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Fall Art to See: South Asian Artists

Six shows to check out and what's happening in the broader South Asian market

Sep 17, 2026
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Raghav Babbar, Pilgrims (Maha kumbh), 2026. A dark, near-black oil painting of a crowd at night, figures massed in silhouette along a low horizontal band with an orange glow behind them.
Raghav Babbar, Pilgrims (Maha kumbh), 2026

One of the reasons I started LOTA was that I kept thinking about South Asian art. Here was a culture so steeped in craft, artistry, and visual language, and yet it was surprisingly hard to find contemporary versions of it. So it has been incredible to watch the excitement around South Asian art grow, both within…

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