Bridges of Art: A Journey from Argentina to India at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, brings together Julia Romano, Pablo Ramírez Arnol, and Gerardo Korn — three Argentinian artists whose works transcend geography, memory, and imagination.

Bridges of Art: A Journey from Argentina to India at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), Mumbai, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Argentina and the Cosmic Heart Gallery, celebrates cultural kinship between two continents. Featuring acclaimed Argentinian artists Julia Romano, Pablo Ramírez Arnol, and Gerardo Korn, the exhibition explores landscapes, emotions, and the intersections of nature and memory through digital collage, watercolour, and photography. It highlights how art travels across borders, creating dialogue and understanding between India and Argentina — reminding us that creativity is the most profound bridge between worlds.

A Poetic Journey Across Borders
Art often travels before we do. It crosses landscapes, languages, and lived experiences, forming bridges where maps would show oceans. Bridges of Art: A Journey from Argentina to India emerges as one such poetic crossing: a coming together of three celebrated Argentinian artists — Julia Romano, Pablo Ramírez Arnol and Gerardo Korn — each offering a unique cultural gaze, yet collectively shaping a conversation that transcends borders.

“This exhibition celebrates cultural kinship, resilience and beauty, and reminds us that every place we encounter, every landscape we love, ultimately becomes a part of who we are,” shares Curator Jalpa H Vithalani, Cosmic Heart Gallery.
The exhibition becomes more than the presentation of Argentinian art in India. It is an encounter. A dialogue. A weave of gazes — how Argentinian artists view the world, and how India reflects itself back through their work.
Across digital collage, watercolour and photography, these artists share a common pursuit: the pursuit of place — as memory, as movement, as stillness. Each explores their environment not merely as geography, but as an emotional, cultural and imaginative terrain.
Landscapes become vessels of experience and reflection, revealing how deeply we are shaped by the places we inhabit and love.
Landscapes Of Memory And Movement

Julia Romano — Memories of India
Romano’s digital compositions take viewers on an enchanting journey through the beauty of natural and architectural landscapes. By assembling fragments — foliage, silhouettes, symbols, freehand drawing — she creates visual journals celebrating the magnificence of our environment.

Her art becomes an invitation to embrace the raw, unspoiled essence of the world and our intrinsic relationship with it. These landscapes are not simply representations; they are pathways to self-recognition. Romano asks us to pause, reflect and enter a quiet encounter with a place to explore the interconnectedness between nature and ourselves. Her India is a shared space of wonder, belonging and cultural stillness.
Pablo Ramírez Arnol — Walking India

With Pablo, we move. His watercolours capture the rhythm of everyday life — Mumbai’s coastline, the pulse of the street and Dharamshala’s monks, mountains and serenity. Buildings become characters, crowds become colour, and the ocean breathes like a reminder of time’s flow.
Deeply rooted in the legacy of Argentine muralism, Walking India celebrates how art rises from lived experience, connecting people and culture the way water finds its path — fluid, open and alive.

Gerardo Korn — Behind the Scenes ~ Buenos Aires & Curling Ribbons
Korn’s photography reveals dual revelations — the grandeur of a stunning city in its quietest hour void of people and the poetry of nature abstracted into form.

In Behind the Scenes ~ Buenos Aires, Korn uses timeless black-and-white film to portray his metropolis off guard — when fog settles, streets go silent, and architecture holds its breath in all its glory. These images, created over six years, are the result of discipline, luck, patience and devotion. They become a spiritual journey where an artist becomes a solitary witness to his city while the world sleeps.
In Curling Ribbons, he shifts from the urban to the organic natural world — curling leaves transformed into sculptural ribbons of light and colour. His photography becomes Visual Art Photography — redefining the medium into something rooted in nature yet soaring into exquisite abstraction. He invites us to look again, to rediscover the overlooked elegance surrounding us.

When Art Becomes The Bridge
Together, Romano, Pablo and Korn build bridges — between Argentina and India, between artistic languages, between memory, movement and stillness. “At the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, we are deeply honoured to present ‘Bridges of Art: A Journey from Argentina to India’, a testament to the timeless power of artistic dialogue. This exhibition reflects how art can transcend borders, languages, and geographies to touch the shared spirit of humanity. Through the works of Julia Romano, Pablo Ramírez Arnol, and Gerardo Korn, we witness an extraordinary confluence of imagination — where the landscapes of India and Argentina merge in emotion, memory and movement. These creations remind us that art is not only a mirror to the world around us but also a bridge to the world within us. At NGMA, our mission has always been to celebrate such creative exchanges that nurture cross-cultural understanding and bring people closer through the universal language of art. We are grateful to the Consulate General of Argentina and the Cosmic Heart Gallery for joining us in this meaningful collaboration that celebrates friendship, diversity and the boundless beauty of artistic expression.” says Nidhi Choudhari, Director, National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai.
“We are honoured to present, in collaboration with the National Gallery of Modern Art and Cosmic Heart Art Gallery, Bridges of Art: A Journey from Argentina to India — an exhibition by three Argentine artists building a cross-cultural bridge between India and Argentina. Julia Romano and Pablo Ramírez Arnol draw inspiration from India’s landscapes, while Gerardo Korn’s abstract works capture the essence of Buenos Aires and its history. Their unique techniques create a vibrant dialogue between two cultures. We are certain everyone will enjoy this special occasion,” says Daniel N. Quer Confalonieri, Consul General of Argentina in Mumbai.