With only seven days remaining until its closure on 31 March, the sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India’s largest contemporary art exhibition and South Asia’s longest-running biennale, has entered its final week.

Titled For the Time Being, the 110-day event opened on 12 December 2025 and has already drawn record crowds to Fort Kochi, Mattancherry, Willingdon Island and Ernakulam.

Curated by multidisciplinary artist Nikhil Chopra in collaboration with the Goa-based artist-led collective HH Art Spaces, the exhibition features 66 artists and collectives from more than 25 countries across 29 venues.

The biennale prioritises durational processes, friendship economies, community collaboration and site-responsive creation rather than static finished works.

Many installations continue to evolve in real time, engaging directly with Kochi’s layered history, climate and local realities through performances, sensorial experiences and collective projects.

“The sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale is an invitation to embrace process as methodology, and to place the friendship economies that have long nurtured artist-led initiatives as the very scaffolding of the exhibition,” the curatorial team stated.

Founded in 2012 by artists Bose Krishnamachari and Riyas Komu, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale draws inspiration from the ancient port city of Muziris and is widely regarded as South Asia’s premier non-commercial international art platform.

It maintains its identity as a “people’s biennale” with accessible entry while fostering dialogue between local and global voices.

Standout works include durational performances and installations by internationally acclaimed artists Marina Abramović and Tino Sehgal, along with community-driven projects such as Bani Abidi and Anupama Kundoo’s Barakah.

This shared kitchen brings people together through meals, conversation and collective labour.

Themes of migration, memory, labour and human presence run through the exhibition.

The biennale remains open daily until its final day. A special closing concert by the Bengaluru-based band Parvaaz is scheduled for 31 March at Durbar Hall Ground.

Organisers from the Kochi Biennale Foundation describe the sixth edition as a “living, evolving and responsive art ecosystem” that values adaptability, shared resources and genuine collaboration.

As the event draws to a close, it stands as a powerful reminder of art’s capacity to connect communities and provoke reflection, even if only for the time being.

For tickets, venue maps and the full programme, visit the official website: kochimuzirisbiennale.org.