The Ultimate Guide & Map to the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025/26 Venues
Kochi-Muziris Biennale is finally here. Browse through Daily Schedules, Highlights, Events, Galleries, Artists in this ultimate guide
Art & Culture
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Gandhi’s Final Footsteps: Inside the Simi Warehouse Exhibition | Kochi Biennale 2025
Discover ‘You I Could Not Save’ at Simi Warehouse, Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2025. Explore Gandhi’s final 10,000 miles alongside works by 10 iconic Kerala artists.
Vivan Sundaram's Last Work Comes to Kochi — Six Stations of a Life Pursued at Biennale 2025
He never saw it installed. The iron cages were built. The actor stepped inside. The photographer shot for hours. But Vivan Sundaram — one of India's most important artists — died on March 29, 2023, before his final work could be shown to the world. Now, that work has come to My Beloved Fort Kochi.
St. Andrews Parish Hall -Students' Biennale at Kochi
The Students' Biennale at Kochi shows you what Indian art looks like in five years. Here are five artists you should see.
Devassy Jose & Sons — The Kochi Biennale Venue Where Migration, Memory, and Art Collide
A dot matrix printer screeches in the corner of a Mattancherry warehouse. Slowly, it spits out a long scroll of paper — observations, thoughts, fragments of conversation between artists who may never meet in person.
David Hall at Kochi Biennale: A Kenyan Artist, a Child Bride's Daughter, and 330 Years of Walls That Listen
A Kenyan artist draws on Dutch walls. A student builds a shelter for her child-bride mother. David Hall is unmissable.
India's First Woman Photojournalist Meets a Colonial Jail in Fort Kochi Biennale
Inside the Biennale's most layered show - where India's first woman photojournalist meets a freedom fighters' jail.
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Taala Tamate at Kochi Biennale: A Drum That Was Silenced Now Takes Centre Stage [Feb 15]
A marginalized drum reclaims the stage. Taala Tamate brings rhythm, resistance, and joy to Aspinwall House in Fort kochi.
32 Things to Do in Fort Kochi — February 2026
This is our Fort Kochi insider guide for you — 32 paw-picked experiences, updated regularly by the cats who call this place home. Whether you're here for the Biennale, the food, or just the light on the harbour at dusk, we've got you.
Aspinwall House Kochi Biennale 2025-26: Complete Artist Guide
An old refrigerator hums in a dark room. Inside its freezer, frozen fish and fungi slowly decay behind glass. Walk through every room of Aspinwall House at the Kochi Biennale. Here's what you'll see
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Indus Valley Dancing Girl: Hallucinations of an Artifact [Feb 14,15]
Imagine a small bronze figure locked inside a museum case. She has stood still for thousands of years. But what if she could suddenly breathe, sweat, and move? This performance does not just look at history. It wakes it up.
When Fort Kochi was a merry-go-round of colonial powers, Bastion Bungalow's History
The British arrived and took over toward the end of the 18th century. In 1806, they destroyed the remaining fort walls - but left the bungalow standing. Typical British move: flatten the fort, keep the pretty house.
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4 Ceramics: Be inspired by 4 Women of Golden Bridge Pottery in Fort Kochi [Feb 6-23]
Clay has a way of carrying time inside it. Every crack, every glaze mark, every curve of a vessel holds the story of fire and patience. At 4 Ceramics, You are looking at four different lifetimes of listening to what mud wants to become. 6 to 23 Feb 2026 in Fort Kochi
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A Workshop to Sit With Conflict, Not Solve It. Fort Kochi [Feb 12]
In a world that keeps demanding we pick sides and reach consensus, the Conflictorium approach is honest. Is conflict something to be solved or should it be something that is understood, felt, and held? A participatory workshop on conflict at ABC Art Room, Fort Kochi. Free entry, 12 Feb.
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The Vanishing Sea: Baħar Biss Film Screening at Fort Kochi [Feb 7]
What happens when a thousand-year-old tradition meets a modern, empty ocean? Join us on 7 February for a screening of Baħar Biss. Watch a story about Malta's ancient fishing traditions and the changing Mediterranean Sea.
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Beyond the Mudra: Dismantling the Classical in Indian Dance | Fort Kochi [Feb 7-8]
Think of a dancer. You likely see a figure of perfect symmetry, performing "classical" movements honed over centuries. But what if those movements—and the labels we give them—are actually walls? What if the distinction between "folk" and "classical" isn't just about style, but about power?
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Short Stories, Long Shadows: Contemporary Malayalam Voices at Fort Kochi [Feb 4-6]
From Feb 4–6, the Bastion Bungalow, Fort Kochi becomes a hive of literary giants. NS Madhavan, Sara Joseph, and Paul Zachariah gather to discuss why the shortest stories cast the longest shadows.
Where the Secret Sauce is Spilled by Children: Mattancherry’s Kitchen Alchemy
Most kitchens are ruled by parents. In a small corner of Fort Kochi, the kids have taken over the menu—and the memories.
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Tales From The Table: Peruvian & Mattancherry Food Traditions Meet in Fort Kochi [Feb 4]
In the spice-laden air of Mattancherry, the story of a culture is usually told through what remains in the bottom of a cooking pot. But this Wednesday, the familiar scent of coconut oil and cardamom will face a quiet, revolutionary interloper: the sharp, Andean acidity of a Peruvian kitchen.
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Math Meets Art at Kochi Biennale [Feb 3,4]
Free two-day workshop at ABC Art Room, Fort Kochi explores hidden mathematics in art through Islamic tessellations, hands-on making, and playful inquiry.
Archaeological Camera: Mohamed A Transforms 2,600-Year-Old Sites Into Art at Fort Kochi
When does a photograph stop being documentation and become an artefact itself? Can pre-historic artifacts be art? Visit Mohamed A's Exhibition at Kara, Fort Kochi
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Nammu Haada: North Karnataka's Hidden Soundscape Arrives at Kochi Biennale [Feb 8]
Songs grandmothers sang while grinding grain. Songs that lived in kitchens and fields, not archives. What happens when young musicians refuse to let their grandmother's songs fade? Kalaburgi Kala Mandali answers at Kochi Biennale, Fort Kochi this February 8th, 2026.
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Upcycled Giant Soft Sculpture Workshop [Feb 2-4]
Can Old clothes become a giant stretching cat? This February, artist Rashi invites Fort Kochi to do exactly that—stitch by stitch, at ABC Art Room, Fort Kochi. Feb 2-4, 2026.
Our Lands Sing On
Murthovic and Gopika of Nadabramha Studio invite you to a sensory evening of field recordings, live sound, and conversations at Forplay Society, Mattancherry.