Mrinalini Mukherjee and the giants of Indian art

Laura Cumming | The Observer | 1st November 2025

India’s burgeoning economic status is reflected in a growing number of international exhibitions that showcase its art and the story of Indian modernism. The most recent is “dazzlingly diverse”, though dominated by the surreal sculptures of Mukherjee. Made from tightly woven coloured fibre, they display both her interest in the natural world and India’s richly illustrated spiritual world. Mukherjee was a pioneering modernist making art that was “international, not local.”, states one writer. “A revelation.”