…. Curator’s Pen by Prabuddha Ghosh

A New Vista in My Creative Journey: Entering Digital Art in 2025 by Prabuddha Ghosh A fter more than thirty-five years of dedicated engagement with photography and nearly two decades of sustained practice in digital photography, I have now entered a new and significant phase of my creative journey: the field of Digital Art. This transition has emerged organically through reflection, experimentation and encouragement from individuals whose guidance and faith have been deeply meaningful to me. In particular, I wish to acknowledge the constant motivation and mentorship of my friend and senior artist, Shri Atul Padiaji of Vadodara, Gujarat, whose encouragement gave me the confidence to explore this medium with greater seriousness and depth. Equally important has been the role of my younger brother, Shri Jayanta Khan of Kolkata, who, through his persistent inspiration over more than a year, urged me to take this decisive step and begin a new chapter in my artistic life. I also believe t...

The Indian Art Trend of 2025: Continuity, Aesthetic Recycling and the Absence of Radical Departure by Prabuddha Ghosh The year 2025 in the Indian art landscape may be characterized less by rupture and more by continuity—marked by a sustained engagement with established aesthetic vocabularies, familiar conceptual frameworks and stylistic lineages that have been circulating for nearly a decade or we can say post pandemic. While the production volume, visibility and market circulation of artworks continued to expand, the year did not witness any significant conceptual or formal breakthrough that could be described as a decisive shift in Indian contemporary art practice. Instead, 2025 unfolded as a phase of “mix-and-match continuity,” where artists selectively recombined existing visual languages, inherited narratives and recognizable aesthetics without substantially reconfiguring their underlying epistemologies. A prominent tendency throughout the year was the continued reliance on alre...

KAWRUH: From Soil to Soul — The Neo-Contemporary Rise of Biennale Jogja 18 By Prabuddha Ghosh (India) and Fassih Keiso (Australia) The 18th edition of Biennale Jogja, held from 5 October to 20 November 2025, returned with renewed clarity and cultural depth under the theme “KAWRUH: Tanah Lelaku / Land of Rooted Practices.” As part of the Second Round of the globally recognised Equator Series, this edition positioned itself firmly within the expanding landscape of neo-contemporary art, where tradition, locality and global dialogue intersected in sophisticated yet grounded ways. The 18th Biennale Jogja took place in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. This city, the center of Javanese arts and culture, retains its rich customs and is governed by a unique Sultanate system. Its name, derived from the Indian city Ayodhya and the Javanese words for "fit" and "prosperous," means "a city that is fit to prosper." Curated by Bob Edrian from Jakarta, Eva Lin of Taiwan and ...