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Kochi Biennale head resigned after sexual harassment allegation

Kochi Biennale head Bose Krishnamachari resigned after sexual harassment allegation

March 25, 2026 8:08 am

Krishnamachari is the co-founder of KMB and co-curator of its first edition in 2012. One of the country's most prestigious art events, the Biennale's sixth edition opened on December 12 last year and is on until March 31.

Artist Bose Krishnamachari resigns from Kochi Biennale Foundation

January 14, 2026 4:13 pm

"Pressing family reasons" has been cited as the reason for his resignation. He was also the co-founder of the biennale with artist Riyas Komu.

From a camp in Goalpara to Kochi Biennale: Dhiraj Rabha’s journey through art

December 16, 2025 2:50 pm

At the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale, artist Dhiraj Rabha draws on his childhood in an ex-ULFA detention camp

What to expect at Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025-26?

July 15, 2025 10:19 pm

Artist Nikhil Chopra and HH Art Spaces have share their curatorial vision for the art event's sixth edition that will open in December 2025

Despite all the turmoil, why Kochi Biennale must go on

December 25, 2022 7:28 am

With the fifth edition of the Kochi Biennale finally opening on December 23 after an unprecedented postponement, VANDANA KALRA on the chaotic run-up to the event and why, despite all the turmoil, it’s important that the show, the only such celebration of art and artists in the country, goes on

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Why South African artist William Kentridge doesn't use colour in his art

December 17, 2022 5:29 pm

In this exclusive interview, Kentridge speaks about performing at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, the logic in the absurd and understanding the world through art

Staff crunch, venue delay: Kochi Biennale scrambles to get its act together

December 16, 2022 2:17 am

While the organisers cited “organisational challenges, compounded by external factors” for the last-minute postponement, several participants feel the announcement could have been made earlier.

‘I’ve considered this edition of the Biennale as a crucible to hold very disparate conversations’: Shubigi Rao, curator, Kochi-Muziris Biennale

December 12, 2022 10:37 am

The artist and curator of the fifth edition of the biennale that begins on December 12, on the challenges posed by the pandemic and how it has provoked new ways of approaching the event

Kochi-Muziris Biennale opening postponed to December 23

December 12, 2022 10:28 am

"Organisational challenges, compounded by external factors," led to the rescheduling, the Kochi Biennale Foundation team announced on social media.

After getting postponed for two years, Kochi Muziris Biennale finally kicks off tomorrow

December 11, 2022 7:04 pm

Curated by Singapore-based Indian origin artist Shubigi Rao, in its fifth edition, the Biennale will feature works of 90 artists from across the globe presented under the central exhibition titled "In Our Veins Flow Ink and Fire".

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PHOTOS: Inside this year's Kochi-Muziris Biennale

December 22, 2018 6:45 pm

The ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale held in Kochi, Kerala began on December 12 and will continue till March 29, 2019. It is one of the largest art exhibitions in South Asia.