Vadehra Art Gallery’s Defence Colony space will be home to a solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by the late modernist Manjit Bawa titled “The Storyteller” on view from January 28 till March 2. The exhibition brings together 10 large canvases and 18 works on paper ranging in the medium of oil paintings, charcoal, pastel, ink and tempera. The works are drawn from the personal collection of his children, Bhavna and Ravi Bawa.
Addressing the gathering at the opening of the exhibition, Shashi Tharoor urged the audience to stay patiently with what Bawa’s paintings have to offer, without haste, without trying to decode and arrive at conclusions. To slow down. “Art does not present conclusions,” he said.
2 February 2026
