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Homegrown Art Meets Artisanal Fragrance at This Immersive Art Show in Ahmedabad
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This winter, Ahmedabad’s Kanoria Centre for Arts becomes the setting for a quiet but compelling cultural crossover. Homegrown Art x Artisanal Fragrance, on view at Urmila Art Gallery from 30 January to 1 February 2026, brings together Indian folk and contemporary art with a curated sensory experience rooted in fragrance.
The three-day exhibition presents a carefully selected collection of certified original artworks, priced between ₹3,000 and ₹3,00,000, making the show accessible to both new collectors and seasoned buyers. What ties the exhibition together is its focus on visual traditions deeply connected to landscape, memory, and craft.
The artworks span a wide cultural geography: Ladakh’s Thangka and Buddhist art; Rajasthan’s Phad and Pichwai; Bengal’s Shola and Kalighat; Central India’s Gond, Warli, and Bhil; Jharkhand’s Sohrai; and coastal motifs from Goa and Kerala. Together, they form a layered visual map of India’s folk and narrative traditions, where each form carries the imprint of a specific region, community, and way of seeing the world.
Among the participating artists are Anwar Chitrakar, Gitanjali Das, Venkat Raman Singh Shyam, Sanjay Chitara, Ramesh Tekam, Ruchi Bakshi Sharma, Ayesha Broacha, Kaushal Parikh, Zainab Tambawalla, and others. The exhibition also includes contemporary works by both established and emerging artists, allowing traditional visual languages to sit in dialogue with modern interpretations.
What sets this edition apart is the opening-day sensory pop-up that pairs art with fragrance. Curated by Srila Chatterjee of Baro Art, the experience brings together 12 selected artworks with niche luxury perfumes curated by entrepreneur Vanesha Majithia. The idea is not to overwhelm, but to create a subtle, layered encounter — where scent becomes another way of reading an artwork.
Majithia, who studied Neuroscience and Behavioural Biology at Emory University and previously worked in New York with a global cosmetics brand, approaches fragrance as an emotional and memory-driven medium. Her philosophy of luxury centres on curation rather than excess, using scent to deepen how we respond to visual form, colour, and narrative.
The result is a rare intersection of disciplines — where painting, craft, and fragrance interact without competing for attention. Instead, the exhibition encourages slower looking and sensory awareness, inviting visitors to experience art not just visually, but atmospherically.
Presented by Baro Art, the art platform founded by Srila Chatterjee under the Baro Market umbrella, the exhibition reflects the brand’s long-standing belief that art should be accessible, original, and lived with. Baro Art has consistently worked towards democratising Indian art by supporting artists and making certified works available at transparent price points, without the intimidation often associated with gallery spaces.
Homegrown Art x Artisanal Fragrance ultimately feels less like a conventional art fair and more like a cultural gathering — one that brings together tradition, contemporary practice, and sensory storytelling in a format that is intimate, inclusive, and quietly immersive.
Event Details
Dates: 30 January – 1 February 2026
Venue: Urmila Art Gallery, Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad
Time: 12 PM – 8 PM
Entry: Free and open to all
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