Krishen Khanna is still making art that feels closer to home

Krishen Khanna continues to do what he has always done best, observe, absorb, and quietly translate the world around him into art that feels simple yet poetic. A new exhibition at Antarang Art Gallery in Gurugram marks this remarkable milestone, not with spectacle, but with intimacy—an approach that feels entirely in keeping with the artist himself.

Titled "Krishen Khanna: The Centenarian Master", the exhibition brings together a body of recent works that return to drawing, the most elemental medium in Khanna’s long practice. These works begin on paper, before being enlarged and hand-painted into mixed-media compositions. The process preserves the immediacy of drawing while allowing the images to breathe into something more expansive, almost meditative.

"Presenting Krishen Khanna’s work in his centenary year is a rare honour, made even more special by hosting the exhibition in Gurugram, where he resides. Bringing a master’s work into a residential and accessible setting allows art to become part of everyday life—open not only to residents but to a wider public as well," says Sania G. Vohra, Founder Director of Antarang Art Gallery.