Nilima Sheikh: Fractured Skies

September 27, 2026 – June 13, 2027

The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art announces Nilima Sheikh: Fractured Skies, an exhibition devoted to the work of Indian artist Nilima Sheikh (b. 1945) organized in collaboration with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi. On view at MoMA from September 27, 2026, through June 13, 2027, this first solo presentation of the artist’s work in New York showcases the artist’s visionary practice through a selection of works from the past two decades, including a new site-responsive set of paintings making its debut at MoMA and commissioned by KNMA.

Co-organized by Cara Manes, Associate Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA, and Roobina Karode, Artistic Director and Chief Curator, KNMA, with Elizabeth Wickham, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Painting and Sculpture, MoMA, and Avijna Bhattacharya, Senior Curator, KNMA.

Major support for the exhibition is provided by The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art.

Generous funding is provided by The Young Patrons Council of The Museum of Modern Art.

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Nilima Sheikh. Son et Lumière (recto). 2006/10. Casein tempera on canvas. 120 x 72 in. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

Nilima Sheikh. Son et Lumière (verso). 2006/10. Casein tempera on canvas. 120 x 72 in. Collection: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

Nilima Sheikh. Dying Dreaming (recto). 2007/10. Casein tempera on canvas. Lekha and Anupam Poddar Collection

Nilima Sheikh. Dying Dreaming (verso). 2007/10. Casein tempera on canvas. Lekha and Anupam Poddar Collection

Nilima Sheikh. Valley (recto). 2003/10. Casein tempera on canvas. Private collection

Nilima Sheikh. Valley (verso). 2003/10. Casein tempera on canvas. Private collection

Nilima Sheikh. Construction Site (recto). 2009-10. Casein tempera on canvas. Chemould Prescott Road

Nilima Sheikh. Construction Site (verso). 2009-10. Casein tempera on canvas. Chemould Prescott Road

Nilima Sheikh. We Must Bear (recto). 2014. Casein tempera on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago, through prior purchase from the Mary and Leigh Block Fund, 2014.636. Image courtesy: The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY

Nilima Sheikh. We Must Bear (verso). 2014. Casein tempera on canvas. The Art Institute of Chicago, through prior purchase from the Mary and Leigh Block Fund, 2014.636. Image courtesy: The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY.

Nilima Sheikh. Home, Land 2. 2024. Mixed tempera on Sanganer paper. Sunita and Vijay Choraria.

Nilima Sheikh. Home, Land 3. 2024. Mixed tempera on Sanganer paper. Udit Bhambri

Nilima Sheikh. Text panel (left) from Home, Land 3. 2024. Mixed tempera on Sanganer paper. Udit Bhambri

Nilima Sheikh. Text panel (right) from Home, Land 3. 2024. Mixed tempera on Sanganer paper. Udit Bhambri

Nilima Sheikh. Home, Land 4. 2025. Mixed tempera on Sanganer paper. Ark Foundation for the Arts, Vadodara, India

Nilima Sheikh. Climate Change/Flood 2 (recto) from Shahid/Witness. 2025-26. Casein tempera on canvas. Commissioned by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. Image courtesy: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

Nilima Sheikh. Climate Change/Flood 2 (verso) from Shahid/Witness. 2025-26. Casein tempera on canvas. Commissioned by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. Image courtesy: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

Nilima Sheikh. Forest Fire (recto) from Shahid/Witness. 2025-26. Casein tempera on canvas. Commissioned by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. Image courtesy: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

Nilima Sheikh. Forest Fire (verso) from Shahid/Witness. 2025-26. Casein tempera on canvas. Commissioned by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. Image courtesy: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

Nilima Sheikh. Migrants (recto) from Shahid/Witness. 2025-26. Casein tempera on canvas. Commissioned by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. Image courtesy: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

Nilima Sheikh. Migrants (verso) from Shahid/Witness. 2025-26. Casein tempera on canvas. Commissioned by Kiran Nadar Museum of Art. Image courtesy: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

Installation view of Nilima Sheikh: Fractured Skies on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, from September 27, 2026, through June 13, 2027. Photo by Jonathan Dorado © The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Portrait of Nilima Sheikh in the exhibition Nilima Sheikh: Fractured Skies on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, from September 27, 2026, through June 13, 2027. Photo by Jonathan Dorado © The Museum of Modern Art, New York