Precision and passion: Kalabimb Exhibition showcases outstanding works of 25 artists
In this photo essay, we feature highlights from the Kalabimb 2026 exhibition at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
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Finetouch Arts recently held the ninth edition of its Kalabimb annual arts exhibition in New Delhi. Held at the India Habitat Centre, it featured the works of 25 contemporary artists (see our coverage of earlier exhibitions at this popular cultural hub here).
“Conceived as a sophisticated visual dialogue, the exhibition stands as an ode to the enduring power, poetic depth, and continual transformation of our artistic idioms,” photographer-curator Ravindra Kumar Tanwar tells YourStory.
Co-curated with Balwinder Tanwar, the exhibition presents a fluid continuum of shifting styles, themes, and schools that shape the contemporary Indian artistic landscape. “Through painting, sculpture, photography, and mixed-media installations, the exhibition reveals the vast spectrum of visual languages that define our nation’s current creative milieu,” Tanwar says.
The artist lineup, some of whose works are featured in this photo essay, includes Ashok Mahakur, Himani Pasricha, Jay Sethia, Mannish Rao, Kavita Rajput, Mamta Lall, Mohammed Tariq, Priyanka Bardhan, Sapna Aggarwal, Sartaj Haider Naqvi, Trisha Dang, Ritesh Bagai, Riva Singh, and Shalini Dutt.
Sapna Aggarwal is a Delhi-based contemporary artist whose paintings create a space where the subconscious and the spiritual converge. Themes include mother-child bonds, divine energy, nature, and metamorphosis. Her use of layered textures, earthy tones, and intuitive patterning reflects life's inherent complexity and harmony.
Sartaj Haider Naqvi is a sculptor and nature-inspired artist. He has won honours and awards from Sahitya Kala Parishad and UID Karnavati University. His intricate, metal-wire-based sculptures explore the connection between humanity and the natural world, serving to inspire dialogue on conservation and collective environmental responsibility.
Trisha Dang focuses on vibrant meditation and personal transformation. Based on elements like the maple leaf, she addresses themes of balance and longevity. Her artworks convey the positivity and joy found in her surroundings, and infuse energy and optimism.
Ritesh Bagai specialises in miniature art, exploring the space between absolute control and complete surrender. The meticulous detail in his artwork becomes a form of quiet devotion, conveying a spirit of focused stillness and avoidance of excess.
Riva Singh showcases relief painting, a 3D mural technique merging painting with sculptural elements. She utilises an array of materials such as marble dust, ceramic powder, and oil paints to create richly textured surfaces. Colour and structure meet in harmonious compositions with themes such as the Tree of Life.
Shalini Dutt is a textile and visual artist whose practice engages deeply with material, memory and the transformative potential of cloth. Working with discarded and everyday fabrics, she reimagines textiles not merely as a surface, but as a living medium capable of holding stories, gestures and shared experiences.
Such art exhibitions that combine multiple styles, genres and themes offer a uniquely enriching experience, inviting visitors to explore the vast diversity of human creativity within a single space. They create a dynamic visual dialogue via the contrast and harmony between different artistic approaches.
They encourage viewers to appreciate how varied techniques and perspectives can coexist. Each such method or frame contributes its own voice to a larger artistic narrative, as shown by the 25 artists of Kalabimb’s 2026 edition.
“Their works invite contemplation – at times poignant, at times provocative. At the same time, they maintain an unflinching global outlook," curator Tanwar signs off.
Now what have you done today to pause in your busy schedule and harness your creative side for a better world?
(All photographs taken by Madanmohan Rao on location at India Habitat Centre.)