Patna Art Exhibitions
Ancient Magadha Heritage & Living Folk Traditions
Anchored by the world-class Bihar Museum designed by Fumihiko Maki and Patna Museum on Budh Marg, Patna celebrates three millennia of sculpture alongside vibrant living traditions of Madhubani, Tikuli, and contemporary Bihari painters.
Current & Upcoming Presentations
Direct from leading Patna galleries and museum spaces
Ongoing
Marching from the Margins
Artists: Krishen Khanna
A rare solo retrospective honoring nonagenarian modernist Krishen Khanna, one of the last masters of the Bombay Progressive Artists Group. The exhibition focuses on Khanna lifelong engagement with displaced persons, laborers, and refugees, featuring seminal pieces from his acclaimed Bandwallahs and Truckwallahs series.
Ongoing
Indian Masters
Artists: 103 Masters of Modern Indian Art (in collaboration with NGMA New Delhi)
Co-curated with the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), this historic survey brings together landmark works by 103 seminal modern Indian artists. The retrospective traces the trajectory of Indian visual modernism from the late 19th century through pivotal mid-century movements to modern masterworks.
Ongoing
Permanent Heritage & Antiquities Galleries
Artists: Historic Regional Sculptors & Colonial Period Masters
Housed in an iconic Indo-Saracenic structure, Patna Museum maintains permanent curatorial displays of post-1765 regional antiquities, terracotta sculptures, bronze icons, and natural history specimens. The museum is currently being linked to the Bihar Museum via an underground heritage subway tunnel to provide a unified cultural exhibition corridor.
Ongoing
Academic Showcase & Graphic Printmaking Exhibition
Artists: Faculty and Fine Arts Students of Patna University
The college gallery showcases works emerging from the studio departments of Painting, Graphic Art/Printmaking, and Sculpture. Periodic exhibitions highlight regional artistic experiments, printmaking demonstrations, and foundational techniques honoring Bihar academic art tradition.