Asia Art Archive in India and Art South Asia Project Launch Online Archival Workshops for South Asian Arts Professionals

Asia Art Archive in India and the Art South Asia Project have organized a closed-door online program titled Assembling Art Archives: Workshops for South Asia. This initiative aims to foster dialogue about archival methodologies within the visual arts across South Asia. A cohort of twenty archivists and researchers from arts organizations in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka will participate. On March 11, 2026, Afterall editors Wing Chan and David Morris will present insights from their work on artist archives for the Exhibition Histories publications. Their session will cover two specific projects: Precarious Solidarities: Artists for Democracy 1974–77, published in 2023, and How to Pin Down Smoke: ruangrupa since 2000, released in 2025. Ahmad Makia from the Sharjah Art Foundation will also contribute to this discussion. The program focuses on collaborative scholarship and the practical challenges of building artist archives. It represents a targeted effort to strengthen archival networks and practices in the South Asian region.