Upcoming Art Events & Festivals India 2025–26
If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to plan your calendar around India’s art scene, the next season is brimming with reasons. The upcoming art events and festivals in India for 2025–26 are not only about exhibitions — they are about entering into dialogues, witnessing how spaces transform, and experiencing how contemporary art reshapes the way we see ourselves.
What shall excite us most is how these festivals go beyond displaying artworks. They reframe heritage, disrupt narratives, and invite us to inhabit art in real time. From Kochi’s expansive biennale to Delhi’s polished art fair circuit, from Goa’s multidisciplinary experiments to Mumbai’s ambitious showcase — the Indian art map is buzzing.
Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025–26: Where Histories Converse with the Contemporary
Dates: December 12, 2025 – March 31, 2026
Location: Fort Kochi, Kerala
During the Biennale, centuries-old spice warehouses and colonial facades come alive with new media, installations, and live performances. The Kochi-Muziris Biennale remains South Asia’s most significant contemporary art festival — not only for its scale but also for how it folds community and history into global artistic practice. Expect durational works, discursive spaces, and surprises in alleyways that might otherwise go unnoticed.
👉 [Visit the official Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025–26 page]
India Art Fair 2026: New Delhi’s Gateway to the Global Art Market
Dates: February 5–8, 2026
Location: NSIC Exhibition Grounds, New Delhi
The India Art Fair is Delhi’s crown jewel of contemporary art gatherings — bringing together India’s leading galleries alongside international names. It offers a layered picture of where South Asian art sits globally. From monumental sculptures to video art, panel discussions to curated talks, this is where one encounters both market trends and artistic experimentation.
👉 [Visit the official India Art Fair 2026 page]
Serendipity Arts Festival 2025: Goa Beyond the Postcard
Dates: December 12–21, 2025
Location: Panjim, Goa
The Serendipity Arts Festival is distinctive in its breadth. It refuses to remain within the bounds of “visual art” alone, bringing together performance, theatre, culinary practices, and design alongside installations. Set against Panjim’s riverside and heritage venues, it embodies Goa’s cultural spirit — playful, experimental, and deeply rooted.
👉 [Visit the official Serendipity Arts Festival 2025 page]
Art Mumbai 2025: The City’s Own Contemporary Art Fair
Dates: November 13–16, 2025
Location: Mahalaxmi Race Course, Mumbai
Mumbai has long been the country’s art capital in spirit, and with Art Mumbai it now has a fair that feels entirely its own. Expect a tightly curated roster of galleries, thematic showcases, and conversations that situate Indian contemporary art within global dialogues. The venue — Mahalaxmi Race Course — lends the fair a distinctly Mumbai energy: ambitious, cosmopolitan, and unafraid.
👉 [Visit the official Art Mumbai 2025 page]
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton
Why These Upcoming Art Festivals Matter
These upcoming art festivals and event of 2025–26 are not passive exhibitions — they are living, breathing ecosystems of creativity. For collectors, they offer access; for professionals, they generate networks and debates; and for audiences at large, they open up stories larger than individual experience.
Whether it’s booking flights to Kochi, planning a long weekend in Goa, or balancing time between Delhi and Mumbai, these dates deserve a place on the calendar. India’s contemporary art season is approaching — and it promises much more than just a view.