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Event venue · Fort Kochi

Aspinwall House

The main Biennale venue, once headquarters of a British trading firm.

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Aspinwall House is a large sea-facing heritage property on Calvetty Road in Fort Kochi. Its compound holds office buildings, a residential bungalow and several warehouses, spread across the grounds, and it is one of the main venues of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale.

Allow time for the walk between the buildings on foot, because they are not close together. The house has been part of the Biennale since its first edition in 2012, when it showed the work of 44 artists.

The site was the business premises of Aspinwall & Company Ltd, founded in 1867 by the English trader John H. Aspinwall. The firm traded coconut oil, pepper, timber and spices, and later coir, coffee, tea and rubber. Its warehouses stored these goods. On 4 January 1889 the Great Fire of Cochin destroyed the warehouses and goods of several trading firms, Aspinwall & Co. among them, and the house was reconstructed after it.

Did you know

  1. The old Cochin Library once stood on the spot where Aspinwall House, a Kochi-Muziris Biennale venue, stands today.

  2. Aspinwall House was one of the venues of the first Kochi-Muziris Biennale in 2012, where it showed the work of 44 artists.

  3. Aspinwall & Company Ltd was founded in 1867 by the English trader John H. Aspinwall, and its business premises were on this site.

  4. The Great Fire of Cochin on 4 January 1889 destroyed the warehouses of Aspinwall & Co., and the house was rebuilt after it.

Aspinwall House Kochi Biennale 2025-26: Complete Artist Guide

Complete guide to Aspinwall House at Kochi Biennale 2025-26. Explore artists from Villar Rojas to Kirtika Kain. Plan your visit now.

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Guides

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Events

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  1. Archaeological Camera: Mohamed A Transforms 2,600-Year-Old Sites Into Art at Fort KochiEnded · 31 Mar 2026
  2. The Ultimate Guide & Map to the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025/26 VenuesEnded · 31 Mar 2026
  3. India’s First Woman Photojournalist Meets a Colonial Jail in Fort Kochi BiennaleEnded · 31 Mar 2026
  4. நகவெட்டி nagavettiEnded · 31 Mar 2026

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