India | sā Ladakh Biennale 2026
sā Ladakh Biennale presents its inaugural edition, taking place from 1–10 August 2026 across the high-altitude terrains of Ladakh, India.
Grounded in the meaning of ‘sā’ (‘soil’ in Ladakhi), the Biennale unfolds across eight sites along the Leh-Kargil corridor, activating villages, learning spaces and open landscapes at over 3,000 metres, and positioning itself as the world’s highest regenerative art biennale.
The 2026 Biennale is guided by Vishal K Dar’s curatorial vision, Signals from Another Star, with Tsering Motup Siddho as Associate Curator. Bringing together 12 international and Ladakhi artists and artist duos from diverse geographies and practices, it takes the form of a field of signals, foregrounding attentive, site-responsive practices that engage with the land, its memory, weather, trade routes, communities and histories. In doing so, it invites new ways of seeing and understanding these conditions, while asking how art might take responsibility for climate through close engagement with place.
Participating international artists include Agnieszka Kurant (Poland), David Soin Tappeser (Germany), Denizay Apusoglu (Switzerland), Grazia Toderi (Italy), Jonas Kissling (Switzerland), Peter Kogler (Austria), Shupiwe Chongwe (Australia), and Tom Mùller (Switzerland), among others. Beyond the Biennale exhibition, the programme extends to three Special Projects, spanning exhibitions, residencies, workshops and community-led initiatives.
Embracing regeneration as a methodology, the biennale pushes a new model for art responding to climate and ecology.
Image: Koppisetti Sri Sai Vaishnavi with Black Sheep Media House. Courtesy of sā Ladakh Biennale.