St+art India

St+art India St+art India Foundation aims to make our streets more interactive through the medium of urban art festivals across India.

11/03/2026

Polish artist Pener () is known for a practice that moves between graffiti culture and geometric abstraction. Emerging from the street art scene in Poland, his work often builds layered compositions where colour, rhythm, and architectural scale interact with the environment they inhabit.

While working in Delhi during the Lodhi Art Festival, Pener found himself drawn to the atmosphere of early mornings in the city. That quiet transition between night and day became the starting point for his mural Ushā / Brzask, where colour slowly gathers and forms begin to emerge from shadow.

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Institutional partner: Polish Institute in India
Government partner: , NDMC, &

[ Lodhi Art District, Delhi, Artists in Delhi, Art in Delhi, Events in Delhi, Lodhi Art Festival ]

During the official visit of the President of the French Republic to India, our co-founder Arjun Bahl () had the opportu...
07/03/2026

During the official visit of the President of the French Republic to India, our co-founder Arjun Bahl () had the opportunity to reconnect with Mrs Brigitte Macron (), First Lady of France, and recall her visit to the Lodhi Art District in 2018.

That visit marked an important moment in the district’s journey, recognising Lodhi Art District as a living public art district embedded within a residential neighbourhood.

Over the years, French artists have played an important role in shaping the visual language of St+art’s public art projects across cities. In Delhi, Lek & Sowat and Chifumi contributed to the Lodhi Art District. In Mumbai, artists including Rero, Katre, Ella & Pitr, and JR through the Inside out project brought their practices into the city’s urban landscape. In Hyderabad, Rouge, Delphine Dellas, and Jean-Luc Feugeas created works as part of St+art’s projects in the city.

Notably, Lek & Sowat collaborated with the late Hanif Kureshi, co-founder of St+art, bringing together distinct street practices in a shared mural that remains part of the district today.

This year’s festival continued that exchange. ELEVATION, the gravity-defying French contemporary performance, was presented in collaboration with the Institut français en Inde () and the Alliance Française network () as part of the Lodhi Art Festival. Alongside this, French artist Nicolas Barrome Forgues (.barrome.forgues) introduced large-scale inflatable installations into the district, expanding the ways audiences encounter art in public space.

We remain grateful to the many people who have supported this partnership over the years. Our thanks to Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens (), former Director of the Institut français en Inde, for nurturing this collaboration, and to Gregory Trumel, Director of the Institut français en Inde, along with Amandine Roggeman, Cultural Attaché for Artistic Cooperation, for continuing to strengthen this dialogue between France and India.

Supported by: Asian Paints
Institutional partner: French Institute in India & Alliance Française de Delhi
Government partners: , , NDMC &

27/02/2026

Sahil Vasudeva — Live at Lodhi
(.vasudeva)

🗓️ 1 March 2026
⏰ 7:00 PM onwards
📍 Block C2, Lodhi Art District

As part of the Dilate All Art Spaces closing weekend, Sahil Vasudeva brings a cinematic live piano experience to the heart of Lodhi.

Reimagining the piano through synthesizers, atmospheric sound design, layered beats and harmonium, Sahil crafts a genre-defying sonic narrative shaped for public space. The performance moves between classical structure and contemporary experimentation, unfolding in dialogue with the murals and the architecture around it.

An evening where sound meets street and the district becomes a living stage.

Register via the link in our bio 🔗

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Tech & Solutions Partner: &
Government Partners: , , NDMC &

[ Lodhi Art District, Delhi, Artists in Delhi, Art in Delhi, Events in Delhi, Lodhi Art Festival, Sahil Vasudeva in Delhi ]

The Honourable Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr David Lammy (David Lammy), visited the Lodhi Art District...
22/02/2026

The Honourable Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Mr David Lammy (David Lammy), visited the Lodhi Art District on 18 February, marking his second visit to the district following his engagement here in 2024.

During the visit, he engaged with Water: Past, Present, Future, the collaborative mural by the late Hanif Kureshi (Hanif Kureshi) and UK-based artist Raissa Pardini (), initiated and produced by St+art India Foundation in collaboration with vision partner Asian Paints (Asian Paints) and with the support of British Council (English in India - British Council). The work reflects on water conservation through the lens of time, positioning environmental responsibility within a continuum of inherited knowledge, present urgency, and future consequence.

Mr Lammy also interacted with the St+art team on the organisation’s decade-long journey in shaping India’s first open-air art district and its broader work across cities. The conversation extended beyond a single mural to the role of public art in fostering cultural exchange, building long-term partnerships, and strengthening ties between India and the United Kingdom through sustained collaboration.

The visit reaffirmed a shared commitment to continued dialogue and future cross-border initiatives, underscoring how public art can operate as an accessible civic platform where culture, diplomacy, and community intersect.

Supported by: Asian Paints
Institutional partner: English in India - British Council
Government partners: , , NDMC &

His Excellency Pedro Sánchez Castejón (Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón), President of the Government of Spain, visited the ...
22/02/2026

His Excellency Pedro Sánchez Castejón (Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón), President of the Government of Spain, visited the Lodhi Art District on 18 February, marking a renewed chapter of cultural exchange between India and Spain. The visit was joined by Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (Gajendra Singh Shekhawat), Minister of Culture, Government of India, reflecting a shared commitment to artistic dialogue at the highest level.

During his visit, President Sánchez engaged with Garden of Encounters, the collaborative mural by Spanish artist SUSO33 () and Indian artists Tarini Sethi () and Ishaan Bharat (), initiated and produced by St+art India Foundation in collaboration with Vision Partner Asian Paints and with the support of the Embassy of Spain in India (Embassy of Spain in India) and AECID.

In his interaction, SUSO33 spoke about the uniqueness of the Lodhi Art District as a living, residential neighbourhood that functions as a sustained open-air museum. This collaboration builds on a long-standing relationship between St+art and Spanish artists. Over the years, St+art has hosted Spanish practitioners such as Okuda (OKUDART), Borondo (), Antonio Marest (Antonyo Marest), Manolo Mesa (), SpY (), Elisa Capdevila (), and the collective Luz Interruptus (Luzinterruptus), each contributing to an ongoing dialogue between Spanish contemporary practice and Indian public space.

The visit also enabled deeper conversations between the St+art team and Spanish cultural representatives around future residencies, cross-city collaborations, and sustained exchange between the two countries.

Supported by: Asian Paints
Institutional partner: Embassy of Spain in India & AECID
Government partners: , , NDMC &

20/02/2026

Opening Day Recap | Lodhi Art Festival 2026

The 10-year celebrations of the Lodhi Art District began on 1 February with a full day of programming.

From the panel Where the Body Meets the City to hands-on graffiti sessions and the evening performance Elevation, Lodhi was activated through dialogue, movement, and public participation. Visitors encountered artists at work, engaged directly with street techniques, and experienced the district as a shared cultural space.

Ten years on, the streets remain open and evolving.

Weekend programming continues through February.
🔗 Link in bio to explore and register for what’s coming up.

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Government partner: , , &

[ Asian Paints, Lodhi Art Festival, LAF2026, Lodhi Art District, 10 Years of Lodhi, Public Art India, Art In Public Space, City As Canvas, Colour In The City, JuMu, Pener, Raissa Pardini, Hanif Kureshi, Elian Chali, Svabhu Kohli, Ram Sangchoju, Suso33, Tarini Sethi, Ishaan Bharat, Nicolas Barrome Forgues ]

08/02/2026

Elian Chali () is an artist from Argentina whose work uses colour, geometry, and scale to shift how public space is felt. Working largely in the street, his murals respond to architecture and movement, creating environments experienced through the body as much as the eye.

Come experience his work at the Lodhi Art District

Supported by vision partner:
Government partner: , , &

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[ Lodhi Art District, Delhi, Artists in Delhi, Art in Delhi, Events in Delhi, Lodhi Art Festival, Art in Delhi, Mural in Delhi, Art festival in Delhi ]

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