Arthshila Delhi invites you to a spectacular celebration of K.G. Subramanyan’s centenary!

This exhibition offers a compelling view of Subramanyan’s work, showcasing pieces that range from subtly evocative to boldly expressive. His inventive spirit, spanning painting, murals, toy-making, and writing, has redefined artistic boundaries with unmatched mastery. Highlighting the incredible range and depth of his remarkable 70-year journey in the arts.

“Subramanyan was a painter, a muralist, a printmaker, a designer, a textile and fibre artist, a writer and illustrator for children, a maker of toys, and a thinker and lucid writer all rolled into one. He carried the skills and insights he gained from craft and design into high art and vice versa, which allowed him to use different mediums innovatively and enrich his work across them. As he went along, this felicity became an innate factor of his personality, and he acquired effortless spontaneity.” 

—R Siva Kumar 

Curated by Professor R. Siva Kumar from the Takshila Fine Arts Collection, in collaboration with Seagull, Calcutta, and with invaluable contributions from the Ark Foundation for the Arts, Delhi Art Gallery, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Piramal Museum of Art, Mumbai, the Department of Painting at M.S. University of Baroda, Uttarayan Art Foundation, Baroda and private collectors Geeta Kapur & Vivan Sundaram, P.D. Dhumal & Radhika Dhumal, Dhwani Gudka, and Keshav Mahendru, this exhibition brings together a rich array of works.

Additionally, the exhibition includes a selection of archival materials presented by Asia Art Archive in India.

Come celebrate the vibrant legacy of an artist, where every medium and material he touched became a canvas for his distinctive vision.