India Art Fair 2019 is just around the corner and its literally raining exhibitions in New Delhi. It is absolutely the best time to come face to face with the works of some of the most prestigious artists of India. Whether you revere the old masters or count on the contemporary art, there is something for every art lover exhibitions in India Art Fair’s Parallel Programme that encourages visitors to explore and know the works from many legendary and lesser-known artists from India through these exhibitions. Here are ten more exhibitions we recommend this January for your aesthetic overload.

Pushpamala N: The Body Politic

‘The Body Politic,’ from eminent artist Pushpamala N, who of course needs no introduction, brings together her work from different series, some dating far back as 1985 to investigate the ideas of self that a nation becomes fixated on. With the body representing ‘The Body Politic,’ Pushpamala N uses herself to re-enacts the various personifications of India throughout history in her bizarrely humorous ways. The works in the exhibition also reflect the expansion of her interest in unexplored areas such as epigraphy, archeology, and eugenics.

When: January 12, 2019 – February 9, 2019

Where: Nature Morte, A 1, Block A, Neeti Bagh, New Delhi, India

Sunil Padwal: Lining an archive

In his first solo exhibition in Delhi, Sunil Padwal puts together a synthesis of discarded found objects with his drawings and photographs by reshaping them into a media that unfolds a story of fleeting encounters of other places and times in the here and now.

Inspired by the artists’ numerous sorties into the urban streets and markets, the photographs and the finely drawn lines coalesce with the outdated and abandoned objects, redefining their existence as containers and creators of a resonant archive.

When: January 18, 2019- March 2, 2019

Where: Gallery SKE, A-4 Green Avenue Street Off Green Avenue, Church/Mall Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, Delhi 110070

Benode Behari Mukherjee: Solo Show

A must see for the explorers of Modern Indian art, this major exhibition will showcase over 200 works from the estate of Benode Behari Mukherjee, one of the pioneers of Indian modern art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism. Curated by R. Siva Kumar, the exhibition is a revisit to periods of the artist’s oeuvre showcasing a series of self-portraits, a selection of intimate sketches of flora, Mukherjee’s landscapes, and preparatory drawings and paintings.

When: January 19, 2019 – February 28, 2019

Where: Vadehra Art Gallery, D 40, Defence Colony, New Delhi, India

Body, Mind and Soul

Bringing together three leading contemporary Indian Arts: Lalu Prasad Shaw, Jogen Chowdhury and G.R. Santosh, this exhibition with the theme of the human form at its centre is a sublime observation at a physical, intellectual and spiritual level.

When: January 27, 2019 – March 20, 2019

Where: Sanchit Art, 167, DLF South Court Mall, Saket, New Delhi, India

Works of Conscience

With socially conscious issues like social injustice, gender and politics at its helm, ‘Works of Conscience’ is an exploration of the responses from a number of eminent indian such as Padamsee, K G Subramanyan, Ronny Sen, Cop Shiva, Babak Kazemi, Amarathaas, Karan Sreshtha, Vanita Gupta and Arun Pandit including others to the most pressing issues of their times.

When: January 28, 2019 – March 2, 2019

Where: Art Heritage, Triveni Kala Sangam, 205, Tansen Marg, Todermal Road Area, Mandi House, New Delhi, India