From street photography and street art, to legendary Indian modernists and international curations, here’s the best of the art world in September if you find yourself outside of Mumbai.

Pan-India Exhibitions:

Bengaluru

Sridevi (2019) by G Ravinder Reddy. Image Courtesy of Gallery Sumukha

In Search of the Perfect Image
G Ravinder Reddy
August 29 - October 3
Gallery Sumukha
https://sumukha.com/exhibitions/441

Artwork by Sudhir Ramchandran. Image Courtesy of Gallery G

Empathy of Light, Illuminating Sight into Insight
Sudhir Ramchandran
September 6 – 30
Gallery G

New Delhi

Truth (2025) by Shilpa Gupta. Image Courtesy of Sakshi Gallery

Of Being and Becoming
Alok Bal, Amit Ambalal, Ankush Safaya, Arunkumar HG, Atul Bhalla, Bhanu Shrivastav, C Douglas, Chetnaa, Chintan Upadhyay, Gigi Scaria, Gulam Mohammed Sheikh, Hasan Ali Kadiwala, KG Subramanyan, Kim Seola, Krishen Khanna, Lakshman Rao Kotturu, Manjunath Kamath, Mrugen Rathod, Nalini Malani, Nandan Ghiya, Nataraj Sharma, Navjot Altaf, Pablo Bartholomew, Pallavi Singh, Paramjit Singh, Ranbir Singh Kaleka, Ratna Gupta, Ravinder Reddy, Rekha Rodwittiya, Riyas Komu, Roshan Chhabria, Salik Ansari, Schon Mendes, Shilpa Gupta, Shine Shivan, Siddhartha Kararwal, Sudipta Das, Sujith SN, Sumedh Rajendran, Sunil Gawde, Surendran Nair, Teja Gavankar, Thukral and Tagra, Veer Munshi, Vivan Sundaram, Vivek Vilasini
September 11 - 21
Sakshi Gallery
At Travancore Palace
https://sakshigallery.com/exhibition/of-being-and-becoming-group-show-curated-by-mannan-shah/

Becoming
C. Douglas, Debasish Mukherjee, Ganesh Haloi, Jayashree Chakravarty, Leang Seckon, Manish Pushkale
August 21 - September 17
Akar Prakar
https://www.akarprakar.com/becoming

Elements of Nature (2026) by Ashu Gupta. Image Courtesy of Studio Art

The Quiet Surface
Sachin Tekade, Shivani Aggarwal, Kavita Jaiswal, Pratul Dash, Ashu Gupta, Harish Ojha
August 19 - October 19
Studio Art
https://www.studioartgallery.in/exhibitions/24-quiet-surface-group/works/

This world cannot break you (2026) by Feroza Hakeem. Image Courtesy of Pristine Contemporary

Where the River Bends, I Begin Again
Feroza Hakeem
September 23 - October 23
Pristine Contemporary
https://gallerypristine.com/exhibitions/where-the-river-bends-i-begin-again

Untitled (2026) by Riddhi Shah. Image Courtesy of Gallerie Nvya

What Light Remembers
Riddhi Shah
September 11 - October 31
Gallerie Nvya
https://www.gallerienvya.com/exhibitions/what-the-light-remembers/

Artwork by Nehal Verma (2026). Image Courtesy of Art Centrix Space

Land As Memory, Matter As Landscape
Ajay Chakradhar, Ajinkya Barde, Darshin Kapadi, Hemant Gavankar, Kaushik Charoliya, Manish Sharma, Nehal Verma, Prithvish Daw, Rutvi Vakharia, Sarika Mehta, Satyabhama Majhi, Souvik Das
August 20 - September 10
Art Centrix Space
https://www.artcentrix.com/show/land-as-memory-matter-as-landscape-6a86b5268b0d8

Madonna (2026) by Jai Chuhan. Image Courtesy of Vadehra Art Gallery

Women on the Edge of Time
Anju Dodiya, Arpita Singh, Ashfika Rahman, Gurminder Sikand, Jai Chuhan, Jasleen Kaur, Leela Mukherjee, Mumtaz Karimjee, Sheba Chhachhi
August 21 - 18 September
Vadehra Art Gallery
https://www.vadehraart.com/exhibitions/314-women-on-the-edge-of-time-curated-d-53-defence-colony-new-delhi/overview/

Engraving – 2, Edition 4/10 (2013) by P.D. Dhumal. Image Courtesy of Vadehra Art Gallery

Nocturnes: Woodcut Engravings and Etchings
P D Dhumal
August 21 - October 5
Vadehra Art Gallery
https://www.vadehraart.com/exhibitions/318-nocturnes-woodcut-engravings-and-etchings-by-p.d.-d-40-defence-colony-new-delhi/overview/

Many Faces of a Face (2001) by Jyoti Bhatt. Image Courtesy of DAG

Freedom to Form: Baroda Modern
Bhupen Khakhar, Devraj Dakoji, Dhruva Mistry, G. R. Santosh, Gulammohammed Sheikh, Haku Shah, Himmat Shah, Jeram Patel, Jyoti Bhatt, K. G. Subramanyan, K. Laxma Goud, Latika Katt, Mrinalini Mukherjee, N. S. Bendre, Nagji Patel, Nilima Sheikh, Pratibha Dakoji, Raghav Kaneria, Rekha Rodwittiya, Sankho Chaudhuri, Shanti Dave, Surendran Nair, Vinod Dave, Vivan Sundaram
August 22 - October 3
DAG
https://dagworld.com/freedom-to-form.html

Kani – Garden as First Sight
Roy K. John
September 6 - 10
Gallerie Splash
At Bikaner House
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc3C_iOklyF/

Santiniketan

Skin of Elsewhere
Adip Dutta
Ongoing until October 29
Experimenter
At Tokaroun, Santiniketan
https://experimenter.in/exhibitions/164-adip-dutta-skin-of-elsewhere-tokaroun-santiniketan/overview/

Ahmedabad

Artwork by Ganesh Gobain. Image Courtesy of Archer Art Gallery

Parikrama
Ganesh Gohain
Ongoing until October 10
Archer Art Gallery
https://www.instagram.com/p/DcbHytQD6bQ/?img_index=1

Potli 8 by Khanjan Dalal. Image Courtesy of 079 Stories

TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION
Khanjan Dalal
September 6 - 26
079 Stories
https://www.instagram.com/p/DciF23BozJ3/

The Living Earth
Various Artists
18 Sept to 3 Nov
Iram Modern
https://privateviews.artlogic.net/2/a1fa6e8edc8178fe53d71e/

Gurugram

Untitled (2026) by Rinku Choudhary. Image Courtesy of Art Incept

A Soliloquist's Journal
Rinku Choudhary
September 4 - 9 at Shridharani Gallery, New Delhi
September 12 - 19 at Art Incept, Gurugram
Art Incept
https://artincept.com/exhibition/4b4c0ae3-404c-424f-bfac-23db876993de

Hyderabad

Demolition analysis: Madrasi Camp 4 (2026) by Asim Waqif. Image Courtesy of Kalakriti Art Gallery

Nothing Arrives Unchanged
Arunkumar H G, Asim Waqif, Guruvinayak Singh Budhwar, Pooja Iranna, Rakesh Patel, Salik Ansari, Shanthamani Muddaiah, Shweta Mansingka, and Tanmay Santra
August 26 - October 4
Kalakriti Art Gallery
https://kalakritiartgallery.com/exhibitions/

Kochi

Stick No Bills
Guesswho
September 13 - 30
Muziris Contemporary
https://www.muziriscontemporary.com/exhibitions/17-stick-no-bills-solo-exhibition-by-guesswho/works/

International

London

Delight I, II, III (2025) by Trishla Jain. Image Courtesy of Sundaram Tagore Gallery

Rasa
Trishla Jain, Karen Knorr, Tayeba Begum Lipi, Steve McCurry, Sohan Qadri, and Neha Vedpathak
Ongoing until September 30
Sundaram Tagore Gallery
https://www.sundaramtagore.com/exhibitions/rasa

The Great Rebuild!
Fiza Khatri
September 10 onwards
Presented by Jhaveri Contemporary
At Frieze No.9 Cork Street

Bizarre Life
Laila Majid and Louis Blue Newby
September 2 - October 3
Niru Ratnam
https://www.niruratnam.com/exhibitions/

Artwork by Felicity Powell. Image Courtesy of Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, Rome and New York.

The Studio of Felicity Powell
July 24 - October 3
Richard Saltoun Gallery
https://www.richardsaltoun.com/exhibitions/161-the-studio-of-felicity-powell/

Madrid

I Have No Regret For The Past And This Is Not The End Of The World
Joël Andrianomearisoa
September 10 - November 7
At Sabrina Amrani, Madrid
https://www.sabrinaamrani.com/the-gallery/shows/next/I-Have-No-Regret-For-The-Past-And-This-Is-Not-The-End-Of-The-World-en

Sao Paulo

Matéria do Silêncio
Diogo Gonçalves
August 8 - September 19
At Galleria Continua, Sao Paulo
https://www.galleriacontinua.com/exhibitions/materia-do-silencio-541

New York

Artwork by Leonilson. Image Courtesy of Lisson Gallery

Leonilson
September 15 - October 24
Lisson Gallery, New York
https://www.lissongallery.com/exhibitions/leonilson

Dubai

Summer Group Show
Monira Al Qadiri, Jean-Marie Appriou, Genesis Belanger, Jean-Philippe Delhomme, Mathilde Denize, Laurent Grasso, Thilo Heinzmann, Izumi Kato, Bharti Kher, Farhad Moshiri, Paola Pivi, Sigrid Sandström, and Hugo Toro
June 12 - September 25
Perrotin
https://www.perrotin.com/en/events/summer-group-show-2026-dubai

Los Angeles

Idea of North
Ben Tong
September 19 - October 31
Night Gallery
https://www.nightgallery.ca/exhibitions/ben-tong2

Artwork by Raghav Babbar. Image Courtesy of Rajiv Menon Contemporary

Sangam
Raghav Babbar
September 12–October 24
Rajiv Menon Contemporary, Los Angeles
https://www.rmcontemporary.com/