Thukral & Tagra mark 20 years with an evolving exhibition which encourages viewers to 'play'

Delhi-based duo Thukral & Tagra, who work across many forms of media including painting, sculpture, installations, interactive games and video, are celebrating 20 years. The artist duo composed of Jiten Thukral and Sumir Tagra are known for creating new formats of public engagement to address complex themes such as migration, identity, and community.

Thukral & Tagra ring in 20th year with an immersive 10-day exhibition

To mark two decades of their collaboration, the duo is set to present an evolving exhibition at Delhi's Lalit Kala Akademi. Ashvita is presenting Games People Play 02 by artist duo Thukral and Tagra at New Delhi's Lalit Kala Akademi, from October 7–16, 2025.

Games People Play 02 tests out a unique format in exhibition-making, unfolding over ten days through ten works. Each day introduces a new emotional or mental “state” as the space transforms itself every day, like a living gameboard. The viewers are invited not just to view, but to participate and reflect, as artworks reshape and evolve.

This new edition thinks through Eric Berne’s 1964 book of the same name, Games People Play, which extends the idea of unconscious behavioural patterns that shape human interactions.

Thukral and Tagra will transform the familiar game of ping pong to a site of reflection. Another work, Assets and Liabilities, reconfigures demonetised Indian currency into the surface of a table-tennis table, so the audience can engage and play across the residues of a disrupted economy.

Location: Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi

Exhibition Dates: October 7 – October 16, 2025

Timings: 11 am - 7 pm, open all days

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