India

Khoj invites applications from international and Indian artists whose practice engages with mental health and distress, critically examining how pain—physical, psychological, or historical—shapes both the self and society. This is an on-site residency at Khoj Studios, New Delhi, from 3 August to 16 September 2026.

INTELLIGENCE is an invitation to think beyond singular, human-centered, or claims around machine intelligence. Science Gallery Bengaluru invites a mirror, a provocation, and curiosity to reimagine intelligence—biological, artificial, creative, collective, and poetic.

This residency (19 January to 7 February 2026) is a platform for international exchange, peer learning, and collaborative growth for Female identifying photographers from Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary and Tamil Nadu (India). The residency takes place in Sofia, Bulgaria, Budapest (Hungary), or Chennai (India).

The SMUS RBA commission: ec(h)otoning is a fully funded one-year commission, part of a multi-phase research-based art (RBA) programme run by the Mexican artist platform TRES as part of the Global Center of Spatial Methods for Urban Sustainability (SMUS). The project duration is 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 with two on-site residencies.

Khoj invites artists from Chile, India, Netherlands, and the UK to apply for a fully funded, seven-week, on-site residency taking place in New Delhi, India, between October and December 2025.

Science Gallery Bengaluru seeks interactive, participatory, and experimental works for CALORIE, an exhibition-season which explores humanity’s intimate yet fraught relationship with food.

Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia is looking for a Head of Pro Helvetia New Delhi to start 1 December 2024.

Khoj and Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan are now calling for applications from early and mid-career curators from South Asia to apply for the 6th edition of the CISA programme, (re)imagined this year as a month-long, in-situ research residency at Khoj, New Delhi, India, 15 September – 15 October 2024, followed by a showcase in 2025.

As an integral part of the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee and in the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, the Ministry of Culture through the Archaeological Survey of India, will host the World Heritage Young Professionals Forum 2024 under the theme of ‘World Heritage in the 21st Century: Building Capacities and Exploring Opportunities for Youth’ from 14 to 23 July 2024 in Delhi, Republic of India.

Studio Quantum is an international events and artist-in-residence programme from the Goethe-Institut, exploring emerging quantum technologies through the lens of art.  The Studio Quantum residences in 2024 are open to artists based in the following project locations: Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Nigeria, India (States of Karnataka and Kerala), and South Africa.