Asia Society Honors Artists Reshaping South Asian Art
Asia Society India announces the 2026 Asia Society Arts Game Changer Awards, to be presented on February 6 in New Delhi, honoring practitioners reshaping South Asian art. The 2026 cohort includes Hema Shironi, Kulpreet Singh, Raghu Rai and collaborative studio CAMP, whose work spans textile and documentary practices, open digital archives, surveillance interventions and cautious use of AI tools. The awards prioritize collaborative, infrastructure-focused practices addressing memory, agrarian crisis, access and image circulation.
Key Points
- 1Honors four South Asian practitioners—Shironi, Singh, Rai, and CAMP—for transformative art practices.
- 2Elevates infrastructure-focused collaborative art that reshapes circulation, archives, and public visibility.
- 3Signals need for practitioners to build accountable archives, repurpose surveillance, and use AI situationally.
Scoring Rationale
Regional awards highlight infrastructure-focused art practices and archives; impact limited by niche arts focus and modest relevance for broader data science fields.
Sources
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