar, Rajesh Chaitya Vangad, Raqib Shaw, Rashid Hossain Choudhury, Rashid Rana, Rasheed Araeen, Rathin Barman, Rina Banerjee, S.H. Raza, Santosh Kumar Das, Shambhavi Singh, Shilpa Gupta, Simryn Gill, Sonia Khurana, Sudhir Patwardhan, Swadesi (featuring Prakash Bhoir), Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Unknown Jadupatua, Vasudeo Santu Gaitonde, Vivan Sundaram, Zainul Abedin, and Zarina.
Christie’s King Street, London
The Meeting Ground 
LN Tallur, Interference, 2019, 4K video and sound,
Duration 4 minutes. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum
of Art 
Kulpreet Singh, Indelible Black Marks (detail), 2022-24,
Cotton cloth, thread, stubble-ash, and ash from
wooden stoves at sites of farmer-protests. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 
Anita Dube, Via Negativa (Part 1, 2 and 3), 2000-2007,
Silver gelatin prints.
Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 
Neha Choksi
Iceboat, 2013
HD video, colour, stereo sound
Duration: 13 minutes 17 seconds
Dimension: Variable 
MF Husain, Birds in a tree, 1973, Oil on canvas. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 
K Ramanujam, My dream world, 1973, Pen and ink on
paper. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 
Anwar Jalal Shemza, Square Composition 2, 1963, Oil
on board. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 
Gauri Gill and Rajesh C. Vangad, Factory and River II
(From the series Fields of Sight), 2014-2016, Ink on
archival pigment print.
Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 
Raqib Shaw, When the Thing with Feathers Turned Red
(after Tintoretto), 2021-2022, Acrylic liner and enamel
on birch wood. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 
Zarina,Mapping the Dislocations, 2001, Pen and ink on
paper. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 
Zainul Abedin, Fishermen, 1970, Oil on canvas. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 
FN Souza
Man and Woman Grinding Their Teeth, 1957
Oil on board. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 
Jivya Soma Mashe, Untitled,1990, Rice paste and
cowdung on paper. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 
SH Raza, Untitled (Houses), 1958, Oil on canvas. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art 
SH Raza
Le village, 1957
Oil on board. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art