Delhi art exhibitions to visit right now for a deeper perspective

Take a look at these contemporary art spaces across New Delhi feature atmospheric exhibitions delving into hauntology, spectral histories, urban decay, and psychological isolation. (unsplash) (Source: Photo by respective official instagram page of gallery)

I Am Your Neighbour, I Am Your Lover, I Am (Blueprint12, Anand Niketan): Featuring Artist Rewati Shahani, this exhibition examines themes of collective grief, vulnerability, and body memory, showing how erased communities leave spectral footprints in public spaces. (Source: Photo by respective official instagram page of gallery)

Inheritors of Earth (Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, KNMA, Saket): Curated by Premjish Achari, this exhibition examines ecological distress, climate collapse, and human encroachment on non-human habitats. The artworks utilize dark, haunting natural media including charred wood, bone ash, and silt to evoke a sense of quiet apocalypse and natural reckoning. (Source: Photo by respective official instagram page of gallery)

Phantasms (Anant Art Gallery, Safdarjung Enclave): Featuring artist Thamshangpha, Phantasms is a solo show exploring how homesickness and displacement "haunt" marginalised individuals, confronting the weaponisation of history and identity. (Source: Photo by respective official instagram page of gallery)

Sounds from the Attic (Shrine Empire, Defence Colony): Featuring artist Divya Singh, the show is grounded in Jacques Derrida’s theory of hauntology, featuring eerie atmospheric interiors, floating figures, and lingering historic ghosts in contemporary life. (Source: Photo by respective official instagram page of gallery)

Three Spaces (OJAS Art, Mehrauli): Drawing on Gond cosmology, artist Mayank Singh Shyam explores paatal (the netherworld) and mythic realms using traditional earth clays and natural leaf pigments. (Source: Photo by respective official instagram page of gallery)

Tokyo, Before After (National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Shershah Road): A photographic study juxtaposing 1930s-40s Tokyo with modern urban spaces, revealing the haunting, invisible continuity beneath rapid modernisation. (Source: Photo by respective official instagram page of gallery)