United in Art

The Bihar Museum Biennale is back for an ambitious second edition

- Aditya Mani Jha

The Bihar Museum Biennale is set to begin its second edition on August 7, which also happens to be the Museum's Foundation Day. This will be the first in-person edition after the pandemic forced a wholly virtual first edition in 2021. Organised by the Department of Arts, Culture and Youth Affairs, Government of Bihar, the four-month-long Biennale will see museums from across the country and overseas displaying exhibits that span over 10,000 years of recorded history. Works by artists and photographers from around the world will also be on displayall G20 nations and nine guest nations, alongside well-known Indian names like Raghu Rai, Arpana Caur, Bose Krishnamachari, K.S. Radhakrishnan et al have contributed works around the theme of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' (One World, One Family), as part of the exhibition Together We Art, which will be