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Anant Curatorial Forum, 2025

Organised by Anant Foundation for the Arts

22-23 March, 2025 | 10 AM to 4:30 PM
Lecture Hall 2, India International Centre Annexe, 40, Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Gardens, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110003

The Anant Curatorial Forum has been conceived as a space dedicated to unpack curatorial practice by inviting the experiences and perspectives of practitioners engaged in some of the most dynamic, critical, and meaningful explorations within the arts.

The curatorial function has evolved to take on several forms, and has become increasingly relevant as a framework not just within the arts but across other disciplines and industries, and demands timely reassessment. The second edition of the Anant Curatorial Forum, to be held on March 22 and 23, 2025, will examine some pressing issues that exist within the contemporary context of the arts in South Asia.

Speakers

Adwait Singh

Independent Curator and Writer

Akansha Rastogi

Senior Curator, Exhibitions and Programming at Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, (KNMA)

Arushi Vats

Curator and Writer

Avni Sethi

Interdisciplinary Practitioner and Founder of Conflictorium

Damian Christinger

Independent Curator, Writer, Lecturer

Duygu Demir

Curator at NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery

Gayatri Sinha

Art Critic, Curator and Founder Director of criticalcollective.in

Katia Arfara

Independent Curator and Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at NYU Abu Dhabi

Maya Kóvskaya

Political Cultural Theorist, Curator and Founder of the Amor Mundi Institute and Amor Mundi Multispecies Ecological Worldmaking Lab

Naman Ahuja

Art Historian, Curator and Professor of Indian Art and Architecture at School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Nancy Adajania

Cultural Theorist and Curator

Natalie King

Curator, Writer and Enterprise Professor of Visual Arts at the University of Melbourne

NayanTara Gurung Kakshapati

Curator, Co-founder and Artistic Director of photo.circle, Nepal Picture Library and PhotoKTM

Nikhil Chopra

Multidisciplinary Artist and Co-founder of HH Art Spaces

Prathyush Parasuraman

Curator, Film Critic and Journalist with The Hollywood Reporter India and Columnist for The Frontline Magazine

Premjish Achari

Curator and Writer

Puja Vaish

Curator, Artist and Director of the Jenhangir Nicholson Art Foundation

Rahaab Allana

Curator and Publisher at Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, Founding Editor of PIX and Founder of ASAP | art

Ravi Agarwal

Interdisciplinary Artist, Photographer, Environmental Campaigner, Writer, and Curator

Shuddhabrata Sengupta

Artist and Curator with Raqs Media Collective

Shukla Sawant

Artist and Professor of Visual Arts at School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi

Writer and Curator

Suvani Suri

Artist, Researcher and Curator

Zuleikha Chaudhari

Theatre Director and Lighting Designer