In Interludes and Transitions
a presentation by Sabih Ahmed
on the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale

Wednesday, 1 April 2026
6 PM
At FICA Reading Room, New Delhi

For In Interludes and Transitions, Co-Artistic Directors Nora Razian and Sabih Ahmed propose to consider the world as a multitude of processions, shaped less by territorial borders than by itineraries, movements, and vectors of migration and exile. The curators envision the biennale as a choreography of historical fragments, languages, celestial, mythological and earthly bodies that resonate into new affinities. 

The presentation by Sabih will elaborate on the curatorial process, conceptual framework and artistic projects, ruminating on how the world appears from the Gulf.

Photo credits: Petrit Halilaj, Very volcanic over this green feather (2021) at In Interludes and Transitions, Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2026
Photo: Alessandro Brasile, courtesy of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation

About the facilitator:

Sabih Ahmed is a curator living in the UAE. His work focuses on modern and contemporary art mapped through diverse itineraries and inter-disciplinary formations. He is the Co-Artistic Director of the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2026 titled ‘In Interludes and Transitions’ with Nora Razian that opened in January 2026 and runs until May 2026. He serves as a Projects Advisor for the Ishara Art Foundation where he was the Director from 2020 to 2025. Prior to Ishara, Sabih was a Senior Research and Projects Manager at the Asia Art Archive, contributing to the direction and expansion of both organizations. His recent curatorial projects include ‘Shilpa Gupta: Lines of Flight’ (2025), ‘Notations on Time’ co-curated with Sandhini Poddar at Ishara (2023) and ‘Navjot Altaf: Pattern’ at Ishara (2022). Sabih is the co-author of the book ‘Mass Traffic’ with Lantian Xie (2023) and his essays, interviews and articles on contemporary art have been published widely. He is currently a visiting professor at Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA), Milan/Riyadh, and was a Visiting Faculty at the Ambedkar University Delhi from 2014-2019. He is on the Advisory Board of the Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation, Delhi.