Press

“Ali Kazim and Zarina Beckon Us Into Their Urdu Worlds” by Maryam Khair Asif, ICON MENA, May 2026

“When Urdu Becomes Image” by Zohreen Murtaza, Karachi Collective, May 2026

“Urdu’s Linguistic Echoes” by Zahra Jewanjee, Dawn Newspaper, March 2026

“Urdu Worlds: beyond language, toward heterotopia” by Sadia Pasha Kamran, The Express Tribune, March 2026

“World is where the word is” by Quddus Mirza, The News on Sunday, February 2026

“How Urdu Became a Language of Connection and Division” by Amelia Dhuga, GQ Middle East, February 2026

“The Artist-Curator as Institutional Provocateur: Riyas Komu in Conversation” by Athmaja Biju, Abir Pothi, January 2026

“Living Between Tides: Amphibian Aesthetics and the Question of How We Inhabit the Present” by Tanya Dutt, TAKE On Art, January 2026

“Kochi Roundup” by Mahika Gautam, e-flux Criticism, January 2026

“Amphibian Aesthetics, an art show parallel to the Kochi Muziris Biennale, inspires new ways of seeing” by Anasuya Menon, The Hindu, January 2026

“Belal Khaled: ‘You don’t need to see someone’s face to understand their suffering'” by Hams Saleh, Arab News, January 2026

“Living In Between: Art From The Unsettled Present” by N.K. Bhoopesh, Outlook India, January 2026

“Hot List: Art Shows To Go For In January 2026: Amphibian Aesthetics” by Rudra Mulmule, Esquire India, January 2026

“Afloat with history: How Zahir Mirza’s ‘Boatcast’ is turning Kerala’s waterways into living archives” by Anu Kuruvilla, The New Indian Express, January 2026

“Shows to See in January 2026: Amphibian Aesthetics at Ishara House”, Canvas Magazine, January 2026

“New tides | Kochi’s Amphibian Aesthetics exhibition”, India Today, December 2025

“Inside Kashi Hallegua House, The Historic Kochi Mansion Hosting One of the Biennale’s Most Provocative Art Exhibitions” by Sahil Pradhan, Local Samosa, December 2025

“Amphibian Aesthetics | In Conversation with Riyas Komu” by Ashutosh Potdar, Hakara Journal, December 2025

“Belal Khaled: ‘Whatever Happens To Us We Will Not Break'” by Alexandra Mansilla, The Sandy Times, December 2025

“Riyas Komu on his new exhibition, fluid futures and precarious ecologies” by Sarath Chandran, The Statesman, December 2025

“12 new art shows in India we’re excited about this December: Amphibian Aesthetics” by Avantika Shankar, Vogue India, December 2025

“The 8 Exhibitions to See in December 2025”, ArtReview, December 2025

“Amphibian Aesthetics Opens Ishara House in Kochi” by Nikhil Sardana, Serenade Magazine, December 2025

“Dubai’s Ishara Art Foundation to Launch New Project in India”, ArtAsiaPacific, November 2025

“Exhibition Of The Month: Prix Pictet Storm” by Amia Hasheel, MOJEH, October 2025