India, June 21 -- For Julia Usmanova, home was never just a birthplace, but a feeling reflected through her artworks inspired by India

Belonging is rarely about where a person is born. For Russian artist Julia Usmanova, it is a landscape discovered entirely through the senses. Curated by Neena Gulati, When India Became Home lays this entire transition bare. The exhibition, running at New Delhi's Bikaner House until 23 June 2026, anchors itself on Usmanova's specific series, Bilateral Layerings. To tie her cold Russian upbringing to the years she spent absorbing the streets of Kolkata and Delhi, she leans entirely on the Indian female form. Talking to the artist strips away the standard gallery speak. Usmanova is quick to point out that t...