“SPANDANE” Solo Show Of Paintings By Renowned Artist Sachin Sagare In Jehangir Art Gallery...

From: 25th August to 31st August 2026

SPANDANE

Sacred Moments Beyond Words

Solo Show of Paintings

By

Renowned artist Sachin Sagare

VENUE: 

Jehangir Art Gallery

161-B, M.G. Road

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001

Timing: 11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 9011251869

Email: mindscape.sachin@gmail.com

Spandane

Spandane is delicate, but potent. Spandane literally means vibration. It’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. This particular brand of manipulation is familiar territory for painter Sachin Sagare, who in his seventeenth solo show is proving himself a consummate craftsman of this complex emotion. His twenty-one elegiac paintings on display each take the form of womanhood, but what drives this artist’s moody remembrances is the figurative element within each work: Spandane surrogates that what is always beautiful, winsome, and perfectly attired. Today’s practice of acrylic painting is itself fueled by nostalgia, reminding us of a purer time when art seemed to have a sacred quality, either literally or figuratively. What’s remarkable about his practice, however, is the way he uses different strategies to describe not only memory but also the fading of memory that stirs in us a longing to be reunited with our past.

In his dreamy paintings of women in verdant landscapes, Sagare toys with conventional associations of nature, femininity, childhood and innocence. The foregrounds of his pictures are occupied by colorful women. Sagare paints these with a deft, brushy touch that gives the surfaces of his canvases a sensuously tactile presence. The diminutive figures of women that Sagare inserts into these environments look almost as if they’d been present in nostalgia, Sagare’s primary focus is on the unspoken the silent scenes that carry thought beneath their calm surface. He gazes through these images to understand how history lives in bodies and behaviors, especially those of women, who often remained functional yet invisible within dominant narratives. With few if any signs of civilization in view, you get the feeling they’ve escaped not only from parental supervision and the rules of their community but from modernity in general and the mess made of the world by the Industrial Revolution. It’s a short step to see Sagare’s heroines’ escape into the bosom of Mother Nature as a romantic protest against the dominion of patriarchal consciousness. Insofar as the artist himself may be said to personify the life and freedom of art and imagination. This gives Sagare’s paintings a touching personal urgency. He’s projecting his own sense of what it takes to be an artist in the modern world. You have to be some kind of outlaw. He employs an academic style, showing off the gestural nature of figure painting. Every stroke reflects a motion, yet everything is precise, with intention.

Very few contemporary figurative painters reveal subtle enigmatic juxtaposition. Artist such as Sachin Sagare uses caricature, irony and broad stylization to deliberately provoke, filtered through a faux academic plainness, the paintings in the current series done between 2025 and 2026 depict multi figure scenes populated by late adolescent women engaged in enigmatic encounters, or just as often disengaged and daydreaming. Women roam in mass in sarees and blouses, barefoot with vermilion smeared over their forehead. All the paintings seem woven from disparate sources. Sachin Sagare’s female protagonists seem to project something different from these sources, perhaps a more contemporary hauteur. They never fully declare just what they are up to, and seem unhurried by events. The multiple scenarios on display are like formal qualities of the paintings, still ever so slightly sketchy and undercooked, but with much to savor for those who like their mysteries that way.

This show was inaugurated on 25th August 2026 by Honourable Chief Guest – Parvez Damania Director – Mumbai Art House, Guest of Honor – Sonam Shivdutt Das Chairperson –Shivdutt Das Art Foundation

Abhijeet Gondkar (Art Curator & Writer)

“SPANDANE” Solo Show Of Paintings By Renowned Artist Sachin Sagare In Jehangir Art Gallery

“The Sixth Sense” Paintings & Sculpture Exhibition By 5 Contemporary Renowned Artists In Jehangir Art Gallery...

“The Sixth Sense”

A Group Exhibition of paintings & sculpture

Five Contemporary Renowned artists – Ajey Dalvi, Kavita Salunke, Deepak Thopate, Dr. Tanaji Awaghade, & Surendra Kudapane.

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

Auditorium Hall

M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda,

Mumbai 400001

Timing: 11am to 7pm

Contact: +91 98 81 23 24 25

THE SIXTH SENSE

A Group Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture

The Sixth Sense brings together five distinctive artistic journeys—Ajey Dalvi, Kavita Salunke, Deepak Thopate, Dr. Tanaji Awaghade, and Surendra Kudapane. The exhibition explores the intuitive connection between art, emotion, perception, and inner vision.

Through colour, form, texture, geometry, sculpture, and landscape, each artist presents a unique perspective of the world. From Dalvi’s expressive colours and emotions, Awaghade’s spiritual geometric compositions, Thopate’s expressive sculptures, Kudapane’s layered abstraction, to Salunke’s evocative landscapes shaped by memory and place, every work reflects an individual artistic voice. The Sixth Sense celebrates creativity beyond words and invites viewers to experience art through intuition and feeling.

AJEY DALVI

Ajey Dalvi is a Kolhapur-based painter whose artistic practice explores change, transformation and innovation through colour. His work emerges from an interplay between the conscious and subconscious mind, where emotions find their unique language through vibrant and layered compositions. Dalvi considers colour the “God particle”, a fundamental element capable of evoking and releasing moments of happiness. His paintings bring together transparent and opaque layers of colour, creating depth, movement and emotional resonance. Through this dynamic approach, colour becomes more than a visual element—it becomes a medium of emotion, inner experience and transformation, inviting viewers to connect with their own intuitive and emotional responses.

KAVITA SALUNKE

Pune-based artist Kavita Salunke explores landscape, memory, atmosphere and emotion through expressive paintings and evocative abstractions. Her work draws inspiration from coastal settlements, urban spaces, architecture, textures and open landscapes, transforming everyday observations into deeply personal visual experiences. Through layered textures, nuanced colour palettes and dynamic compositions, she captures not only the physical character of a place but also its mood, memories and emotional resonance. Themes of movement, transition and belonging remain central to her practice. Her paintings move beyond representation, creating a space where observation meets imagination and emotion, inviting viewers to discover beauty and stories within the familiar.

DEEPAK THOPATE

Sculptor Deepak Dinkar Thopate is a leading contemporary sculptor from Maharashtra, known for his realistic approach, technical precision and exceptional craftsmanship. A Sculpture graduate of Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, his practice reflects a deep understanding of form, proportion, anatomy and aesthetics. He has created public monuments, sculptures of eminent personalities and diverse sculptural compositions, combining creative expression with technical mastery. His works have been exhibited at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, and several state and national exhibitions. A recipient of the Maharashtra State Award, Thopate’s sculptures reveal expressive character, refined sensitivity and artistic excellence, establishing a distinctive identity in contemporary Indian sculpture.

TANAJI AWAGHADE

Dr. Tanaji Awaghade’s artistic practice is deeply rooted in spirituality, symbolism and sacred geometry. For over 25 years, he has explored the Shri Yantra on canvas, using geometric forms and intricate patterns to express the harmonious connection between all existence. His paintings engage with concepts of chakras, meditation, positive energy and the relationship between the subtle and the macrocosm. Inspired by the sacred geometry of temples and his belief in a divine universal force, Awaghade transforms geometry into a language of spiritual experience. His works invite viewers to look beyond the fragmented material world and connect with inner light, consciousness and universal harmony.

Surendra Kudapane

Surendra Kudapane is a distinguished contemporary Indian painter and sculptor whose work explores the relationship between nature, human emotions and the subconscious. His distinctive visual language blends realism and abstraction, using balanced colour harmonies, transparent layers, expressive textures and geometric structures to create a sense of serenity, harmony and introspection. A Gold Medalist with academic training from Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya, Pune, Sir J. J. School of Art, Mumbai, and S.B. University of Fine Arts, Karnataka, he has received several State and National honours. With 20+ solo and 125+ group exhibitions, his works are held in public, corporate and private collections in India and abroad.

This show was inaugurated on 18^th August 2026 by Hon. Guests – Mr. Shankar Jadhav, Ex. MD – BSE Investments, Nidhi Chaudhari IAS & Director of NGMA, Mr.Rohit Pawar Member of Legislative Assembly, Dr. Kishor Ingle, Director, Directorate of Art, Maharashtra,, Advocate Chitra Mete, Arts & Culture among others.

“The Sixth Sense” Paintings & Sculpture Exhibition By 5 Contemporary Renowned Artists In Jehangir Art Gallery

“Eternal Whispers Of Stone” Solo Show Of Paintings By Uma Krishnamoorthy In Nehru Centre Art Gallery...

From: 4^th to 10^th August 2026

“Eternal Whispers of Stone”

Solo Show of Paintings

By

Well-known artist Uma Krishnamoorthy

VENUE:

Nehru Centre Art Gallery

AC Gallery,

Dr. Annie Besant Road

Worli, Mumbai 400018

Timing: 11am to 7pm

Email: uma.k1207@gmail.com

Eternal Whispers of Stone presents a compelling ongoing series of paintings by Mumbai-based artist Uma Krishnamoorthy, who turns her gaze towards India’s sacred architecture as repositories of memory, devotion and cultural continuity. Rather than treating temples as monuments frozen in history, Uma approaches them as living presences whose meanings continue to evolve through ritual, landscape and the everyday lives that surround them.

Working primarily in oil on linen or canvas, the artist journeys across the Indian subcontinent; from the Golden Temple in Amritsar and the sculptural magnificence of Kamakhya in Assam to the temple towns of Kashi, Konark, Kasardevi, Kopeshwar and beyond. Yet this exhibition is not intended as a documentary survey. Instead, it is an exploration of atmosphere: of light settling upon ancient stone, reflections dissolving architecture into water, mountain silence framing a solitary shrine, and the quiet passage of time etched into weathered surfaces.

Uma’s paintings are marked by an instinctive sensitivity to light and structure. Architectural forms emerge not merely as feats of craftsmanship but as vessels carrying centuries of faith, craftsmanship and collective memory. Her compositions frequently linger on thresholds, stairways, domes and sculptural details, inviting the viewer to pause before entering these sacred spaces both physically and imaginatively. The measured handling of colour and light allows each site to retain its distinct geographical and cultural identity while suggesting a shared spiritual vocabulary that transcends region.

The exhibition also reflects on the remarkable resilience of India’s temple traditions observed during her repeated travels. These structures have witnessed changing kingdoms, political upheavals and shifting cultural landscapes, yet they continue to function as centres of worship, gathering and continuity. In Uma’s hands, architecture becomes less an archaeological relic than a living archive where history, belief and daily life remain inseparable.

Eternal Whispers of Stone offers viewers an opportunity to reconsider sacred architecture beyond its iconic status. It invites a slower engagement with places where stone has absorbed centuries of footsteps, prayers and silence, revealing temples not only as architectural achievements but also as enduring custodians of India’s civilisational memory.

This show was inaugurated on 4th August 2026 by the Hon. Guests Smt. Sreedevi Surya & Shri. Challa Sreenivasulu Setty, Chairman, State Bank of India

Sushma Sabnis (Art Curator & Writer)

“Eternal Whispers Of Stone” Solo Show Of Paintings By Uma Krishnamoorthy In Nehru Centre Art Gallery

“SUMITAATMAN” Solo Show Of Paintings By Eminent Artist Sumitra Ahlawat In Jehangir Art Gallery...

“Sumitaatman”

Soulful Strokes

Solo Show of Paintings
by Eminent Artist Sumitra Ahlawat

VENUE:

Jehangir Art Gallery

Gallery No. 4

M.G. Road

Kala Ghoda, Mumbai 400001

Timing: 11am to 7pm.

Contact: +91 98682 60250

Sumitaatman:

In an age increasingly drawn toward irony, spectacle, and fragmentation, Sumitra Ahlawat’s paintings return to the enduring language of beauty, devotion, ornamentation, and emotional sincerity. Her works celebrate the richness of Indian cultural memory through luminous portrayals of divine figures, women adorned in traditional attire, musicians, dancers, and moments of quiet spiritual reflection.

Shaped through her art education in Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, Sumitra’s visual language carries subtle echoes of regional aesthetics, traditional attire, devotional atmospheres, and the warmth of lived Indian cultural experience. She completed a five year Diploma in Fine Arts, building a rigorous academic foundation that later expanded into diverse professional engagements across painting, illustration, broadcasting, and graphic design.

Working across oil, acrylic, charcoal, watercolour, and mixed media, Sumitra creates compositions deeply rooted in feminine figurative traditions while retaining a contemporary softness and immediacy. Her paintings are marked by flowing drapery, elaborate jewellery, expressive gestures, and richly textured surfaces that evoke the visual atmosphere of women at temple rituals, folk celebrations, varied painting traditions, and classical Indian aesthetics.

Alongside her independent artistic practice, Sumitra has also worked professionally across several important institutional spaces. She created oil paintings for the Rajputana Rifles Regiment Centre, Delhi, worked as a graphic artist with Doordarshan, Delhi TV, and UDK, contributed book illustrations for NCERT, and worked on illustration projects for Nandan magazine of HT. These experiences expanded her engagement with both fine art and public visual culture, allowing her practice to move fluidly between institutional, literary, devotional, and popular visual language.

Her devotional works depicting Krishna, Rama, Vitthala, Ganesha, and Radha are imbued with warmth rather than grandeur. These are not distant mythological icons, but intimate presences inhabiting the emotional world of everyday faith. Alongside these sacred images, her portraits of Indian women carry a similar dignity and grace, transforming adornment into a visual language of identity, memory, femininity, and cultural continuity.

Sumitra’s use of colour moves between earthy browns, deep vermilions, luminous golds, and muted monochromes, creating a balance between vibrancy and stillness. Her figures often emerge softly from the surface, as though suspended between dream, remembrance, and lived reality. There is a tenderness in the way the body is painted, not merely as form, but as a carrier of ritual, devotion, beauty, and inherited cultural memory.

Rather than pursuing conceptual excess or detached irony, Sumitra’s practice remains committed to emotional clarity and visual harmony. At a time when contemporary art often distances itself from decorative sensitivity, her paintings quietly reclaim these languages without apology. The decorative in her work becomes a vessel of continuity, intimacy, and cultural remembrance.

Her paintings invite viewers into a contemplative world where devotion, femininity, grace, and figuration coexist not as nostalgia, but as living emotional inheritances that continue to shape the Indian imagination.

This show was Inaugurated on 25th May 2026 by Hon. Guests Dr. Kishor Ingle(Director, Directorate of Art, Maharashtra State), Prof. Narendra Vichare(Chairman, The Bombay Art Society), Shri. Rajendra Patil(President, The Bombay Art Society, Founder – India Art Festival), Dr. Ganesh Tartare, (Former Professor, SirJ.J. School of Art), Shri. Shekhar Sane( Eminent Artist)

“Sumitaatman” Solo Show Of Paintings By Eminent Artist Sumitra Ahlawat In Jehangir Art Gallery

“Yellow Canvas 2026” A Children’s Art Exhibition At Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery I 18th & 19th April 2026...

From: 18th & 19th April 2026

“Yellow Canvas 2026”

A Children’s Art Exhibition

VENUE:

Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery

Bajaj Bhavan, Ground Floor, Jamnalal Bajaj Marg,

226 Nariman Point, Mumbai 400021

Timing: 11am to 7pm.

Contact: +91 9975781972

www.yellowcanvas.in

The Yellow Canvas Platform presents Yellow Canvas: A Children’s Art Exhibition 2026, an initiative led by Sohan Kumar Choudhary, an alumnus of Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art. Conceived as a space to recognise and nurture emerging talent, the exhibition brings together a diverse body of work by young artists trained under his guidance, with 81 students from Sr. KG to Grade 12 participating in this edition.

At its core, the exhibition celebrates creativity as an essential and deeply human faculty. It reflects a pedagogical commitment that moves beyond technical instruction, encouraging students to develop independent visual languages while grounding them in strong foundational and advanced artistic principles. Over the years, many participants from this ecosystem have progressed into fields such as applied art, product design, graphic design, fashion, and interior design, with several establishing themselves as practicing professionals, educators, and international exhibitors.

This edition expands its scope by including works from students based across the United States, Germany,  UAE, Armenia, Canada, Belgium, Thailand, Netherlands, and Singapore. The exhibition thus situates itself within a broader global dialogue, while remaining rooted in Indian artistic traditions, including engagements with folk forms and regional visual cultures.

Yellow Canvas 2026 is not merely a display of youthful expression but an evolving platform that fosters discipline, imagination, and cultural exchange. By creating an environment that is both structured and exploratory, the initiative underscores the importance of sustained engagement with art from an early stage.

The exhibition stands as a testament to the role of mentorship in shaping future creative practices, offering young artists both visibility and encouragement in their formative years.

The Participating Students:

Siddhansh Romin Mehta, Aaryan Chandresh Soni, Anoushae Aga, Narek Mihranyan, Ye Htut Naing, Aanya Potdar, Ariha Romin Mehta, Ivaan Sancheti, Ivaan Potdar, Naavya Pratik Shah, Ye Htut Bo, Ayansh Hiren Vora, Kabir Kurien, Leonid Luchkin, Raehan Aga, Avni Hitesh Gurav, Nirvi Ankit Mehta, Smera Sanghvi, Tahmir Patrawalla, Veera Arvind Kumar Jain, Agastya Jhaveri, Annirudh, Anvay Shah, Dev Sushil Kothari, Dhrishay N. Mehta, Hitansh Ankur Kothari, Kimaya Padhye, Mihaan Ajmera, Myra Shah, Rehaan Sahil Jhaveri, Aarav Pankaj Dhawan, Aariv Sanghavi, Anaaya Deep Shah, Joel Varghese, Yashika Jain, Hiya Shah, Kayan Shah, Kiah Rohan Shah, Mohnish Sajnani, Mysha Jain, Riaana Kartik Shah, Saathvik Subrotho Rana, Saisha Dalvi, Yashika Chandresh Soni, Aahana Gaurav Koradia, Aarav Jain, Hia Kaushal Shah, Himaayaa Raghani, Nathanael Nadal Suganth, Tanush Jani, Vviyaa Ritesh Jain, Aalia Kacheria, Aarav Dave, Aditi Kothari, Akshaj Sanghvi, Anay Aadish Shah, Anaya Meghani, Antak Sanghvi, Dhruti Vrajesh Shah, Dhruvi Dassani, Dravya Dilip Vardhan, Nisreen Sanchawala, Vivaan Shah, Vyom Goenka, Aamena Lokhandwala, Amatullah Shabbir Masalawala, Anshul Minda, Ayaana Agarwal, Hufriya Italia, Livana Sethi, Owee Vinayak Hendre, Vritti Prem Avichal, Aarya Sharma,  Ananya Subrotho Rana, Diya Vakil, Natasha Kalpesh Rathod, Nithya Sharad Avhad, Tia Bhavik Shah, Manav Gorakh, Naffeesaa Murtazza, Taksh Gagan Kothari.

This show was inaugurated on 17th April 2026 by Honourable. Chief Guest H.E. Aliaksandr Matsukou (Consulate General of the Republic of Belarus in Mumbai)

Guests of Honour :

Ms. Nidhi Chaudhary (IAS) Director, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, Prof. G. G. Waghmare Former Director, Directorate of Art, Government of Maharashtra Former Dean, Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Dr. Uttam V. Jain Patron, Hindustan Chamber of Commerce, Mumbai, Ms. Dolly Thakore Indian Theatre Actress & Casting Director Malti Jain Director- Public relations & Social Philanthropy, Mr. S. P. Ahuja President – All India Anti Terrorist Front, Mumbai, Dr. Aneel Kashi Murarka Industrialist & Indian Philanthropist, Tassnim Nerurkar Television Actor, Dishita Sehgal Child Actor, Anngad Raaj Child Actor.

“Yellow Canvas 2026” A Children’s Art Exhibition At Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery I 18th & 19th April 2026

“IN THE FACE OF IT ALL”, Solo Exhibition Of Sculptures By Dr. Venkata At Jehangir Art Gallery...

Renowned sculptor Dr. Venkata presents “IN THE FACE OF IT ALL”, a solo exhibition of his recent sculptures at Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda, Mumbai, on view from 14^th to 20^th April 2026, from 11 am to 7 pm.

Working with bamboo, paper, resin, and draped fabric, Dr. Venkata transforms humble materials into striking sculptural presences. At times enhanced with paint, the works take on a semi-realistic quality, further enriched by the enduring sculptural traditions of the temples of Andhra Pradesh. The result is a compelling visual field where humanity and environment remain inseparably bound in a tense coexistence.

Nature, in this exhibition, is not passive scenery but the structuring principle of existence. Fishermen, women, and hybrid anthropomorphic forms emerge as tidal beings shaped by wind, salt, soil, and the memory of coastal labour. Their bodies inhabit porous, honeycomb-like landscapes suggestive of multiple, entangled worlds.

The exhibition emerges from Venkata Rao’s sustained engagement with the sea as both memory and material condition. His sculptures pulse with the unruly energy of water, responding to the violence of human excess and the ecological aftermath it leaves behind.

Dr. Venkata Rao’s sculptural language moves with the force and unpredictability of water, surging in response to the consequences of human excess. Rooted in the memory of a place once called home and layered with nostalgia, his works unfold through profound spatial and emotional depth. Rather than moralising, he excavates enduring archetypes of time and transformation.

These sculptures resonate with the lived realities of seaside communities for whom the sea remains a lifeline. Here, nature is not a backdrop but the governing force that shapes labour, survival, and everyday life. The works also bear witness to polluted waters, altered coastlines, and bodies marked by ecological imbalance.

As the artist reflects: “My reaction to humanity’s savage flaws has transformed into forms that are partly human and partly animal. Yet my concern for humankind has altered my judgment, turning them into gorgeous gargoyles, metaphorical depictions of metropolitan life and its convoluted existence.”

The sculptures also open a conversation around memory as an ecological archive. In Venkata Rao’s practice, the coastline is not merely a site but a living repository of labour, ritual, erosion, and resilience. Each surface seems to retain traces of weathered histories, allowing the viewer to encounter not only the form itself but the sediment of lives shaped in proximity to the sea.

A compelling tension runs through the exhibition between fragility and monumentality. While the use of bamboo, paper, and fabric suggests delicacy and impermanence, the figures assert an undeniable physical authority. This duality mirrors the condition of the communities they evoke, vulnerable to environmental change, yet enduring through inherited knowledge, collective memory, and adaptation.

What ultimately emerges is a sculptural meditation on coexistence: between the human and the animal, the urban and the elemental, memory and transformation. The works invite viewers to consider how bodies, landscapes, and systems remain deeply entangled, and how the restoration of this relationship may be as much an act of remembrance as it is of responsibility.

This show was inaugurated on 14^th April 2026 by Honourable Guests Dr. Achal Pandya(Professor and Head of the Division(Conservation) Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts(IGNCA) Janpath, New Delhi), Mr. Ratan Krishna Saha(Eminent Sculptor) among others.

“IN THE FACE OF IT ALL”, Solo Exhibition Of Sculptures By Dr. Venkata At Jehangir Art Gallery