Bazaar Buzz: The latest in art, entertainment, and the culinary world

From boundary-pushing exhibitions to buzzy dining spots and global cinema, here’s your curated guide to what’s shaping culture right now. Consider this your insider edit of where to go, what to see, and what to experience this season.

CINEMATIC WORLD

Watch award-winning global cinema at the seventh Habitat International Film Festival at IHC, New Delhi, from March 13 to March 22. Showcasing 67 films from 18 countries, the 10-day festival places Hungary in focus with 21 films, including retrospectives of masters István Szabó and Zoltán Fábri. A centenary tribute to Andrzej Wajda, alongside festival favourites from Cannes, Berlinale, and Venice, anchor the line-up. Opening with Tanuja Shankar Khan’s documentary Manch and closing with Chopin, A Sonata in Paris, the festival celebrates cinema’s power to bridge cultures and histories.

QUESTIONING DOMESTICITY
 

The domestic realm is being reimagined at Four Strings (Naaku Tanti), an exhibition by US-based intermedia artist Siri Khandavilli at Gallery Art Centrix Space. Known for blending Mysore painting traditions with sculpture, video, and installation, Khandavilli’s works navigate the intersection of installation, sculpture, and architecture. The showcase is on display till March 31.

EXAMINING IDENTITY

The shifting language of portraiture comes into focus at Portraits in Time: Power, Presence, and Identity Across Centuries, at LTC, Bikaner House, New Delhi, from April 8 to April 15. Presented by Great Banyan Art, the exhibition brings together 50 works, tracing how portraiture has evolved from a marker of authority to a site of psychological and cultural inquiry. Featuring artists from Ravi Varma to FN Souza, the show examines identity as a fluid construct shaped by power, memory, and history.

VITAL ENQUIRY

Questions of authorship, illusion, and identity are explored at Is This My Circus? – Act II at Arzaani, Bikaner House, New Delhi. Conceived by Raseel Gujral Art Legacy in collaboration with Arushi Arts, the exhibition showcases works by Sakti Burman, Ketan Amin, Valay Shende, Venkat Bothsa, Arun Kumar HG, and Jeff Koons. Together, these works animate a theatrical ecosystem of myth, satire, and contemporary reflection. The exhibition will run till March 29.

VISUAL DIALOGUE

Explore a convergence of line, colour, and form at Samanvaya: Line · Colour · Form – Dialogues in Contemporary Indian Art, a group exhibition at the Main Art Gallery, IIC, New Delhi. From March 20 to March 30, the show brings together 25 contemporary artists working across painting, sculpture, printmaking, and mixed media. Highlights include Jagdish Chander’s expressionist compositions, Anand Moy Banerji’s psychologically layered prints, and Neeraj Gupta’s intuitive wood sculpture—collectively reflecting dialogue, memory, and the evolving language of contemporary Indian art.

SUSTAINED PRACTICE

Delve into the poetics of fragmentation at The Engineering of Rubble, a group exhibition at Thapar Contemporary, Kapashera. The show brings together 18 works by 11 contemporary European artists—including Ali Glover, Charo Garaigorta, and Sarah Staton—to explore imperfection, rupture, and endurance as generative forces in art. Rather than resolving disorder, the works linger in pauses, fractures, and repetition. On view till April 4, it invites reflection on what emerges from the unfinished.

NEW MENU

Perched atop Hyatt Centric Ballygunge, Kolkata, Cal-On unveils a refreshed menu at its nature-inspired terrace hub where vertical gardens, glasshouse aesthetics, and spirited evenings define the mood. The new spread features bold Asian small plates such as Cantonese tofu and paneer achari tikka, inventive sushi rolls, wood-fired pizzas, and clay-oven favourites like tandoori prawn and kasundi fish tikka. Designed for experience-led diners, it’s ideal for after-work gatherings and weekend celebrations.
 

SCULPTURAL MASTERY

Explore the sculptural world of KS Radhakrishnan at Once Upon a Sculptor, a curated exhibition at Chawla Art Gallery that brings together around 25 works spanning decades of the artist’s practice. Radhakrishnan’s iconic Maiya and Musui figures—each charged with emotion and expressive posture—anchor the showcase. The exhibition will run from March 18 to April 30 at Square One Mall, Saket, Delhi.

EVERYDAY ENVIRONMENTS

Delve into shifting terrains of memory and imagination with Liminal Geographies, artist Paramjit Singh’s solo exhibition of 18 paintings created over the past year. The show traces Singh’s engagement with landscape through a tactile, abstractionist language that evokes trees, brooks, mountains, and skies. The exhibition runs at Vadehra Art Gallery till April 10.

COLOUR AS ACTIVE FORCE

Hues come alive at Annotations on Colour at Jaipur Centre for Art. Taking the Pink City’s chromatic identity as its starting point, the exhibition considers colour as a living structure shaped by light, space, and the viewer’s presence. Works by Ai Weiwei, Anish Kapoor, and Daniel Buren explore colour as material intensity and sensory experience. The show will run till May 31.

INNER LANDSCAPES

Olivia Fraser presents her luminous works—drawing from Indian miniature traditions, Tantric philosophy, and sacred geometry—at A Journey Within, a solo exhibition at the British Council, New Delhi. Accompanying the paintings is a site-responsive soundscape by Jason Singh, transforming electrical impulses of plants and fungi into music, layered with field recordings from sacred sites across India, Japan, and the UK. The show is on view till March 25.

CRAFT DRIVEN

Step into Viya’s new 4,600 sq ft flagship at Mumbai’s historic Trafford House, marking the brand’s return after 12 years. Founded by Vikram Goyal, the space balances heritage architecture with a restrained, monochromatic contemporary aesthetic. The store showcases Viya’s full lifestyle range—tables, chairs, lighting, vases, trays, and soft furnishings—alongside the debut of Viya apparel and an expanded cane collection.

FRESH CUISINE

Yuzu opens in Hyderabad, introducing Japanese-Peruvian Nikkei cuisine at Hilton Hyderabad Genome Valley Resort & Spa. Helmed by Chef Palden Sherpa, the menu blends Japanese technique with Peruvian brightness, spanning tiraditos, ceviches, and robata grills. Highlights include Tokyo Tiradito with hamachi and yuzu ponzu, Salmon Bonito Ceviche, a seven-day cured Beet Ceviche, and char-grilled NZ Lamb Chops.

EMBROIDERED MEMORY

Explore the quiet poetry of renewal in Threads that Bind: The Kantha Project at Gallery Vayu’s Lodhi Road space. On view till March 20, the exhibition revisits Bengal’s kantha tradition—where worn saris and dhotis are layered and stitched to extend a cloth’s life while preserving memory. Participating studios reinterpret the form through saris, jackets, and artworks. Walkthroughs by Jaya Jaitly, Darshan Shah, Kanika Mukerji, and Vijaya accompany daily live quilting by an artisan.

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This article first appeared in the March 2026 issue of Harper's Bazaar India.

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