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The new mythologies Vadehra Art Gallery presents Vadodara-based artist Shrimanti Saha’s second solo show. The exhibition, entitled Among things that grow and return, contains a set of oil paintings. The display window also contains 11 small -scale autobiographical compositions. The artist, who studied at Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, uses a library with memories, cultural markers and encounters to investigate the ‘anthropocentric human condition, speculative history and the world’s ongoing mythology in discourses of ecology, gender, identity, fiction and stational. At Vadehra Art Gallery, D-53, Defense Colony, Delhi, October 4 to November 1, Monday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm. A portrait of ‘Thambu – Tales from the Great Indian Circus’. Evocative portraits A upcoming performance in Sakshi Gallery brings together two series of works, Thambu – Tales of the Great Indian Circus, and Chavittu Nadakam – Storytellers of the Sea Beach. The exhibition, compiled by Birgid Uccia, shows portraits by Kr Sunil. While Thambu consists of 46 black-and-white portraits of circus artists, which elicits a bygone era, the artist shows a series of color portraits as an investigation into the cultural practice of the same name, performed by Dalit and Fishing Communities in Kerala. At Sakshi Gallery, Colaba, Mumbai, October 9 to November 5, 11 to 18:00 (Sunday and Monday closed). An installation that is part of the group art exhibition, ‘Where the Dust Sitstles’. Narratives of migration composed by Prayag Chakradhar, the group art exhibition, where the dust sits, examine the idea of ​​forced displacement and migration. Artist Musa Mia uses charcoal drawings to explore memory, migration and urban desolation, while Wahida Ahmed myth, folklore and contemporary footage mix by experimenting with weaving in her work. B. Pradhan’s sculptures reflect the lives of displaced and domestic workers. At Exhibit 320, F-320, Lado Sarai, Delhi, until October 26, 10.30 to 6:30 pm. A still from a previous stage of Hindi play, ‘Chanakya’. A weekend for drama of evocative historical dramas to lyrical exploration of love and identity, October is a month of great theater in the NCPA. Looking forward this weekend to plays showing the diversity of the Indian contemporary theater. This includes Siachen, Main Tenu Phir Milangi, Kaumudi and Ishq Sufiyana on October 4. Catch the historic game of Chanakya on October 5 that “map the vision and strategy of India’s leading political thinker in a modern context”. At NCPA, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai, 4-5 October, 16:30. Visit ncpamumbai.com for tickets.