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Shuddhabrata Sengupta Awarded Keith Haring Fellowship in Art and Activism

award · 2026-04-20

Shuddhabrata Sengupta, an artist, curator, and writer from Delhi, has received the Keith Haring Fellowship in Art and Activism. This fellowship, now in its second year, provides a unique opportunity for a full year of teaching and research at CCS Bard and the Human Rights Project. Sengupta, along with Monica Narula and Jeebesh Bagchi, co-founded the Raqs Media Collective, a collaborative group of artists, documentarians, and writers based in Delhi. They also started the Sarai program at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, which focuses on interdisciplinary work related to urban cultures in South Asia. Additionally, Sengupta is a co-founder and contributing editor for the independent blog kafila.org.

Key facts

  • Shuddhabrata Sengupta won the Keith Haring Fellowship in Art and Activism
  • The fellowship is in its second edition
  • It is an annual award
  • The fellowship supports teaching and research at CCS Bard and the Human Rights Project for a year
  • Sengupta is based in Delhi
  • He is a co-founder of Raqs Media Collective with Monica Narula and Jeebesh Bagchi
  • Raqs Media Collective established the Sarai programme at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
  • Sengupta is a co-founder and contributing editor of kafila.org

Entities

Artists

  • Shuddhabrata Sengupta
  • Monica Narula
  • Jeebesh Bagchi

Institutions

  • CCS Bard
  • Human Rights Project
  • Raqs Media Collective
  • Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
  • Sarai programme
  • kafila.org

Locations

  • Delhi
  • India
  • South Asia

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