A round-up of five brilliant exhibitions to keep an eye on during January 2024, featuring work by leading women in photography.
Katherine Riley9th January 2024
Conceived as a decorative piece, this mushroom-shaped chandelier was made using over 3600 pages of legal correspondence between the courts, petitioners, and respondents in Kashmir. This piece draws parallels to the perfectly taxidermized busts and heads of kills that camouflages the violence underneath.
PlanetHeroines12th January 2023
From Anita's ongoing photographic documentary series of Laxmi, one of India's leading third gender (hijra) and transgender rights activist
PlanetHeroines22nd September 2022
Friday 26th August to Monday 29th August at The Eastgate. From Anita's ongoing photographic documentary series of Laxmi, one of India's leading third gender (hijra) and transgender rights activist
Del Barrett31st July 2022
Contemporary Heroine Anita Khemka’s latest exhibition Laxmi, The third Gender In India, currently on display at Musée Des Arts Asiatiques in Nice, France
PlanetHeroines5th May 2022
On 24th March 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a national lockdown in the country for 21 days in an effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. With just four hours’ notice, Mr Modi announced that no one could leave home for three weeks—a move that has been called the most…
PlanetHeroines12th May 2021
Heroine Anita Khemka discusses her work with the hijra community in India, her 17 year relationship with muse Laxmi, and her artistic process
Gabby Kynoch31st March 2021
Heroine Anita Khemka talks to Photo South Asia about her photography, sources of inspiration and upcoming projects
Gabby Kynoch24th February 2021
Anita Khemka: "I turned the camera on to myself in an attempt to erase and ease a personal crisis that took over my life in 2005."
Del Barrett3rd January 2021
