Sediments of Becoming brings Indian contemporary art to Hermitage Museum
For the first time ever, Indian contemporary art is on display at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.
The exhibition, Sediments of Becoming, opened June 4 and runs through October 4, 2026.
It's co-curated by Tunty Chauhan, the founder of Delhi's Threshold Gallery, and Marina Schulz, Head of the Contemporary Art Department, State Hermitage Museum, and is definitely a milestone for Indian artists on a global stage.
Bhattacharya's ecology piece, Ramesh's karmic game
The show features works by Indian artists like Anindita Bhattacharya and V Ramesh, displayed alongside classic Russian icons and artifacts. Expect themes like history, memory, and even apocalypse.
Bhattacharya's piece mixes Russian icon borders with Mughal miniatures to talk about ecological erosion, sitting in dialogue with an 18th-century Russian icon of Saint Michael as the Horseman of the Apocalypse.
Ramesh's work plays with ideas of karma and afterlife through a creative snakes-and-ladders piece paired with a Russian lubok print.